Sit and Be Fit

Mary Ann explores the healing touch of massage, demonstrating some effective ways to release tension and use movement to relax.

This episode is full of functional movements to help improve performance of the activities of daily life and help you maintain independence as you age.

Mary Ann introduces some unique ways to strengthen muscles with a resistance exercise band.

Mary Ann introduces some unique ways to strengthen muscles with a resistance exercise band.

In this episode Mary Ann mixes the good old standards with new moves for a fun and effective full body workout.

This workout begins with an emphasis on weight shifting exercises to strengthen the core.

This Sit and Be Fit episode focuses on the importance of kinesthetic awareness and weight shifting as they relate to balance.

Weights are incorporated into the standing exercises to challenge static balance.

Pelvic and ribcage mobility exercises take center stage in this fun full-body workout.

Mary Ann combines a variety of exercises to emphasize the importance of strong core muscles and their role in maintaining back health.

In this episode, Mary Ann uses heel tapping, patting, clapping and changing of rhythm patterns which contribute to improving neuromuscular coordination.

This fast-paced workout ends with a peaceful relaxation, leading viewers from a state of invigoration to a place of complete tranquility.

Mary Ann explains how all the functional movements used in Sit and Be Fit workouts are designed with meaning and purpose.

This program is devoted to strengthening muscles to stabilize our joints and preserve muscle mass.

Mary Ann focuses on the importance of maintaining a healthy back with exercises that involve back flexibility, strengthening and stretching.

Good balance begins with proper spinal alignment, strong core muscles and bringing awareness to our center of gravity while weight shifting.

In this episode Mary Ann uses tactile stimulation to increase circulation and elicit a relaxed state of body and mind.

Mary Ann introduces a variety of new exercises for fingers, gait and back strengthening in this fun, light-hearted episode.

This episode focuses on stretching and strengthening the abdominal and back muscles to protect the spine and help avoid injury.

Mary Ann introduces a variety of unique exercises incorporating a large ball during the warm up and a small ball for finger flexibility and strengthening.

We rely on our somatosensory system for good balance and everyday functioning.

Mary Ann uses a small ball, a towel and large ball to release some of the restrictions that build up in the connective tissue that runs throughout the body.

Mary Ann uses the large ball in this workout to loosen up the fascia around the scapula.

In this episode Mary Ann focuses on the fun side of exercise through the use of novelty music and imaginative choreography.

Mary Ann combines a variety of exercises that improve function including a new exercise that uses the fingers and breath to control abdominal muscles.

This episode combines fun music of the Charleston and Cha-cha to demonstrate finger exercises using a pencil, sit to stand exercises and vestibular work.

Mary Ann stresses the importance of foot health. Using a small ball she shares foot exercises and massage techniques to improve circulation, range of motion and strength in the foot.

Developing core strength is the starting point for building better balance.

This workout focuses on warming up the joints with self-massage and preparing them for a variety of fun movement patterns like "dancing with Fred Astaire".

Building awareness of how the body feels when it is in perfect alignment helps to avoid postural weakness such as a forward neck, often called, "tech neck".

Using the rhythm of the breath as a starting point, Mary Ann begins this workout with controlled breathing exercises.

Upbeat music and playful movement patterns dominate this energetic workout.

Mary Ann designed a special warm up to give the lower back some tender loving care.

This episode features a variety of exercises to strengthen the core with an emphasis on the abdominal muscles.

Mary Ann focuses on special exercises for the feet and incorporates a small ball for sensory stimulation.

This workout begins with an emphasis on weight shifting exercises to strengthen the core.

Mary Ann explains how all the functional movements used in Sit and Be Fit workouts are designed with meaning and purpose.