Senior Fitness With Meredith

“Sometimes all that matters is that you are still trying.”-Wilder This motivation is about continuing to try, even when we want to give up. Even when the road gets rough, we wake up to take it on and get through it. We must keep trying and believe in ourselves and our abilities. Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.”-Buddha This motivation is about leaving your stressors behind; leaving your past in the past; letting the future be just that and go into it without carrying the load of past problems. Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us on today's episode! This episode is all about one of our favorite kind of exercises, walking! There are many benefits to incorporating a brisk walk into your weekly workout routines no matter if it's around the block or a walk at home workout. Walking is a great low impact type of exercise that nearly everyone can benefit from. You don't need a lot of space and i...

“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to preserve.”-Barack Obama This motivation is about persevering through down times, or what you might consider failures. It is to know these will happen, but you must keep going. Meredith Support the show See omnystudio...

“Life is trying things to see if they work.”-Ray Bradbury This motivation is about trying. Trying everything before we let our mind tell us we can’t. Try the workout, try the food, try the job, try the friendship...everything, to see if it is for you! Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us on this podcast episode! Staying healthy and living an active lifestyle isn’t always easy to do as we tend to juggle many things in our own lives. We also tend to put a lot of pressure on ourselves to achieve a sort of “perfect” health status. There are a lot of things that contribute to this feeling like seeing other people out and about that we wish we looked l...

One of my favorite sayings is from the late Dallas Willard; "What you focus on determines what you miss."  What he is saying is if you put all your focus (all your attention) on a single subject, then you are less likely to see other subjects. An athlete who only works on upper body will neglect the lower body.  The person who scours the news for scandals will miss all of the good things...

“It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”- Confucius This motivation is about remembering not to stop. Even if it feels like you are not making any progress, your pace is too slow, you aren’t getting where you want to be fast enough…stopping will never get you there. You must keep going! Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us on this episode! This week’s podcast is a fun and informative discussion on one of our favorite pieces of equipment to use while working out, the kettlebell! If you aren’t familiar with the kettlebell then this episode is for you! Using a kettlebell during your workout is a great way to build strength and work your cardiovascular system. It is the perfect combina...

“You become what you believe.”- Oprah Winfrey This motivation is about believing in yourself! Always looking on the bright side and thinking positive about ourselves. The more we think good of ourselves, the more certain we are to become it! Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” - Henry Ford This motivation is about pushing past what our minds want to think and tell us. What a powerful thing, our minds. When we believe it, it does both good or bad for us. All depends on what we are allowing it to feed us each moment of the day! Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us for this week’s episode! This week we are taking a closer look at something we feel doesn’t get enough attention which is eating disorders in our senior populations. Eating disorders are generally thought of as something that occurs in younger age ranges and there is a lot of information about eating disorders that relate to this demographic, however the issue st...

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”- Walt Disney This motivation is about getting started in our journey. And the only way to do that, is just that...stop talking about what we will do and start doing it! Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston S. Churchill This motivation is about success and failure. When we push ourselves to workout, we can sometimes let our minds control us. We sometimes feel like failures if we didn’t do something correctly. And then some days we feel on top of the world because we did something we didn’t think was pos...

Greetings and thank you for joining us for this week’s podcast! This week we’re discussing useful ways to cope with, identify stress and stress management techniques. It’s no surprise that we all deal with stress many over and if not addressed appropriately, it can easily take over our lives. In addition, we all deal with stress differently. This is based on our different backgrounds, life experie...

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” -Thomas Jefferson This motivation is about “luck” in our lives. A funny word, because is there such a thing as luck... or is it us putting in the work, putting ourselves in a situation, trying hard, that is the luck?!  Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”-Bruce Lee This week’s motivation is about how we want to put limits on our abilities. When there truly are no limits if we believe more in ourselves, try something, break pas...

Hello and thank you for joining us for today’s podcast episode! This week we’re diving into a great discussion on “stacking your workouts”. What does it mean and how can stacking a great routine help you? Here at senior fitness with Meredith we love releasing new workouts each week. All at very different lengths and skill levels. In doing so we’ve been fortunate enough to create the opportunity fo...

“You can. You should. And if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”-Stephen King This week’s motivation is believing you can! As long as you are brave enough to start something, we usually quickly realize we can do it! And we owe it to our hard working selves to try.  Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”-Robert Frost This week’s motivation is about going on in life. We all face hurdles and difficulties throughout our lives…usually several rough patches. But we keep going, we keep pushing forward, we know life goes on and we can do it!  Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us on todays episode! This week we are diving into the elephant in the room. The corona virus. 2020 was a year that saw many challenges at home and around the globe. We have all had to face challenges whether it's been self quarantining, isolation, wearing masks, missing loved ones and not getting to spend special moments together. It has also challenged our health...

“Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”-Marilyn Monroe This week’s motivation is about smiling...always! We must stop and look at our lives, and all the positives in this crazy world, and smile at it. And remember to smile when we go through the many times when all we want to do is frown. Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

“May you live all the days of your life.”-Jonathan Swift This week’s motivation is about living our lives. You are thinking, “well of course, that is what we do everyday.” But more about really living every single day...trying not to wish any days away. All days are good days because we get to live and learn in every one! Meredith Support the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Hello and thank you again for joining us on this episode! In this podcast Meredith is diving into a few things to consider when it comes to keeping our hearts healthy. Focusing on installing heart healthy habits can make a big difference when it comes to keeping the most important muscle in our body healthy. Taking care of our hearts often gets overlooked when we think about fitness and health. We...

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”-Nelson Mandela This week’s motivation is our reminder to continue to rise after we fall. We all fall, and usually many times throughout our wonderful lives. But we must remember these lessons, these minimal times, will help us to see the better days and will help us grow to be better in the future! Meredith...