Next Age Fitness

05/18/2020

After age 50, you lose 1-2 percent of muscle strength per year and after 60, you lose 3 percent a year, which comes out to about 4.5 pounds of muscle strength per year. Strength training helps you regain the muscle you lost and helps your cells remain younger since exercise slows cell aging. Exercise doesn’t just make you feel younger. It may actually turn off the aging process in your chromosomes.

Strength training can ward off age-related muscle loss, improve mobility, decrease bone loss, and even help combat depression and cognitive decline.
Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, recommends that healthy older adults incorporate strength training into their exercise routine at least twice a week.

As people age, they lose strength in their legs and butt and have difficulty getting around. As soon as you lose strength, daily living becomes harder.

Simple exercises like squats and modified push ups are vital exercises for older individuals. Squats build up larger leg muscles to help with getting up and down, and walking up stairs easier while push ups build multiple muscles that can help someone get up incase of a fall.

In addition to strength, experts advise older adults to include balance, flexibility, and mobility, or range-of-motion, exercises

The main difference between working out in your twenties versus your sixties is recovery and flexibility

Most of all, strength for seniors is about functional movement: being able to experience your everyday life with a sense of vigor.

***I offer online and mobile in home fitness programs! If you do not have fitness equipment but are interested in weekly online programs, I can work with you by using items most every one has in their own homes! If you want one-on-one in home fitness in the comfort of your own home I am available to bring my fitness equipment to your home which will includes a 30 or 60 minute fitness program. Multiple different packages and options!

I'm here to help all age groups but working with older adults is my favorite! If you, or someone you know may benefit from a fitness program contact me at Next Age Fitness for more information! 💪

04/12/2020

Anyone not taking advantage of working out during this time is missing out! Im offering an amazing online program, with varying durations during this time, to help you on your fitness journey when you can not attend a gym due to the shut down. 🏋️‍♀️

This client called me on Friday and was so excited about what the scale had read. I'm so proud of this client and how hard she is trying to reach her goal! Shes maintaining a healthy diet 🍽 and working out 5 days a week 💪! In just 1 week she has lost a healthy 5lbs since April 5th!

I enjoy being able to keep track of my clients with a simple to use app and I love to help my clients reach their goals! I'm available via phone to answer any questions or concerns you may have during your workouts or meal prepping days.

If you have any questions feel free to message me! You can do this too!

04/06/2020

During this time where we are all stuck at home I am offering a 4, 6 and 12 week online fitness program! Message for more information! All ages even children! ;)

03/31/2020

03/30/2020

This was super easy and only took 1 hour. I meal prepped breakfast for the whole week and lunch for tomorrow for Nick and myself, (i ran out of meal prep containers and will have to get more to also prepare lunch for the whole week).

This makes life so much easier and it is way cheaper than spending money on fast food daily. Oh, and it is all healthy! It will give us the proper amount of protein, carbs, calories, and fiber while not being high in sugar.

At breakfast we also tend to drink our veggies that we need which include carrots, celery, beets, parsley, watercress and spinach.

Again this is super easy and will save you tons of time and money while also keeping you healthy! 💪

03/20/2020

Landmine workout for upper body
Warm up: stretch, single leg side hops, chest expansion, ski jumps, wide arm rotation.
I used a 44lb barbell for these workouts
3x10, Landmine squat to push press
3x12, Single arm landmine bent over rows alternate arms
3x12, Kneeling landmine press
3x12, Landmine rotation
3x10, Landmine chest press
Cool down: Foam roll because my muscles are sore from yesterday's workout!

03/19/2020

Hi, my name is Kim and I am the certified personal trainer at Next Age Fitness-Mobile and Online Training.

In high school I always had a love for sports of any kind, and was very active in basketball and track until I got pregnant with my oldest daughter, but that didn't stop me from being active. I attended the local gym a few times a week and enjoyed fitness just as much as I did my sports.

I decided to go to college to support myself and my daughter and after 4 years of hard work I graduated from college at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith with my Bachelor of Science and Dental Hygiene Degree. I enjoy working with my patients and helping them achieve better oral health and overall heath through goal-setting and nutritional advice.

A few friends would join me at the gym occasionally, or during my home workouts. I enjoyed helping them come up with fitness plans or workouts that best fit their fitness goals. They always knew I would push them to keep going. This is when I realized it was time.

I decided it was finally time to pursue my dream of becoming a fitness trainer, and even though I knew it would be hard while working full time as a dental hygienist, and also trying to be the best mom to my kiddos, I did it! I finished my personal training certificate through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and enjoy helping others in their fitness journey!

I feel that a lot of people want to be healthy, and want to get fit, but do not know where to start, and that's where I come in. I'm here to help you take that first step into your fitness journey! I'm here to guide you and help you reach your goals without having to leave your own home!

My goal and my passion is to help people who want to be healthy, and want to be fit, but are not able to leave the house to work out. From personal experience I know how hard it is as a parent to find a babysitter a few times a week so I can go work out for just 60 minutes. Whether it be lack of transportation, inability to find a babysitter, anxiety, or feeling uncomfortable around people in a gym, or maybe you're older and it's not easy to leave home but are interested in building up simple muscles to live a longer, healthier life. I am here to help all ages and yes, the kids can join in on the workouts!

I am driven to help you succeed, and for me this is more than just a training program I can give to you. I want to help you create lasting changes to your life, and I want to help show you the methods to achieve your success. No matter where you are in your fitness journey, or what you have tried before, I am determined to help.

No matter your reason for needing a mobile personal trainer, I will be there to bring the gym to you to help you achieve a healthier life, and help you reach your fitness and nutritional goals! For more information send me a message.

Edit: as we all know the coronavirus has taken over so I will be doing all training online if interested!

03/19/2020

Leg workout this evening consisted of:
Warm up 10 minute fast walking
3x15 squat to push press w/ barbell
3x15 Barbell lunges
3x15 Standing barbell calf raises
3x12 Bent over barbell row
Cool down stretches