5 Tips On How To Listen To Your Body

March 24, 2026
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Living actively and participating in regular exercise is always a key component to staying healthy and mobile longer as you age. However, this can also take a toll on your body physically over time if you don't take care of yourself and omit to listen to what your body is telling you when you exercise. Ignoring the important nuances that your body is signaling to you can create problems and injury if not made a priority.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

1). Why it can be easy to ignore the signs and signals that our bodies send us especially when living an active lifestyle and how that can lead to issues down the road.

2). Some of Meredith's personal experiences training clients and their struggles with learning how to listen to their bodies.

3). Many of the common types of aches and pains that start to occur as you age and how easy it is to push them aside.

4). Some suggestions on how to relieve common stressors that can lead to injury.

5). Why it's important to take breaks or "dial back" your exercising from time to time to allow your body rest and proper recovery.

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We hope the information we've shared in this episode is helpful to you or someone you know who may be active but also dealing with constant set backs from injury or other issues. Sometimes it can be too easy to forgo the warning sings that our bodies are telling us which can leave you unnecessarily sidelined. Small attention to detail can go a long way when it comes to working "with" your body and will lead you to a longer road of health and wellness.

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Meet Your Host
Meredith Chen is an AFAA-certified personal and group fitness trainer and the host of the popular YouTube channel, Senior Fitness with Meredith. She has been training for over 15 years, has been endorsed by healthcare professionals and physical therapists, and has shadowed top industry experts to continuously create the best and safest content for her viewers and participants.

Meredith became interested in working with older adults after a client asked her to become the Fitness Coordinator at a local senior community, and the rest is history! Meredith has a passion for motivating others to lead happy and healthy lifestyles and is dedicated to helping seniors enrich their mental, physical, and nutritional wellness. Her goals are to help all audiences in their health and fitness journey, be an overall inspiration, and help others reach their goals.

Meredith says, “I see fitness not just as a ‘go, go, go,’ ‘push yourself harder,’ ‘run faster’ objective. It is more purposeful, more long-term in benefits, and for overall wellness.”
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