Prestige Fitness,Inc.

07/28/2025

Well said!

01/07/2025

Active aging at its finest!!

12/10/2024

10/19/2024

So true!

10/03/2024

This is why I love my profession:

Traveling to OH today, carrying our luggage is so much easier than this time last year! All thanks to you😊

03/16/2024

Strength Training and Inflammation
Research identifies cellular changes in older adults.

SHIRLEY EICHENBERGER-ARCHER, JD, MA
JUN 6, 2023
UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We continue to support strength training for inflammation with older adults. Research adds insight into potential mechanisms for why strength training may have an anti-inflammatory effect that’s particularly beneficial for this demographic group.

Resistance training is known to have an anti-inflammatory effect (in addition to improving body composition, flexibility and balance). For older adults, health issues include higher systemic inflammation levels as well as muscle mass loss. Healthy cells protect against systemic stress from the accumulation of unfolded and misfolded proteins with an endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response (UPR). This response decreases with age and contributes to the increase in systemic inflammation observed with aging.

Florida Atlantic University researchers in Boca Raton analyzed UPR activation, inflammatory pathways and the production of proteins that contribute to the ability of cells to stay healthy and active among older adults in a resistance training program. Results showed that inflammatory protein levels remained unchanged and indicated that resistance training may have contributed to maintenance of the UPR protective effect. “Regular physical activity is suggested to be an effective intervention in improving age-related diseases such as osteoporosis, sarcopenia or muscle loss and dynapenia or loss of muscle strength,” said senior study author Chun-Jung “Phil” Huang, PhD, professor in the department of exercise science and health promotion.

“Although the beneficial effects of regular physical exercise to alleviate inflammation and oxidative stress are well-established, the processes of these physiological adaptations with regard to protein folding or UPR remain to be explored. That is why we used a systems biology approach for our study.” More research is recommended, specifically studies that measure these variables in skeletal muscle.

The study on strength training and inflammation is published in Antioxidants (2023; 11 [1], 2242).

02/26/2024

Movement and exercise guidelines don't have to be overwhelming and complicated. Here's how much exercise you actually need, and how to start adding more to your routine.

02/22/2024

This is what 65 can look like if you keep your health a priority! Thank you Dancing Dogs Bluffton!

I am sharing this not as a boast. You might think” well she’s a personal trainer and works out all the time.” Truth be told- I am lucky to get in 30 minutes 5 x a week. I do this one hour yoga class 1x a month. That’s it..

So folks… Cut out soda, take stairs, eat less red meat etc..basically move more and eat well! All the little positive choices DO make a difference.🧘‍♀️

02/11/2024

QUIT QUITTING! (Part 2 from IDEA)
Challenge: Conflicting Priorities
The theory of planned behavior says that to follow through with what you say you’ll do, you have to believe what you’re doing is going to get you where you want to go (Ajzen 1991). But what if “where you want to go” (for example, a regular exercise routine) conflicts with other priorities of life?

According to self-determination theory, you need to feel like you’re in control of the circumstances (Ajzen 1991). Perhaps you feel that your family controls your world and, because you choose to put them first, you end up quitting exercise. To be successful in your workout program, you’ll need to figure out how to take control and meet your various goals simultaneously.

A health coach or personal trainer can help you take control and create a Plan B for when Plan A can’t be put into action.

For example, when soccer season is in full swing, your number-one goal is to be on the sidelines cheering on your kids, which means 5 days a week at the gym (Plan A) is not likely to happen. Plan B? Do 50 squats and 30 pushups after brushing your teeth. When you no longer have a conflict, return to your trips to the gym.

02/07/2024

FROM IDEA!

01/30/2024

Why I love my profession:
“Great exercise today. You are getting even more and more creative. I sincerely appreciate all the time you spend on me. It is very noticeable 🤗 “