If you have diabetes, being active makes your body more sensitive to insulin (the hormone that allows cells in your body to use blood sugar for energy), which helps manage your diabetes. Physical activity also helps control blood sugar levels and lowers your risk of heart disease and nerve damage.…
Chair Yoga for SENIORS Many seniors may have health conditions or mobility issues that make high-impact exercises difficult or even impossible. Chair yoga is a low-impact form of exercise that is easy on the joints and muscles, making it an ideal option for seniors. It is practiced while sitting on…
When the seasons change, maintain your fitness levels indoors with Sally Sunshine Online Fitness Classes for Women 50+ & Active Seniors! Try your first week free! Receive your weekly ZOOM links by email, attend any or all of 6 daily classes at 10:30 am. Or, watch our Exclusive VIDEOS at…
Get up from your chair & STRETCH!! (frequently throughout YOUR day!)FEEL BETTER? YES!!
Spring is coming.....now is the time to improve our ENDURANCE & STAMINA to boost our ENERGY levels!
Starting your day with EXERCISE gives you MORE ENERGY for the rest of the DAY! Sally Sunshine Gentle Fitness offers a variety of Seniors' Fitness Classes for ALL levels of fitness, DAILY in various locations throughout Owen Sound!
Get ACTIVE to get PAIN-FREE! GENTLE ACTIVITY can actually REDUCE PAIN by boosting serotonin levels in the body, which increases the flexibility of blood vessels & reduces pain perception in the brain.
It's hard to believe but, BRAIN SCANS have revealed that simply 'imagining' something provokes activity in the very parts of the brain that would have been active if you were having the real experience! This suggests that 'thinking yourself' into happy situations (like eating a banana split?) could actually make you…
We should do our best to avoid prolonged periods or just too much of it!Watch this short video for a quick & simple exercise that will help undo the damage from excessive sitting or help improve your posture & strengthen your core!!! https://youtu.be/3xEaufjW_kE
Pull in your belly to PROTECT your BACK! Poor CORE STRENGTH makes you more susceptible to INJURY & LOWER BACK PAIN, as the spine is forced into adopting unnatural positions. To support your lower back, pull your navel inwards OFTEN, until it becomes automatic.