For Healthy Aging Month, we recognize BeneFit client, Beverly Simon, for her commitment to an active lifestyle. For her, healthy aging has meant being able to better manage pain, keeping her weight under control and keeping up with her grandchildren. Read her story below: “I was looking for personal training where I could improve on[…]
Healthy Aging Spotlight: The Aumillers
For Health Aging Month we’re celebrating Roy and Linda Aumiller for their commitment to an active lifestyle. Thank you for making BeneFit a part of your fitness journey!
Exercise: A Boost for Your Brain
Did you know that regular aerobic exercise such as biking, walking, dancing or even swimming not only increases the blood flow to your brain, it actually increases the size of your hippocampus, the part of the brain that controls verbal memory and learning according a experts at Jona Goldrich Center for Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorder at[…]
Could Dad Be Sad? Strategies to Help Ensure Dad’s Emotional Health
We’ve given them breakfast in bed, tickets to see their favorite team play and all of the slippers, ties and polos they could possibly need. He may have appeared happy on Father’s Day, but the reality is that millions of men secretly struggle with varying degrees of prolonged sadness, particularly as they age. While[…]
The Truth About Age Related Height Loss
Do you think that age related height loss is normal? According to the experts, an inch or less is normal. Any loss much greater than that may be an indication of other health issues such as osteoporosis. Kendal at Home invited our very own Bentley Ritter to discuss the connection between height loss, exercise and[…]
How to Keep Exercising With Arthritis
Content Provided by BRD Sport If you have arthritis, it’s no secret that pain, stiffness or fatigue get in the way of getting you moving. However, there are many benefits to staying active while having arthritis. We’ve gathered some tips to get you started! Why is exercising with arthritis important? For starters, exercising helps ease[…]
Bounce Back Better With Active Recovery
It’s time for your next workout but you’re still sore from the workout two days prior. The issue may be insufficient or ineffective recovery. When most people think of recovery they envision sinking into a warm bath or laying on a massage table for an hour while their therapist works the kicks out. While this[…]
Preserving Your Vision: What Does Exercise Have to Do With It?
Need some additional motivation to get active? Well, growing evidence suggests that exercise may guard against eye damage, stave off macular degeneration and reduce your risk of glaucoma.Bentley Ritter, BeneFit president and founder, explains this eye opening connection between vision health and exercise in this short yet informative seminar produced in collaboration with Kendal at[…]
Ms. Senior New Jersey Discusses the Health Benefits of Humor & Her Mission to Make the World a Happier & Healthier Place.
From court reporter, to stand up comic to now becoming Ms. Senior New Jersey, Dorothy Johnson, 68, is proving that it’s never too late to pursue a dream or reinvent yourself. Born into a family of class clowns, humor has been a constant in her life and played a key role in her clenching the[…]
BeneFit Talks with Dr. Furrey on How to Live a Fall Free Life
What if you could put in place a plan today that would immediately lower your fall risk? Physiatrist John Furrey offers his fall prevention prescription and answers important questions such as: Why is falling such a negative inflection point for seniors? What are the most common fall related scenarios? What are the three or four[…]