Maintaining flexibility as we age is essential to optimize your healthspan. Flexibility allows you to be active and vibrant. Maintaining flexibility is often the “hidden” key to healthy aging. While strength and endurance keep us moving, flexibility ensures that movement remains fluid, pain-free, and safe. As we age, our connective […]
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XB Sweat + Sculpt is a high-energy program that puts the fun back in your fitness from Super Trainer Andrea Rogers. For a dedicated focus on flexibility and mobility within the BODi platform, XB Stretch is considered the best. It is included in the Annual and Monthly BODi subscriptions. The […]
These 5 simple ways to increase your flexibility will make every aspect of your life better and more enjoyable. Flexibility is something that we lose as we age, but we don’t need to if we work on it now. Read this post from Brit Yeager and get started today. Stretching […]
Mobility and flexibility are ongoing challenges for me. The difference between mobility and flexibility is that mobility is the movability of a joint, while flexibility is the elasticity of a muscle. Both are important, and both are necessary not only for activities, but as we age. Here is an excellent explanation […]
These 5 simple ways to increase your flexibility can help to improve mobility by decreasing muscle tension and increasing blood flow to your muscles. Scroll down to read the flexibility post from Brit Yeager in The BODi Blog. Stretching can help to improve flexibility and mobility by decreasing muscle tension, increasing blood flow to […]
Best Types of Exercises for Older Adults It’s common to have some degree of muscle loss as you age — the process is called sarcopenia, and it starts in your 30s. “There’s a great deal you can do to preserve muscle and bone strength and maintain your mobility well into […]
“I’m not flexible enough to do yoga.†You’ve heard that one before. You might have even said it yourself. Well, I’m here to tell you that your inflexibility actually makes it easier to feel the stretch – which is what we are going for in yoga class! Think about […]
My husband and I just finished week 2 of Insanity! Yay! We start our next Fit Test on Monday and I can’t wait to see if there are improvements. I can already see improvements with my husband’s form, flexibility and coordination. We’re making our way to the Asylum!! Its recommended […]
So many people tend to look at stretching with dread. But as Tony Horton says in his P90X Yoga X disc, he does the things he can do at his age, not because of pull-ups but because of yoga. He knows that gaining flexibility is an important key […]