?Welcome to my second 6-week podcast series where I am highlighting what 50+ men and women need to be aware of for modifying exercise at this stage of life. ?In episode 1, I will teach you how to limber up before starting the warm-up of any workout session.  Over 50 muscles and joints need pre-activation in order to avoid injury.  You will learn all about it here in episode 1!! ?Subscribe to my Youtube channel, so you never miss an episode!  ?Visit www.JudyTorel.com to see how I can help you!  ?Follow me on Instagram: @meltdownmenopause ?Follow me on Facebook: http://w ..read more

?Welcome to my second 6-week podcast series where I am highlighting what 50+ men and women need to be aware of for modifying exercise at this stage of life. ?In this episode, I talk about the velocity and jumping type exercises that are very popular in fitness programs right now. These types of movements have the highest injury rates for those over 50.  I will teach you how to participate in programs that include these types of movements and how YOU need to execute them so you can take part in the programs you like doing while minimizing the risk of getting hurt! ?Subscribe to my Youtub ..read more

?Welcome to my second 6-week podcast series where I am highlighting what 50+ men and women need to be aware of for modifying exercise at this stage of life. ?Balance is an important exercise focus for the 50+ population and most trainers are putting clients in this category on unstable surfaces to help train and improve balance. In this episode I am going to talk about why doing unstable surfaces before you are proficient on a stable surface is a bad idea for balance training and what is the best progression to work on balance while avoiding getting hurt for Over 50 men and women. ?Subscrib ..read more

?Welcome to my second 6-week podcast series where I am highlighting what 50+ men and women need to be aware of for modifying exercise at this stage of life. Women and men over 50 tend to have more muscle tension in the upper shoulder/neck area of their bodies.  Headaches and pain when moving the head or during various common positions for weight training aggravate the area even more.  ?In this episode, I discuss what movements tend to make this worse and what are appropriate alternative positions and exercises so you can get the benefits of upper body strength and muscle developmen ..read more

?Welcome to my second 6-week podcast series where I am highlighting what 50+ men and women need to be aware of for modifying exercise at this stage of life. ?Women and men Over 50 need to put extra focus on strength training to grow muscle because as we age will lose precious muscle unless we are targeted working on it (unlike when we were younger!).   BUT to grow muscle the science has shown you need to load heavy and when over 50 this can lead to tendonitis and other injuries due to older tissue lacking the integrity to withstand this loading.   ?In this episode I teach you an al ..read more

?Many Over 50 people I work with tell me stories of having worked with trainers and got injured. They then tell me that intuitively they knew not to do something but the trainer said they could and so they executed and then in some cases got severely injured.  ?In this episode, I tell you several client stories to illustrate how common this is and give you guidance on how to trust your own inner wisdom and avoid a soft tissue crisis so you don't have to take 6 months or longer away from exercise while you heal. ?Subscribe to my Youtube channel, so you never miss an episode!  ?Visi ..read more

In episode one, I disclose the #1 inner dialogue blocking weight loss for over 50 males and females and what you need to change it to in order to get yourself to stop consuming and overconsuming foods that are getting in the way of your weight loss ..read more

In this episode, we discover how to think in percentages so if you fall off the eating plan you don't completely crash and burn and can more easily get back on track without blocking fat loss ..read more

The Amount On My Plan Isn't Enough! In this episode, learn 2 strategies for having the amount on your weight loss plan be enough to satisfy both physically and psychologically ..read more

In this episode, I explore how to stop your mind from becoming impatient when weight loss is actually successfully occurring but not at the expectation in your head ..read more