Linda Geyer

The Foods You Eat Determine Your Health

Somewhere caught up in your busy lifestyle, between your Palm Pilot or Blackberry, day planner, lap top, the kids sports, piano lessons, traffic, and household duties, being healthy got deleted from your agenda. Instead of planning and taking time to si... Read >

Learn From Centenarians About Longevity

I attended a health conference by a retired physician, Jerome Kornfeld, M.D. from California. It's so refreshing to hear the medical community endorsing how critical exercise and good nutrition is to health and longevity. More importantly, was the confi... Read >

No More Excuses for Being Overweight

Success in any endeavor, including health and fitness, begins with the thoughts that you want to attain something. Your desire needs to be strong enough and clearly defined before you will begin to take action. Before you begin to successfully lose weig... Read >

Benefits of Weight Training for Female Baby Boomers

With the onset or conclusion of menopause, women will experience changes in their body shape, size and overall energy level. Women may not be able to avoid menopause, but with the right exercise program, they can avoid some of the physical changes that ... Read >

What Can We Learn From Long-Term Exercisers?

How is your exercise program going? Having trouble staying on course? Maybe you knew you wouldn't be able to adhere to a routine and are now worried about how you are going to stay motivated. What can we learn from those who stick to an exercise progr... Read >

Does a Personal Trainer Guarantee Results?

You have been exercising on your own for a while and you aren't getting the results you expected. You are thinking of hiring a personal trainer but want to be insured your investment will get you the results you are expecting. Does a personal trainer gu... Read >

Don't Let Your Exercise Get Stale

I often get clients coming in who have been exercising with machine circuit training and are frustrated with the lack of results. What happens too often is we repeat the same exercise routine for a particular body part or muscle group until the muscles a... Read >

Core Muscles Effect Posture

We spend most of our lives doing three things: sitting, standing or sleeping which involves three different postures, 1) on our feet 2) on our butts 3) lying down. Many new clients over 40 years old complain of lower back pain and weak back muscles. In t... Read >

Raising a Healthy and Fit Child

It's alarming to read the headlines of the newspaper and think parents today might be outliving their children. The rise in childhood obesity has increased the incidence and prevalence of medical conditions in children, in the past that had been rare. M... Read >

Fitness Can Save Your Life

Being physically active can literally save your life! Being fit can affect every aspect of your life – not just your physical health, but your emotional and mental well being, too. Only 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity for 5 days out ... Read >

Motivation is Consistency in Action

We all exercise for the results. Different people are looking for different results or outcomes. Goals vary from weight loss, athletic performance, endurance, strength, toning, body building to more flexibility, etc. Here are 10 tips for motivation and... Read >

The Importance of Strength Training for Older Adults

To maintain quality of life as you grow older, it is important you are able to perform your daily tasks, enjoy your recreational activities and care for yourself. You don't have to accept frailty as you age. Think of fitness as the fountain of youth. Fi... Read >

The Healthiest Choice for Older Adults

Lack of exercise and poor diet are the second-largest underlying cause of death in the United States, smoking is the #1 cause, published from the National Institute of Health. Exercise is the healthiest choice you can make for your well being. Regular e... Read >

Fitness in Your Fabulous Forties

As we get older, we often pause to evaluate ourselves: Am I accomplishing all I want? Am I doing enough to help others? Am I flossing enough? Do I like my work? All sorts of questions pop into our minds. But, when you turn 40, 50, 60, and beyond the q... Read >

How to Exercise and Enjoy it

There are three key elements that are important to make any exercise program successful. These elements are safety, effectiveness and enjoyment. Safety: The "No pain, no gain" theory is a myth. Avoid any exercise that causes pain or undue discomfort.... Read >