Sure exercise can leave you in pain sometimes, especially if you push yourself, which is what you should be doing. 

Yes injuries happen, however, we can’t sit on the sofa forever! People trip in their homes every day, break bones, sprain ankles. Good news is, if you are fit, most likely if you fall, you will only get a bruise. Your bones with withstand the fall!  

For sure AGING HURTS! 

Sickness, Stiffness, Forgetfulness, Lack of Energy, Depression, Social Isolation…..need I go on?

Take your pick! 

How do you see yourself aging? 

Healthy good workout discomfort, with extra happy endorphins? Feeling 10 years younger than your real age everyday?

OR

Daily pain from a sedentary lifestyle, increases your chances to acquire a deadly disease?

Daily activity is necessary for our bodies to stay healthy as we age. If you  are interested in avoiding diseases attached to aging; e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes, dementia etc…. you must follow an active lifestyle daily!  Activity  combined with good eating habits, and plenty of rest,  means aging doesn’t have to turn into a daily trip to the medicine cabinet!

Start with walking, biking,  swimming, yard work etc….

Most of us do our best to have healthy eating habits.  Who doesn’t love that piece of cake, a new cold brew, or a Starbucks Latte? Not to mention the holidays with friend and family, eating great high calorie foods, and high calorie drinks.   

After all, we need to live a little! Right?

This brings us to why we need to add more structured exercises to our daily habits. If you have good daily movements habits; e.g. swimming, walking, biking, jogging, yard work, that is great! However you need more! Or let’s say, you need to do these things with a lot of Intention to improve specific health goals.    

I bring this subject up as a student of mine reminded me of why she continues to attend multiple classes after 4 or 5 years. It’s not that she is in love with exercise. She has accepted exercise because she knows  it will keep her body in better condition helping her to age with grace, less pain, and more social activity. She has learned, participating within group fitness classes, she is putting her mental thinking skills to the test, while  her cognitive skills are always improving. She looks forward to the social connection, that she doesn’t dread the workout sweating.  Catching up on the little tidbits of life with other students, sharing opinions, talking about the news, all of this provides many great conversations for her.  Some of the classes force her to stay focused so she can follow. This is difficult for us all as we age making it that much more important to our mental skill sets. Thinking and executing the moves to music, staying on beat, listening to the instructors calls.   All of these things help to remove the  attention roadblock we are faced with daily, helping us to keep our minds working! This is healthy aging… 

Thank you Candace, it’s an important message to share! 

According to the Alzheimer’s Research & Prevention Foundation, regular physical exercise can reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 50 percent. Exercise protects against Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia by stimulating the brain’s ability to maintain old connections as well as make new ones.
Can exercise prevent memory loss and improve cognitive function? Possibly…Exercise has many known benefits,including reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, strengthening the bones and muscles, while reducing stress. It also appears that regular physical activity benefits the brain.

Independent fitness is great! It proves you have the drive necessary to take care of yourself, you don’t need someone pushing you to stay fit. It’s better then nothing, however, the newest research has proven those who face social isolation have an increased risk for acquiring Dementia/Alzheimer’s as they age. Dementia is a disorder which causes memory loss.

The reasons above are why many people attach themselves to group exercise. Why not? We are all working towards the same thing, to age with a healthy grace, to avoid sickness. The last years are suppose to be the golden years right?

Group exercise feeds our minds by giving us the social connection necessary to help our minds stay healthy. Group exercise is designed for students to have fun, laugh,sweat,and connect. Ok, some might cry…no worries they quickly stop, tears turn to tears of joy especially when class is done!

At the end, you feel a new level of success knowing you did the right thing to take care of yourself.Your happy endorphins take over and your day will feel like you are walking on clouds! If you workout at night, you will sleep like a baby! Goodbye sleeping pills! 

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It is with great sadness the Sunrise Bootcamp will no longer be offered through the New Trier Extension.  The legacy will live forever with each and every participant, as some students attended this class for decades. With the end of this class there is a new beginning, as we expand our evening class options at both campuses. We are actively looking for a location to hold additional  fitness classes, which will be offered for mornings, and afternoons.  With the new time offerings we hope to provide more options for the retired senior population, or for those who do not work outside of the home.  Thank you to each and every students who dedicated themselves to Sunrise Bootcamp! The memories will always be cherished with a huge smile and a big laugh forever!

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