by Eleanor Yap | Apr 25, 2024 | Health
Seniors get to start exercising and at the end of the session, they are given a complimentary meal. Get moving and get rewarded. St Luke’s Eldercare (SLEC) has introduced a programme called WE! (Workout Empowerment!), an incentive-based fitness programme to get...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 4, 2024 | Health
New York seniors are getting Gym Tonic and help them get strength training. From hawker fare to health tonics – Singapore’s latest export to New York is Gym Tonic, an evidence-based AI (artificial intelligence)-driven strength training program tailored to build...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 2, 2024 | Miscellaneous
The 23-member troupe went through a training programme specially-designed for seniors, including those with mobility challenges, by lion dance masters at a 184-year-old Chinese clan. Lion dance is a practice typically regarded as one suited for the young,...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 24, 2023 | Inspiring Figures
Two seniors share their experiences and that age shouldn’t be a limit. It is a little after 9am on a weekday and the outdoor fitness station area surrounded by several HDB flats in Ang Mo Kio has been turned into a parkour training ground. Ten women are rolling...
by Site Admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Health
It is increasing the availability of physical activity programmes and refining the National Steps Challenge. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) will increase the availability of its physical activity programmes and refine its National Steps Challenge, to...
by Site Admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Health
Seniors are recommended to use resistance-invariable strength machines; fixed, low-resistance endurance stations ;and flexibility- and balance-enhancing stations. How much physical activity does a senior need? A revised set of guidelines to encourage people to...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 10, 2021 | Health
When you are giving your brain a workout, you are physically working out too and you don’t realise it. You feel you have stepped into a gym arcade where you don’t have to put coins in the machines and you can try all kinds of machines, some which I have never...
by Site Admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Health
Final-year NTU students promote prevention through challenges, activities and reminders. Fragility fractures for Singaporean women as a result of osteoporosis, a bone disease characterised by decreased bone strength, are among the highest in Asia. As such an...
by Contributor | Mar 2, 2021 | Reflections
A Pioneer Generation member shares his two health issues and the lessons he learned from them. I confess that I am no health nut. I observe no fancy diet and generally eat what I please. I have been fortunate to be blessed with a slim profile though, and for...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 5, 2021 | Health
Flamenco Sin Fronteras’ community outreach programme has more than 20 seniors doing flamenco dance moves. Sixty-nine-year-old Florence Ng has never danced before. Last year, she saw a flamenco group down the block where she lives and they asked whether she...
by Site Admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Health
It’s been raining a lot lately. The wet weather and slippery ground can make it more challenging for seniors to exercise and take their strolls outdoors. Yet it is important for them to stay active and get moving. Below are some simple that you can do at home:...
by Contributor | Nov 26, 2020 | Health
Find out the different benefits and common errors. Seniors understand that they must stay active to maintain their well-being, but few know how they can get creative with the current situation. While some may still feel scared to go out and do their usual...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 14, 2020 | Inspiring Figures
Thomas Lim and his wife had to cut short their trip to Morocco to come back to Singapore and ended up with a Stay-Home Notice. Thomas Lim, a freelance licensed tour guide and actor, thought he was going to enjoy a trip to Morocco, his first time being there, to check...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 9, 2019 | Health
NUHS community-based initiative that combines physical and mental exercises is set to expand islandwide. BY: Eleanor Yap Ahsathiamal Subramanian, 64, couldn’t be happier being a part of a community-based initiative combining physical and mental exercises called HAPPY...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 25, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Inaugural competition by Yishun Health encourages seniors to keep fit and have fun in their golden years. More than 100 seniors, oldest being 84, proved that one can go “faster, higher, stronger” at any age. Jointly organised by Yishun Health, ActiveSG Masters...
