Transforming Aging with Passion and Purpose

The senior center I work for is moving into a new building, and it’s been an undertaking of packing, storing, and relocating. I've...

Parkour, known for its dynamic and often extreme maneuvers in urban environments, is being reimagined to boost physical resilience and...

Photo credit: Elliot Manches via Age Without Limits photo gallery At 77, one of Laura Dow’ s respondents to the physical activity survey...

Photo credit: Marcus Aurelius The Second Act Fit Pros task force decided to follow up on our recently published article "It's About...

In conversations about aging, we often treat falling as the worst possible outcome. "Whatever you do, don’t fall."  "You might break a...

Photo credit: Unsplash.com I recently listened to an excellent episode of At Home on Air, a podcast put on by  At Home With Growing Older...

“If you’re going to participate in any kind of physical activity, you must fill out a waiver!” That’s what participants were told as they...

From the moment we enter school, we’re grouped by age. That continues through summer camps, sports leagues, and even into adulthood—where...

Cristina Latici & Jesse Danger with The Movement Creative As we age, traditional notions of exercise and movement practices might not...

Picnic & Play Participants It started with an unlikely study in the British Medical Journal ,  revealing that just 11 minutes a day of...

Photo credit: agewithoutlimits.org Working at the senior center has given me a front-row seat to the quiet, often unseen challenges that...

Senior center #1 was born from a grassroots effort. Three residents in the community realized there were no senior services, no...

I see it all the time in group exercise class descriptions:  “Suitable for all levels.” It’s meant to be welcoming—a catch-all phrase to...

Photo credit: Unsplash.com One of the greatest joys of working with older adults is hearing their stories—the lives they’ve lived before...

Photo by mostafa meraji  on Unsplash I once heard on a podcast with  Josh Spector  and  Mark Levy  that if you want to sell mushrooms,...

Photo credit: Unsplash Fitness doesn’t have to happen in a gym. In fact, for many people, it’s woven into their daily lives. Take "Mick"...

photo credit: Photo by Hans Moerman  on Unsplash We champion weightlifting not just for its physical benefits but for how it protects us...

Photo credit: www.pexels.com I was wrapping up my balance and stability class at the senior center and participants were helping me put...

“The myth of self-sufficiency demands optimism without end, downplays life’s challenges, and shames us when, inevitably, we fall short.”...

Every Sunday, my mom and I go for a hike together. She recently moved closer, and these walks have become our special time to connect,...