Health & Wellness The Complete Guideto Bone Health Your bones give your body its structural form and support all aspects of movement and life. Here’s everything you need to know to protect and improve them. In This Guide 1 Defining
A Letter to Our Community Dear AFS Fit Fam An honest update on where we’ve been, where we’re going, and what it means for you. I’m excited to be able to write this long overdue message to all of you.
Fueling Your Fast and Your Fitness: Strength Training During Ramadan 2026 | Applied Fitness Solutions Applied Fitness Solutions Fueling Your Fast and Your Fitness A practical guide to nutrition, hydration, and strength training during Ramadan 2026. Written by a registered
When we sat down with Karon, Exercise Physiologist at AFS, the conversation centered on a shift most people never see coming. As we age, we don’t just lose muscle, but muscle “function” most immediately. That loss of muscular power (the
Applied Fitness Solutions Sarcopenia: The Disease Your Doctor Isn’t Talking About You’ve been losing muscle since your 30th birthday. Grip strength predicts mortality better than blood pressure. And the fix is simpler than you think. If someone told you there
If you’re looking for proof that strength, mindset, and community still matter in your 60s—and maybe matter more—Claudia is it. Claudia is the owner and operator of Gym America, long time AFS member (almost 15 years!), a former collegiate gymnast,
In all my years as a health professional, one pattern has remained painfully consistent: people are stuck in “the gap.” The gap between where they are and where they want to be. The gap filled with frustration, unmet expectations, and
Weight loss drugs, more accurately called anti-obesity medications (AOMs) – like the GLP-1’s – represent a breakthrough in medicine that almost seems too good to be true. The objective reality is they are true, and incredibly effective for the treatment
Registered Dietitian | Food Critic | Health Advocate | Adventurer Camille Pearce brings a grounded, compassionate, and highly practical approach to nutrition at Applied Fitness Solutions. With over six years of experience across multiple areas of healthcare, Camille has worked
What if the reason your goals keep stalling has nothing to do with discipline, willpower, or the plan you chose—and everything to do with why you’re doing it? In a recent episode of the AFS Health & Care Podcast, we
There are stories that inspire you. And then there are stories that quietly rewire how you think about health, resilience, and what it really means to be prepared for life. Steve Sarns’ story is the second kind. You may know
There’s a very specific moment every December. You’re minding your own business, eating the remaining boxed cookies shaped like animals that absolutely do not exist in nature, when suddenly a thought hits you like a peppermint-flavored brick: “Okay… in January,
