How Often Should You Be Exercising Weekly?
Do you ever wonder how often you should be exercising? Do you feel as though you could be doing more? The verdict is out for how much older …
5 Tips for Your Mental Health
Today’s special awareness as “World Mental Health Day” reminds us of the importance of ageing well. One’s physical and mental health are connected and therefore we must take care of …
Hospital to Community: How Siel Bleu Bridges the Gap
Written by Shane Lee Siel Bleu’s community based exercise classes can play a major role in bridging the gap from clinical rehabilitation and physiotherapy. Specific exercise classes for patient …
Brain Power: The Benefits of Exercise
The brain, also known as our coordinating centre of sensation, intellectual, and nervous activity, is what maintains our thinking, memory, and functioning capabilities. When we are younger, we have all …
The Importance of Aerobic Training for Senior Fitness
We talk a lot about strength training exercises, and the advantages it presents for older adults. Yet, what about aerobic training? Aerobic exercise, also known as cardiovascular exercise (cardio), is …
Keeping Your Confidence
Stay and Boost Confidence in Yourself Gaining confidence is like a rollercoaster throughout our lives. Usually, it starts off a bit low but then as we start getting older it …
Why We All Need to Improve Our Posture
Back pain? It’s probably from your posture! Good posture is something we were always told to have as children and for good reason. Good posture keeps your body functioning in …
The Importance of a Consistent Sleep Schedule for Older Adults
A Healthy Lifestyle Includes Regular Amounts of Sleep! Sleep. We all have to do it at some point. Sleeping is essential to a healthy lifestyle. It can be difficult to …
Feeling Part of the Community Again
Join A Local Community! After retirement, sometimes it can be hard to know what to do with all the free time. You can go from having social interaction with the …
Challenge Yourself to Better Yourself
Push yourself to do something unexpected! It can be difficult to challenge yourself. Once we are in a comfortable routine we think, “Why would I want to do something else, …