Lift Well

03/07/2023

July is .

Disability Pride Month is about self-esteem, pride and confidence, enjoyment, education and activism. It aims to highlight that disabled people are here on their own terms.

The different colours of the Disability Pride flag respresent:
• Black space: represents disabled people who have lost their life not only to their illness but also to su***de negligence and eugenics
• Lightning bolt: the shape represents the lateral lives that many disabled people live
• Blue: Represent mental illness
• Yellow: Represents cognitive and intellectual disabilities
• White: Stands for invisible/undiagnosed disabilities
• Green: Represents sensory perception disabilities
• Red: Represents physical disabilities

15/03/2023

📉💪🏼Consequences of low muscle strength



https://www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(22)00282-5/fulltext

02/01/2023

"Training our muscles helps sustain our brains, and vice versa. It’s 'use it or lose it' for both body and mind. Exercise remains among the best strategies for maintaining a healthy body and mind with aging,"

Higher handgrip strength and better mobility correlate with larger brain volumes in cognitively impaired adults with biomarker evidence of dementia.

08/11/2022

An exciting piece of new circus-theatre is coming to Skipton Town Hall this September! A circus Strong Lady celebrates the ways we can feel powerful, even in an uncertain world. POWER is optimistic, uplifting, funny, physical and moving.

Find out more and book your tickets on the website - https://skiptontownhall.co.uk/whats-on/power/
Sat 17th Sept | 7pm | Bar from 6pm | Adults: £12.50 Under 16s £8.50

Strong Lady Productions
Craven District Council

29/10/2022

https://fb.watch/gtiqp1rm4N/

26/10/2022

🚨 BJSM blog: The cocktail of healthy ageing 💃🍸

Exercise has MANY benefits! But did you know about its anti-aging effect?

How does physical activity affect levels of stress hormones and promote anti-ageing? 🧐

READ HERE ➡️ https://bit.ly/3yN891W

26/10/2022

Here is some gymspiration from the recent 2022 International Powerlifting Federation Masters Worlds where 71yo Powerlifter Shelly Stettner (63KG) sets four world records.

The 2022 IPF Masters World Championships started on October 8th, while the action in Newfoundland, Canada will wrap up on October 15th. In the midst of

28/09/2022

The evidence for lifting weights just keeps building. Recent article from the BBC:
https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.com/news/health-63048474.amp?fbclid=IwAR1yn6G1JVH0yWHFlA18j2ouLIvKwcFF3njn0VJA_p_YNUChl4XBRNri7WU

Muscle-strengthening exercises are important in weekly exercise in old age, research suggests.

28/08/2022

A must read review:

‘A Lot of People Just Go for Walks, and Don’t Do Anything Else’: Older Adults in the UK Are Not Aware of the Strength Component Embedded in the Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines—A Qualitative Study.

Strength recommendations have been embedded within the UK’s Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines since 2011. In 2019, they were given a more prominent position in the accompanying infographic. However, there is limited evidence that these recommendations have been success...

19/08/2022