I provide a variety of exercise activities:
- In-Home Personal Training
- Corporate Training (Private / Group)
- Rxercise For Older Adults (50+)
- Weight Training (Strength)
- Interval Training (Cardiorespiratory)
- Stretching Regiments (Flexibility)
- Neuromuscular Training (Balance / Agility)
- Guided Outdoor Excursions
>> Fitness Walks / Trail Hiking
>> Rail Trail or Road Biking
>> Flat Water Kayaking
>> Fresh Powder Snowshoeing
If you would like to calculate your body composition, aerobic capacity, muscular strength and/or endurance, flexibility or any other fitness indicator, please click on the ExRx.net button to the right.
Snowshoeing Hiking Kayaking Biking
CPR / AED / First Aid Certified
This website was last updated: April 13, 2013
I'm also a Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor at Bards College @ Simon's Rock (Great Barrington, MA) and Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club (Lenox, MA).
Rxercise (Prescription Exercise) For Older Adults (50+)
Fitness / Health Benefits (after 10 weeks of strength training) - - PROs
- Increased muscle mass, resting metabolism, muscle strength, and bone density
- Decreased fat weight, and arthritic discomfort
- Reduced risk of falling, resting blood pressure, and low-back pain
- Improved body composition, blood lipid profiles, and post-coronary performance
- Relieved depression
- Enhanced glucose utilization
- Faster gastrointestinal transit (reduced risk of colon cancer - senior men)
The Alternative (after a sedentary lifestyle) - - CONs
- Muscle loss of 5 to 7 pounds per decade
- Metabolic rate reduction of 3 to 5% per decade
- Bone loss of 1 to 3% per decade
- Fat gain of 15 to 20 pounds per decade
“We do not stop exercising because we grow old - we grow old because we stop exercising.”
by Dr. Kenneth Cooper
