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Strength and Balance Training During Winter
As we get older, natural changes in our bodies lead to a gradual decline in muscle mass and strength, as well as reduced balance and coordination. These changes can make everyday activities—like standing up from a chair, walking, or carrying groceries—more difficult, and they significantly increase the risk of falls.
Winter Aches and Pains?
A common misconception is that exercising should be avoided when you have joint pain and stiffness. But the opposite is true! Here are some key ways strength training helps protect your joints and reduces overall risk of injury
Breaking down barriers to exercise as we get older
Maintaining an active lifestyle is important to enjoying a good quality of life.
However sometimes transitioning from the ‘knowing’ to the ‘doing’ can be hard. Barriers to exercise can be difficult to overcome.
5 Barriers to Strength Training and How to Overcome Them
In this blog we’re going to look at 5 common barriers for starting an exercise program and how to overcome them. We want to provide reasons not to fear exercise at Elossa and tips on how to stay consistent.
Age No Barrier: The Remarkable Benefits of Resistance Training for Over 60’s
In this blog post, we’ll explore the remarkable benefits of resistance training for over 60’s and why it’s never too late to start.
Q & A with Elossa Members Deb and Wayne
Deb and Wayne have been Elossa members for over 12 months.
We asked them a few questions- here’s what they had to say.
Getting your functional fitness back on track
Do you struggle to find a gym where you feel comfortable and safely exercise at the right level for you?
Elossa Circuits are specifically for older people at all fitness levels and we have members aged 52 to 88. Why not check us out?
The importance of exercise as we age
If you feel that you have lost some of your strength and fitness during the COVID 19 restrictions and lockdown, you are not alone. A recent survey found that almost one third of people believed their general strength had declined during COVID.
Keeping fit as we age at Elossa Fitness
Maintaining our fitness is a key factor to enjoying a good quality of life.
Lilliana Barone, founder of Elossa Fitness (a specialised gym for older people aged 60 years and over) believes that age should not preclude us from enjoying an engaged and active life.
How to Keep our Bones Strong
There are 173,000 broken bones each year in Australia due to poor bone health.
Making sure we are exercising, getting enough calcium and vitamin D are 3 simple things that we can do to keep our bones strong.