Eat Yourself Healthy
Poor diet is a factor in one in five deaths around the world, according to the most comprehensive study ever carried out on the subject by medical journal The Lancet. In their study, the Global Burden of Disease, they found that diet plays an important role in the prevention and management of many age-related diseases…
Better Immune Health
You may not have heard about Wellmune®, but research shows this yeast beta glucan can help support the immune system. Wellmune can be found in a range of fortified foods, beverages and supplements to help you easily support your immune health.
10 Ways to Get 10 Minutes of Exercise
Even if you can’t find the time you can still exercise. You just need to sneak in the equivalent in resourceful ways. “The idea is to keep moving,” says Fitat60 PT, Fred. Find whatever works for you and just move. Park half a couple of blocks from the shopping centre and walk…
JERF – Just Eat Real Food
Wanna join our JERF challenge? Just Eat Real Food and experience the benefits. There are many diets with varying rules, but most healthy options are grounded in similar foundations. Of course, you will see fad diets everywhere with wild promises and extreme measures...
Avoiding Aged Care
Let’s face it, 2020 highlighted many things. None more than the spotlight that was shone on Aged Care. Whilst generally Aged Care in Australia is some of the best in the world, the reality for many in Aged Care, or for those with loved ones there, is a long way off how we intended to spend our last years…
The 8Bs to Build Your Immune Health
We often hear about things that can boost your immunity. That is fine when we are feeling a little run down, or even coming into the cold and flu season. However, products that promote immunity boosting, typically do just that… give you a short-term boost to help. As we age, it is much better for us to adopt habits…
Workout without a gym
We know that using free weights and machines is one of the fastest and most efficient way there is to improve your metabolism and strength, but for many reasons these may not be convenient or readily accessible to you. Today there are many great online solutions to guide you though a strength-training workout without the need…
Follow the fish, workout in the water
It is a little old-school, but water aerobics are set to make a comeback with trainers now featuring heavily on social media. Water aerobics not only can help you get the most out of your aerobic workout, but as a lower impact option it can also do a lot more, as well.
Tech for healthy ageing
A new type of workforce empowered by modern technology and undergoing online training and virtual assistants, telemedicine doctors, homes equipped with useful sensors, and smart robots as companions is the likely future we will experience. It is now starting to see the light of the day.
Benefits of HiiT
Formerly referred to Interval Training now HiiT (High Intensity Interval Training) has taken the world by storm. HiiT is great for building strength in your muscles. It is simple, use them or lose them! It is also very good for heart health. The heart is, after all, a muscle too.
There is a protein that can slow down ageing!
“How can I slow down the ageing process?” – A lifelong question that a lot of us have asked and continue to ask! Scientists have identified a protein in our bodies called Nuclear factor erythroid. Research has shown that this protein appears to have a major role in…
Eat Your Age
Recent studies in nutrition science have shown that diet plays a key role in ageing gracefully. We’ve assembled a stack of research on the best food choices you make to improve your ageing. Whether you are looking at the bioactive compounds found in fruits and vegetables that promote healthy ageing…
The importance of resistance training at any age
Some get into resistance training through engaging in particular sports, however it doesn’t need to be any more complicated than adding some weights to your current fitness routines. Honestly, having a can of beans to hand is all you need…
Fast Fat Burning Workouts
Here’s an idea for an outdoor workout that literally takes 10-20 minutes and will have you drenched in sweat and pumped up by the end. Let us look at some fast workouts that can be done anywhere. When it’s nice outside, why not take some of your workouts outdoors? Your workouts don’t have to be a 2-hour events…
How to meditate
If you know how to close your eyes and breath deep, you know how to meditate already. It doesn’t have to be much more complicated than that. Among the documented benefits of meditation are less anxiety, decreased depression, reduction in irritability and moodiness, better learning ability and memory and greater creativity…
Planking – the quick and easy way to work your core
Planks or Planking are one form of bodyweight exercises. Bodyweight exercises are gaining ground in the fitness world due to the practicality and simplicity of getting in shape using nothing more than your own body weight. Planks are one of the most effective exercises you can do…
Magnesium: Top 10 science-based health benefits
The human body uses magnesium as the fourth most common mineral for homeostasis. It has different roles in different tissues. However, the western diet and certain foods do not contain enough magnesium. Why magnesium is essential in the diet…
Why Muscles Get Sore
As we age many of us begin to complain more of pains in our muscles and joints. They seem to stiffen up with age, and such commonplace activities as bending over for the morning paper can make us wince. Here are 5 ways to reduce muscle soreness. First, drink water and bathe in it. Critical to feeling healthy is drinking plenty of water…
Fitat60 Programs and Gear
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