The Over 50 Health & Wellness Podcast

Text us a comment or question!  My guest this week is Mark Lussier.  Mark is a 64-year-old certified Master Fitness Instructor and Sports Nutritionist who specializes in helping men and women over 40 achieve their fitness goals.  Mark has participated in numerous long-distance races and marathons and worked as a fitness instructor for the Connecticut Police Academy.  Mark has had to overcome and p...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Ray Gallagher.  Rays is a 66 year old former triathlete and fitness junkie who loves to workout and inspire others.  Ray spent 30 years biking and running, competing in road races, numerous marathons and triathlons, including 4 Ironmans.  After struggling with AFib (Atrial Fibrillation) and an eventual ablation surgery, he backed away from endur...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Liz Ferro.  Liz is a mother of two, wife, athlete, speaker, author of  the books “Finish Line Feeling” and “Girls with Sole: A Girl-Power Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Superhero.”  She is also the Founder and CEO of Girls With Sole, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing fitness and wellness programs to at risk girls.  Liz lived in fou...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Paul Harter.  Paul was as a partner in a major international law firm where he had a successful 35-year career. However, like so many successful people, he was paying the price. He was overweight, exhausted and stressed out both in the office and at home. He knew he had to take back control, and at age 45 he embraced exercise and good nutrition,...

Text us a comment or question! My guest today is Dr. Serena Liu.  Dr. Liu is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who has spent the last 5 years working with the older adult population and has realized that even though we will all experience normal age-related changes as we get older, there are ways to combat these changes. She is on a mission to share her experience and knowledge about how to take contro...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Archie Israel.  Archie is a 52 year old personal trainer, medical exercise specialist, and post-rehab conditioning specialist who has dedicated his life to obtaining optimum health.  His fitness mission is to help clients make a positive change in their lives and to build a healthy lifestyle from the inside out.  Archie believes a healthy lifest...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Jane Thurnell-Read.  Jane is in her seventies and loves going to the gym and lifting weights. She regularly posts gym videos on Instagram to encourage other older people. It wasn’t always like this. As a child she hated exercise and couldn’t even touch her toes. In her twenties her diet was half a bottle of scotch, 40 cigarettes, chocolate, toas...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Dave Linton.  Dave is a 52 year old body builder with an amazing transformation story.  Dave got his first weight set when he was seven years old which started a life-long passion for weight lifting and building strength.  He spent his twenties as a professional wrestler, traveling around the southeast US.  But somewhere along the line he lost h...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Ginny MacColl.  Ginny is a 68 year old dancer, actor, swimmer and American Ninja Warrior, who at age 63 got her first pullup.  In this episode we explore Ginny’s incredible life story, from her childhood as a dancer to being on Broadway, all the way to getting her first pullup in her sixties and then on to becoming a ninja warrior.  Join us this...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Gail Gensler.  Gail is a 59 year old entrepreneur and lifelong fitness enthusiast, who is passionate about sharing the benefits of embracing a heathy lifestyle for women age 50 and beyond.  She is an avid kickboxer and writes blog posts for Century Martial Arts.  Join us this week as Gail talks about how she stays in beast mode, the importance o...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is John Sutcliffe.  John is a 61 year old lifelong fitness enthusiast.  He graduated from the State University of New York with a degree in Sports Management and has been in the health and fitness industry his entire career.  John was a triathlete and dreamed of completing an Ironman one day.  Unfortunately, health implications got in the way… but...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Gail Gensler.  Gail is a 59 year old entrepreneur and lifelong fitness enthusiast, who is passionate about sharing the benefits of embracing a healthy lifestyle for women age 50 and beyond.  She is an avid kick boxer and writes blog posts for Century Martial Arts.  Join us this week as Gail talks about how she stays in beast mode, the importance...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is John Wooley.  John is the mastermind and meme-lord behind the Instagram account Make WODS Great Again and is the host of the Make Pods Great Again podcast.  John is also a recent inductee into the over 50 club and is in the best shape of his life.  In this episode we discuss John’s personal fitness journey, as well as the meteoric rise and evolu...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Gretchen Wells.  Gretchen is a 51-year-old jump rope enthusiast and master's prepared musician.  She teaches music privately, directs musicals for after school programs, facilitates an online course at the university level, and is an early childhood educator.   While children and teaching are her love and livelihood, she is also passionate...

Text us a comment or question! Our guest this week is Marcia Kadens.  Marcia is a 57 year old Chicago area Running Coach and mom of two teenagers. She started running in her mid-30s as a way to lose weight and head off the heart disease that runs in her family. In 2007 she decided to run ONE marathon for the bucket list.   Since then she's run hundreds of races around the world, including the...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Dr. Jonathon Sullivan.  Dr. Sullivan is the owner and head coach of Greysteel Strength and Conditioning, where he specializes in barbell-based strength training for those in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. He is a former US Marine, practiced emergency medicine at a level I trauma center for over twenty years, served as an Associate Professor of Eme...

Text us a comment or question! My guest this week is Helen Fritsch.  Helen is a 63 year old life-long competitive athlete, a flight attendant, a certified personal trainer, an IFBB body building pro, a certified wine specialist, a cancer survivor, a nutrition coach, and host of the Age is Irrelevant podcast.  Helen is also a published fitness model and writer, and has been featured in magazines su...

Text us a comment or question! My guest today is Ryan Smith.  Ryan is a 58 year old plant based CrossFit athlete, a Navy Chief, with a passion for drag racing.  Six years ago, Ryan experienced a near fatal bacterial infection in his lungs, and due to the illness and subsequent medications his health hit an all time low and he gained 75 pounds.  At this point Ryan decided to take his health into hi...

Text us a comment or question! My guest on today’s show is Damien Joyner.  Damien is an ACE Certified personal trainer who specializes in working with men and women 50 year and older.  He is the founder of Incremental Fitness, a business dedicated to helping older adults live life with strength, agility, balance, and confidence.  In this episode Damien discusses the importance of strength and agil...

Text us a comment or question! My guest today is Maria Blacott.  Maria is a 53 year old online personal trainer with 25 years of experience coaching men and women in fitness, nutrition and mindset.  Maria teaches men and women over 40 that they can be strong, fit and SEXY!  She believes that all people – at all ages – want to look and feel sexy and she inspires people to be comfortable and attract...

Text us a comment or question! Our guest this week is Helen Taylor.  Helen is a 52 year old Crossfit L1 coach, a 2019 and 2020 CrossFit Age Group Online Qualifier, a 4th degree Black Belt, a nutrition specialist, a cyclist, and a marathoner.  Helen’s fitness journey started 30 years ago, when she began running.  She eventually found biking, especially mountain biking, and began competing.  Along t...

Text us a comment or question! Our guest today is Darvis Simms.  Darvis is a 61 year old ACE Certified Personal Trainer, a Fitness Author, and a Masters National Powerlifting Champion with over 25 years experience in the health and fitness industry.  Join us for this week’s conversation as we explore what it takes to be strong – really strong – in your sixties and beyond.  In this episode Darvis d...

Text us a comment or question! Our guest today is Keelie Wright.  Keelie is a 60 year old practicing acrobat.  Keelie has been active her entire life with activities such as dance, acrobatics, gymnastics, contortion(!), theater, and even a stint as a performer in Las Vegas at the Folies Bergere.  But it wasn’t until she was 52 years old that she fell in love with the aerial arts – primarily silks...

Text us a comment or question! Our guest today is Grant Davis.  Grant is 69 years old and the creator of the Aging Strong Method.  He has a 40-year background in fitness and exercise performance and is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, TRX, Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, ViPR, Kettle Bell and Nesta Sports Nutrition.  Grant is also in week 3 of his recovery from Covid-19,...

Text us a comment or question! Our guest today is Ted Kalriess.  Ted is a 62 year old who at age 60 decided he wanted a six-pack… so he got serious about working out, dialed in his nutrition, and earned his six-pack!  Ted talks to us about what it takes to build a fantastic physique after 60, the benefits of yoga, and the joys of ballroom dancing.  Ted has a great Instagram account, and you can fo...