Ageing Well Archives - Samantha Valand

Exercise Goals That Are Not Weight Loss or Running

Exercise goals not weight loss or running Goals are a great way to keep exercise interesting and to keep you motivated. Running or losing weight seem to be the most common goals. During the menopause, you may find you have to find a different way of exercising as you...

3 Ways to Improve Low Back Stiffness

3 Ways to Improve, Ageing Well, Work Life Balance

Low back stiffness can occur for many reasons, but it is often because we spend so much time sitting. If you are a desk junkie, here are three ways to improve stiffness in your lower back. These movements can be performed a couple of times throughout the day, perhaps...

Never Say Never

Ageing Well, Hormones, Yoga

In the last decade of teaching Pilates I have always said that I would never teach Yoga. So, you won’t be surprised from the title when I say I have booked into a Hatha yoga course! Why now? I have been researching ageing well for the last year and discovered the...

Young at Heart

Ageing Well, Health

Want to know how young your heart is? Public Health England has created an online calculator to work out what your heart age is compared to your actual age. You can take the quiz here. It asks for your blood pressure and cholesterol levels. If you do not know them,...

Exercising For Health And Ageing Well

Ageing Well, Exercise

Most of us have grown up with the ‘no pain no gain’ mantra and exercising as only a means to manage our weight and to burn calories. As we get older, our thoughts turn to our health and ageing well. Exercise can play a big part in this but it means changing exercise...

Pilates for Wise Women

Ageing Well, Exercise, Pilates

Looking around at the fitness classes that are available to me at 47, there appears to be a big jump from standard classes to silver surfer classes with not much in between. So I have created a Pilates class that I would like to attend! Pilates for Wise Women is a...