Senior Fitness With Meredith

Hello and thank you for joining us on the podcast!We have a very important episode this week because it’s all about you! We are very fortunate to be in a position where we get to receive feedback from people all over the globe about how our fitness content helps them in many ways. We receive comments, messages and emails ranging on a variety of topics that help us shape how we create our content.We always encourage everyone to send us questions, comments and even constructive criticism to let us know how we are doing or how we can improve. Getting the chance to hear your feedback is one of the most important aspects of Senior Fitness With Meredith and this week we wanted to share with you exactly how important it is to us.In This Episode You Will Learn:1). How receiving your feedback helps us in all areas of our content creation from workouts, podcasts and how it is the base inspiration for all of our planning.2). Meredith’s thoughts on how she shapes her workouts based on direct feedback from our community and also how this gives her ideas on some aspects of workouts that we may not have thought of before.3). Why we wouldn’t have been able to continue putting out our best health and fitness content for this long without your valuable feedback.4). Why we LOVE our monthly livestream workouts with our little global community because we get to chat and exercise with you in “real time” which gives us great joy along with learning more from your immediate feedback.5). How “constructive criticism” also plays an important role in helping us create our best content and why we always encourage your feedback no matter positive or negative.///Thank you again for joining us on this episode! We are so grateful for getting the chance to receive feedback from you. It helps us create the best workouts, podcasts, blogs and more which hopefully translates back to helping you or someone you know. We appreciate your time and effort to reach out and hopefully this episode shows you how inspiring you are to us.Til the next episode!Team MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” —Edmund Hillary This motivation is about being in control of ourselves, which will help us get through anything, even the highest and hardest of climbs. Meredith  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello, and thank you for joining us on this episode!This week on the podcast we are diving into how our new “Basics” series exercises can be helpful to you no matter what fitness level you may be at. Our new basics series is all about getting back to the basics of movement, posture, form and energy to help you during your exercise routines to not only promote safety but also maximize returns on your efforts.As we move through our fitness journeys it may be easy to forget what we learned in the beginning about using proper form and technique when exercising. It is easy to assume that we are exercising correctly and safely but that may not be the case. If not careful, we can injure ourselves or we may not be benefitting from the amount of effort we are exerting when exercising because of improper form etc.Our new basics series exercises are designed to re-center your exercise routines and help you focus on the fundamentals no matter your fitness level.In This Episode You Will Learn:1). The general idea behind our new “Basics” series workouts and why Meredith thought it was important to focus on a series of videos that emphasize getting “back to the basics” for all levels of fitness.2). How it’s easy to start losing proper form during the course of our fitness journeys as we move through levels of fitness (intermediate, advanced etc.) and how this can make us more prone to injury.3). What you can expect from our Basics series in terms of upper body and lower body exercises in both seated and standing positions and how they can help benefit you.4). How you will be able to “Mix and Match” our Basics series exercises in with the rest of our workouts to help you build your perfect routine no matter what level of fitness you’re at.5). Why we value your feedback on this and all of our workout videos to help us design exercises that help you and your needs. Let us know what you think by sending us an email of message us on our Facebook page.///Thank you again for joining us today! We hope the information we’ve shared in this episode provides some value to you and encourages you to try our new “Basics” series exercises. As mentioned, these exercises are designed for all levels of fitness no matter where you are in your fitness journey. Making sure you stay injury free and gain the benefits of your commitment to exercise is what it’s all about.Til the next episode!Team MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.” —Lao T This motivation is about mastering ourselves fully, not trying to control others, to feel in control. Meredith  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us on this week’s episode!Stretching is often a part of part of staying healthy that gets easily overlooked. Living an active lifestyle means we use our bodies often and in doing so we can create problems or injuries down the road. To make sure our bodies can handle physical activity we have to take measures to keep it healthy and stretching is a big part of this maintenance.But what kind of stretching is needed?Not all stretching is created equal and making sure you get the best kind of stretching in during your workouts can make a big difference in helping you avoid injury and stay healthy and active longer.In This Episode You Will Learn:1). How stretching gets easily overlooked when we train and in doing so, it can cause tight muscles, in-flexibility or even injury.2). What stretching actually does for us at an internal level by lengthening our muscles and lubricating joints.3). How upper back and chest stretches are helpful and some of Meredith’s examples of these types of stretches that you should be doing.4). How lower back and legs stretches are helpful and some of Meredith’s examples of these types of stretches that you should be doing.5). Why you should be doing wrist and ankle stretches and why this type of stretching often gets overlooked.///Thank you for joining us on this episode! Stretching is a big part of keeping your body ready for exercise and making sure you are doing the right stretches is very important. Staying injury free and mobile is the name of the game for longevity and we hope the tips in this episode help you on your own personal journey.Til the next episode!Team MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” —Marcus AureliusThis motivation is about the power of our mind is in our control, nothing else…realize this and be stronger from it!MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us on this podcast episode!Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is always the focus of what we are looking to achieve. No matter your fitness level, there is always goals we can work towards to better ourselves.This week we wanted to share and focus on 5 of the best goals that we feel cover a lot of ground when it comes to living healthy and active. Having goals can help keep you motivated especially on days when you aren’t feeling 100%. Hopefully you’ll agree that these 5 goals can be considered in your daily or weekly workouts.In This Episode You Will Learn:1). Meredith personal thoughts on why tracking goals are important even if you start small and build from there. Having something to attain is always good when it comes to staying healthy and living an active lifestyle.2). How achieving smaller goals over time can help lead to having the motivation not only continue on, but also set more challenging goals as you progress.3). The benefits of keeping a goal that helps us stay grounded and focused especially when life gets busy and can throw curve balls at you.4). The importance of keeping good form when you exercise as this can help you avoid injury and sidelining you from staying active.5). Why understanding that movement in general is healthy for the body, even if that means small amounts of exercise per day or week. Doing something is always better than doing nothing.///Thank you again for joining us on the podcast episode. Maintaining consistent exercise throughout the week is so important and tracking your goals and progress can help make a big difference at the end of the day. Making sure you’re focusing on the right goals for you is key and we hope that you found our 5 best suggestions helpful:)Tile the next episode!Team MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” —Thomas A. EdisonThis motivation is about remembering even when we think there is no other way, there always is!MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and thank you for joining us for this podcast episode!This week we are celebrating a HUGE milestone for our brand, reaching 50,000 YouTube subscribers WOW!! This is an achievement we never could have dreamed of upon starting out and getting to share this  accomplishment with you is an honor for us.In reaching this goal we’ve learned a lot of things from the people who have reached out to us. Your stories have given us so much insight into your health challenges, goals and achievements along the way. These experiences have been invaluable to us and we wanted to share some of what we’ve learned.In This Episode You Will Learn:1). Meredith’s thoughts on how YouTube has continuously grown to become a top resource for exercise and fitness with seniors and people of all ages.2). How it can be challenging to find the right workouts online since there is so much content in the health and fitness category which have different degrees of value.3). Why responding to the growing amount of comments that come in has become an important part of running the YouTube channel and why it’s important to try and respond to everyone even as our subscriber base grows.4). How having more subscribers has impacted our livestream classes that we hold at least once a month and the benefits and feedback we’ve gained getting to interact with our YouTube followers in real time.5). How having more people be a part of our fitness brand has helped in more ways than we could have imagined and how it helps shape everything we do from our workouts, podcasts and more. We are eternally grateful for the support and could not have accomplished this without you. Thank You!///Thank you again for joining us on this episode and sharing this huge accomplishment with us. We couldn’t have reached this milestone without your support and we hope to continue bringing you our best health and fitness content for next 50,000 subscriber milestone!Tile the next episode!Team MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” —Maya AngelouThis motivation is about allowing the things that happen to us to change us…but never reduce us to feel bad about ourselves. MeredithSupport the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.