Focus Health ExRx

01/12/2026

MOTIVATION MONDAY 🥳

Age may cause the journey to be a bit bumpier, but it is NOT a limitation for gaining fitness.

Alfredo Aliaga Burdio, 92, set a Guinness World Record when he made a 24-mile hike over a 34-hour span across the Grand Canyon last October.

01/07/2026

Training your core helps increase your fitness in 4 different areas: muscular strength, muscular endurance, balance/proprioception, and functional fitness. Core exercises should be done consistently, and are the basis of preventing injury and aging optimally.

Strengthening your core muscles helps stabilize your body and support your spine. These exercises are great for newbies and veterans alike.

01/06/2026

The combination of timing, consistency, and variety of exercise will help regulate glucose levels in Diabetics. There is more to treatment than medication. Exercise IS medicine!

People with type 2 diabetes must exercise to manage their condition, but may benefit from cardio and strength training in the evenings and after meals.

01/05/2026

Combining step tracking with mindfulness training helps exercise motivation. Be present and always strive to control the "here and now" to help find time and energy to become more physically active. Over 1/3 of the population suffers from inactivity - which will lead to disease, illness, orthopedic issues and obesity. Start the new year using a pedometer, an oura ring, fit bit or anything else that will help you take control of your own health and activity levels. This WILL increase your motivation and consistency.

Combining two activities improves the desire to exercise.

01/01/2026

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Your body doesn’t negotiate.
It responds to what you do, not what you wish.
Your future will not wait for hesitation, doubt, or fear.

Every skipped step, every avoided lift, every “I’ll start tomorrow”
is a choice to trade strength, balance, and independence for weakness, frailty, and regret.

The truth is simple, yet powerful
Your muscles, your joints, your heart and your mind thrive on challenge, movement, and consistency.
Neglect them, and they weaken.
Honor them, and they carry you farther, longer, stronger than you imagined.

Excuses may feel safe.
Comfort may feel pleasant.
But they quietly steal freedom, mobility, and the confidence that comes from knowing your body can handle life at any age.

Push yourself today.
Stretch your limits.

Because strength is a gift.
Independence is earned.
Resilience is built one movement at a time.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!!

12/31/2025

The major takeaway from this study.... a well-balanced exercise program is best to achieve optimal health. More exercise is not necessarily better. Ideal training involves having an exercise prescription that involves decreasing sedentary behavior overall, cardiovascular training, muscle strength and endurance exercises, flexibility, core/Balance work, and Functional movements.

Doctors explain the latest findings of a small new study—and how to apply them to your routine.

12/29/2025

Exercise will counteract effects of bad habits - including mental health issues caused by poor eating. Never give up because it's Holiday Season or you are on vacation. More physical activity will help you enjoy yourself more!

Learn how physical activity can counteract depression-like effects from unhealthy eating, thanks to gut-brain signaling.

12/28/2025

This study followed nearly 10,000 patients. It found water exercise, land exercise, and using a brace were more effective, with less side effects, than medicine and other "gadgets" for knee arthritis pain relief. Exercise IS medicine!

read further....
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250919085252.htm

12/23/2025

We are now in the countdown! Be careful... most weight gain occurs in the last 2 weeks of December. Focus on more activity, over 10,000 steps per day, and being mindful of your food intake - especially when you are NOT at a holiday event.

Good Luck! Have an amazing Holiday season with family & friends and remember we are here to help "reverse the damage" in January!!

12/13/2025

Breathing correctly is just as important as exercising your body with proper form. Optimizing breath will increase endurance, decrease overall effort and increase fitness efficiently.

While training for that fall 10K you signed up for, let's say you notice you’re breathing a little too heavily during runs — making you wonder if the way you inhale and exhale is impacting your training goals.“Connecting to our breath when moving the body is extremely important,” Stephanie M...

12/12/2025

A fun fact for the weekend......Formalized weightlifting and strength training can be traced all the way back to the 1800s. Much of the early science of exercise research actually began in Sweden with Pehr Henrik Ling (1776-1839), a physical therapist.