Mental health https://fitgreystrong.com Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:37:25 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fitgreystrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-7-1-32x32.png Mental health https://fitgreystrong.com 32 32 Resistance Training for Older Adults: 12 Evidence-Based Reasons (Part 1) https://fitgreystrong.com/resistance-training-for-older-adults/ https://fitgreystrong.com/resistance-training-for-older-adults/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2023 12:56:00 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=1039 What are benefits of resistance training for older adults? Increases longevity and improves quality of life Helps manage hypertension and decreases heart disease Enhances sleep quality and quantity Prevents/treats type 2 diabetes & decreases inflammation Prevents cognitive decline & neurodegenerative disease Improves mental health  Enhances skeletal health Maintains or increases lean body mass (muscle) Increases strength, power,...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/how-exercise-helped-save-me-from-a-very-dark-place/feed/ 4 7 Things that Will Surprise You About Meditation Retreats https://fitgreystrong.com/7-things-that-will-surprise-you-about-meditation-retreats/ https://fitgreystrong.com/7-things-that-will-surprise-you-about-meditation-retreats/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:15:58 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=3215 If you’ve been thinking about joining a spiritual retreat in Queensland, Australia or a meditation retreat anywhere else on the planet, you probably have some preconceived ideas about what will happen while you’re there. A National Health Interview Survey found that 8 percent, or 18 million, American adults, have practiced meditation, most of whom use...

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