Exercise

Diving in head first

by Judy Smith
Rock me on the water / Sister won’t you sooth my fevered brow – Jackson Brown

Water images abound in literature and song, almost always as a rejuvenator. Some scientists believe that we crawled out from the watery depths to gradually breathe air and sprout [...]

by Susan Manning

Practice makes perfect: we have all heard it before and it still stands true today. Balance is something that we tend to find more difficult as we age which can lead to the fear of falling. This fear tends to put our bodies in a forward lean due to the fear of falling [...]

Will it be poutine or perseverance in the face of fear?

by Judy Smith

Don’t you just hate it when somebody tells you that you need to get more exercise? Worse yet, you’re just about to dig into a large serving of poutine with all the trimmings and a [...]

Regular running slows the effects of aging

Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as [...]