Yogi Breaths to Strengthen Your Lungs

Author: Fiona Callender Even with healthy aging comes an inevitable steady decline in dynamic respiratory function. There is a reduction in alveolar area (the part of your lung that exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with your blood) starting at the age of 30, with a loss of about 4% per year after that (Bezerra et

Motivation to Exercise

Get Motivation to Exercise: Rats Do It, You Can Too

Author: Julia C. Basso, PhD Affiliation: Post-doctoral Research Associate at New York University, Center for Neural Science As the holidays approach, it is sometimes difficult to find the time and motivation to work out.  There are so many things to be doing like buying gifts for kids and grandkids and getting prepared for big holiday

WHAT IS CONSCIOUS BREATHING?

Question/Answer – Grayson Fertig I’m very much a beginner with yoga and the concept of “conscious breathing” keeps coming up?  I’ve always been involved in athletics, played college basketball and continue to be active and I’ve never before been asked to consciously breathe.  I’m willing to learn and I want to learn but I’m not sure

BAREFOOT RUNNING BECOMES BODY LOGIC

Contributed by Forever Fit Science founder Grayson Fertig With this site and the training programs I write I’m very interested in trying to answer the question of what’s the point?  What’s the point of exercise?  Fitness and well-being towards what end?  If you are an exerciser I’m sure you can come up with many reasons

RESOURCES

Active 55+ Group Exercise at the Miles Nadal JCC at the corner of Bloor St W and Spadina Ave. There are a huge range of group exercise sessions available from Yoga to High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Zumba to Strength Strength Training, this facility has something for everyone. They also have what they call Medical Exercise which