by Tony Taylor | Feb 18, 2025 | Healthy Ageing, Lifestyle Choices, Practical Tips
Last week, we discussed prioritising the 16 hours we have each day after the big job ends. While it won’t all be free time, we have significantly more time than when we were working. I appreciate many of us still have commitments: Elderly parents to care for. Big Kids...
by Tony Taylor | Dec 19, 2024 | Healthy Ageing, Lifestyle Choices, Mindset and Purpose, Strength and FitnessDiscover how to build and maintain strength as you age with practical advice, real stories, and proven strategies.
By 2018, I’d been teaching for three years. My target audience was men and women over 55 years old. The majority were retired, but a few preferred a 7 a.m. or 7 p.m. session to fit around their work schedule. Becoming the Best Trainer for Older Adults By this...
by Tony Taylor | Dec 14, 2024 | Healthy Ageing, Mindset and Purpose, Stories and Lessons, Strength and FitnessDiscover how to build and maintain strength as you age with practical advice, real stories, and proven strategies.
Start First, Fail Fast, and Eventually Get It Right I started first and failed fast—three times, to be precise. Core4Men, Spinning Instructor, and the disastrous Exercise to Music training. Despite these setbacks (and a French surgeon who literally “stitched me...
by Tony Taylor | Dec 14, 2024 | Healthy Ageing, Stories and Lessons, Strength and FitnessDiscover how to build and maintain strength as you age with practical advice, real stories, and proven strategies.
I’d been retired for 12 months. The decking was done, and I’d cycled my way around every country lane in Cheshire. I even helped organise a cracking 500-mile cycling trip around Tuscany. Stunning countryside, 3-star hostels, 4-star food, and 5-star cycling—what’s not...
by Tony Taylor | Sep 20, 2024 | Healthy Ageing, Practical Tips, Stories and Lessons
My Struggle with Sleepless Nights I’ve never been a good sleeper, but it worsened recently. I didn’t sleep for several days. I tried over-the-counter sleep tablets, an extra glass of wine, hot baths with relaxing stuff poured in, and hot chocolate drinks....