When I am speaking to students I always ask, “How many of you would like to live to the age of 100?” I normally do not get many who raise their hands. I follow up with, “How many of you would like to live to the age of 100 if you could move better than you do now without any pain?” Every senior in the room now begins to change their perspective. This is the first step towards reversing the aging processes.

Society tells us that once we hit a certain age we can no longer do things.

If this is true, why can 100-year old Okinawan women get up and down from the floor with no issues? If this is true, why can members of the Tarahumara tribe in the Copper Canyons of Mexico go out for the occasional 50 mile run at the ages of 70 and 80?

The answer is simple; they never stopped moving. We did.

The good news is our movement issues can be corrected. If it is a movement problem and not a medical problem, it can be corrected.

I have worked with over 7,000 seniors between 63 and 106 years of age as a Corrective Exercise Specialist, Certified Fitness Trainer, Specialist in Senior Fitness, and lecturer. I work with my students in Boston-area senior centers and with private clients at their homes, and now here online in The Classroom. I want to help you correct your movement issues.

I know if you can move with less pain and better balance, you will move more. Let’s begin!