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Media interviews

Milner's efforts have inspired a broad spectrum of industry leaders, leading-edge publications, television networks and radio stations to seek his advice. Included amongst these interviews are the following:

colin milnerNews services

  • Associated press: He's 92, She's 86, and They're Gym Rats
  • Associated Press: Senior centers shift from bingo to fitness
  • Associated Press: Move over bingo, seniors opting to exercise instead
  • Associated Press: Exercise Enemy Is Lack of Commitment
  • Associated Press: Fitness Clubs Begin To Plan For Graying Clientele
  • Canadian Press: Weight training improves seniors' cognitive abilities: research
  • Canadian Press: "Brain Gyms" a new industry
  • Canadian Press: Exercise caution when choosing a gym
  • Canadian Press: Fitness for 50-plus; Some seniors have special needs when it comes to joining a fitness club for their exercise
  • Canadian Press: Technology could keep aging drivers safely on the road longer: study
  • Canadian Press: Senior demographic faces fundamental change
  • Canadian Press: Spread one hour of exercise throughout the day
  • Canadian Press: A little preparation can make joining a fitness club less intimidating
  • CanWest News: Nearly one-third of the population over 50; But marketers still fixated on the 18-to-20 demographic as most lucrative
  • CanWest News: Experts say young folks put off by presence of older people ...
  • CanWest News: Getting old is a growing business
  • CanWest News: If the old folks like it, the kids won't go, poll finds; Health-club managers should be alerted to
  • age-stereotyping
  • CanWest News: Retirement plans of Baby Boomers 'quite ordinary,' British study find Retirement plans of Baby Boomers 'quite ordinary,' British study find
  • CanWest News: Boomers unlikely to blaze trails in retirement
  • Copely News services/Senior Life: Workouts are in
  • Healthday: Social activity keeps elders young, agile
  • Healthday: Outgoing Nature Could Get You to 100
  • Healthday: For all their plusses, pets pose a risk for falls, too
  • Healthday: Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy 2009
  • Healthday: Genes May Dictate How Exercise Benefits the Elderly
  • Healthday: Active Social Life Helps Keep Aging Mind Sharp
  • Healthday: 1 in 5 U.S. Seniors Struggles With Memory Lapses
  • Healthday: Most Older Americans Living Longer and Better
  • Healthday: Younger Retirees Face Higher Death Rate
  • Healthday: Seniors Spell Out Health Concerns
  • Healthday: Nothing Smart About Happiness
  • Healthday: New year, new goal to get healthy
  • Knight Ridder/Tribune Services
  • Scripps Howard News Service
  • United Press International: Iowa seniors embracing virtual bowling
  • University Wire: Fountain of youth
  • Gate House News Service: A time to start over: A life-changing move for anybody

Newspapers

  • China Daily: Exercise tips for seniors to start a healthy 2009y:
  • Wall Street Journal: Recommended Reading
  • Wall Street Journal: Putting Brain Exercises to the Test
  • New York Times: Shuffleboard Gets Pushed to the Closet
  • New York Times: Easy Does It for a Giant of Gyms
  • Los Angeles Times: Hitting his stride at 87; A fitness instructor sets a pace that leaves younger folks in awe --
  • and, sometimes, in the dust.
  • Los Angeles Times: Energetic Couple Are 'a Barometer of the Possible
  • Los Angeles Times: Where they fit in; More people older than 50 want to work out -- but not with the iPod set.
  • Niche gyms are catering to their needs.
  • Los Angeles Times: Walk This Weight, Inventor Says; Debbie Rocker's vest is aimed at baby boomers who want
  • low-impact exercise. It's poised to go from niche to mass market.
  • Chicago Tribune: Sweatin' to the really oldies
  • Chicago Tribune: Senior housing developments providing athletic opportunities for resident
  • Chicago Tribune: Golden years of fitness
  • Chicago Tribune: Women staying fit for the ages
  • Chicago Tribune: Seniors find out no play, no gain
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Doctor heeds Rx for exercise
  • Seattle Times: Staying sedentary can cost you in, oh, so many ways
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Wii bowling over senior citizen crowd
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: For the over-50 crowd, staying fit increasingly means hiring a trainer
  • Orange County Register: Exercise aids seniors' minds, too
  • Orange County Register: Declining energy prods reporter into keeping 16-week exercise diary
    Orlando Sentinel: Topic: Wellness, exercise and aging
  • Dallas Morning Star: Getting up in years? Get it in gear
  • Houston Chronicle: Bush's face showing demands of office
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Forever young
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: We may not have found the fountain of youth
  • Buffalo News: Exercising the years away
  • Arizona Republic: Centers (don't say senior) look to get hip
  • Arizona Republic: Older people need to choose trainers with care
  • St Petersburg Times: Strike a balance with exercise
  • Salt Lake Tribune: Exercise expert says seniors can win back the strength they've lost
  • Albuquerque Journal: Booming business: Don't call them retirement communities -- today's trend is for 'active
  • living'
  • Albuquerque Journal: Keep on moving on: Majority of boomers expect to continue working past retirement age
  • Albuquerque Journal: Forever young: finally, companies are 'getting' how to market to boomers
  • Albuquerque Journal: A well-oiled machine Don't let osteoarthritis put a painful stop to your game
  • Albuquerque Journal: Booked to the max: Boomers juggle family, career and community service because they
  • want to
  • Albuquerque Journal: Dining out tonight? You have the time and money and you're through doing dishes
  • Telegraph - Herald: Fountain of youth; Physical activity boosts the body for older adults
  • Maryland Gazette: Less bingo and more fitness for seniors
  • The DC Examiner: Experts aim to alter aging image
  • Dominion Post: Retirees live well, eat well: Upscale senior communities offer high-quality dining choices.
  • Desert News: Quality living: Older adults work toward better health
  • San Jose Mercury News: Upscale senior communities offer high-quality dining choices.
  • Baltimore Sun: Elderly getting in shape to fight against aging
  • Charleston Gazette: Exercise -: Time is the excuse - commitment is real problem
  • Cincinnati Post: More on wild weather, wild kids
  • Cincinnati Post: Latest fitness niche: Gray gyms
  • Crain's Chicago Business: Not the retiring type; Chicago becoming attractive alternative for life after work.(The
  • Business of Life)
  • Ottawa Citzen: Seniors: ad agencies' forgotten demographic; Affluent generation accounts for 80% of leisure
  • travel spending; 50% of luxury car purchases
  • Contra Costa Times: Communities cater to active seniors
  • Desert News: Quality living: Older adults work toward better health
  • North County News: Medical info online not always reliable
  • Mail Tribune: Healthy Aging: Exercise is the 'fountain of youth' for us all
  • Myrtle Beach Sun News: A little activity can save money and promote health
  • Hearld News: You are never too old to exercise
  • Aging Today: Using Terms that Work: Marketing Physical Activity
  • Aging Today: Active Vs Anti-aging
  • Aging Today: Studies fuel physical activity recommendations
  • CARP - Canada's Association for the Fifty Plus
  • Globe and Mail
  • Montreal Gazette
  • National Post: How to beat the clock
  • The Star: Canadians celebrate tripe-digit birthdays
  • Vancouver Sun: Aging boomers most lucrative market for just about everything
  • Vancouver Sun: Joggin' for the noggin: Exercise for your brain
  • Des Moines Register: Virtual bowling with Wii a hit with senior citizens
  • Los Altos Town Crier: Call it anything but exercise, if it means getting off the couch
  • Healthy Aging: Getting on the Ball
  • The Windsor Star: Finding fitness venue suited to lifestyles
  • The Capital
  • Victoria Time Colonist
  • The News-Press: Senior athletes take lead health
  • Newsday: It's game time
  • The Hutchsion News: Virtual delight

Magazines

  • Newsweek: Let's Get Physical; They started the running craze and aerobics. Now they're finding new ways to keep their bodies young.(babyboomers)
  • Newsweek: It's Never Too Late.(Brief Article)
  • Newsweek: Fitness: It's Never Too Late: Seniors hit the gym and see results.(Brief Article)
  • U.S. News and World Report: 1 in 5 US Seniors Struggles With Memory Lapses
  • U.S. News and World Report: Most Older Americans Living Longer and Better
  • Parade Magazine: How can seniors prevent age-related muscle loss?
    Parade Magazine: Does exercise reverse the effects of stress?
  • Chatelaine Magazine: Busting myths about aging and fitness
  • Money Magazine
  • Bottomline Magazine
  • Health Magazine:
  • Life Time Magazine: Power Aging
  • Aging Well: Exercise as Medicine
  • Whole Life Times: Quitting time
  • Longterm Living: ICAA defines 'active aging': eight trends identify what boomers are looking for. (ENVIRONMENTS
  • FOR AGING)
  • Social Work Today: Aging and Fitness — The Shape of Things to Come
  • Athletic Business: Age Appropriate
  • Image Magazine
  • Recreation Management: A Booming Market
  • CBI Magazine: Conquering Boomeritis
  • CBI Magazine: Active-Aging Opportunities Abound!
  • CBI Magazine: A Sizzling Senior Sampler
  • Club Industry: Market Maturity
  • Club Industry: Push for Privacy | Modern locker room design is influences
  • Club Industry: Virtual fitness game at retirement communities
  • Club Industry: Golden Rush
  • Club Industry: Senior Strength Training
  • Club Solutions: A Golden Opportunity:Reach out to senior members in your club!
  • Fitness Business Pro: Networking 101
  • Fitness Business Pro: Who's Who in Fitness
  • Fitness Business Pro: Hanging Out with the BEST
  • Nursing Spectrum: Prescription: Exercise
  • Radiology Today: Taking Care of Caregivers
  • The Rotarian: Age-friendly fitness centers
  • PhillyFIT Magazine: Beyond the body beautiful
  • IDEA Fitness Journal: Is the grass really greener

Television

  • World Health News Today: Keeping senior healthy with social engagement
  • Comcast Television/CNN: Seeking solutions with Suzanne
  • Associated Press: Senior citzens lead the way in fitness
  • Retirement Living Television
  • 13 Central Florida News:
  • 13 Central Florida News: DanceTown Gets Seniors Moving
  • 13 Central Florida News: Senior-Friendly Exercise Equipment
  • 13 Central Florida News: Wellness stations pump up your workout
  • 13 Central Florida News: Machines pinpoints strength and balance needs
  • 6 NBC News Omaha: Sticking to the workout
  • CBS News: Seniors Drop Bingo For Treadmills

Radio

  • Blogtalk Radio: Health and Harmony
  • CBC National Radio
  • CBC Radio Montreal
  • CBC Vancouver
  • CBC Victoria
  • Canadian Press
  • CHQR Radio Calgary
  • Fitness Business Radio
  • WSRadio: Coping with caregiving
  • Let's Talk Radio

Websites

  • AARP.com: Pick the Best Personal Trainer for You
  • USA Today: Exercise: The real fountain of youth
  • CNN.com Health: The new face of fitness is getting older
  • CNN Money: Boomer: How to age gracefully
  • Dow Jones Market Watch: Gaming your way to better health
  • Bankrate.com: Active adult living residents aren't retiring types
  • Bloomberg.com
  • Microsoft.com(Small Business Center): 4 tips for using mapping tools to increase sales
  • MSNBC: In Christmas tree wars, fakes gain ground
  • MSNBC.com: Senior centers shift focus from bingo to fitness
  • USA Today.com: Exercise: The real fountain of youth
  • Forbes.com: Simple Secrets To Healthy Aging
  • Forbes.com: Top diet tips as you age
  • Forbes.com: Eight ways to get fit in retirement
  • Washington Post.com
  • WebMD: Baby Boomers Fastest Growing Segment of Gym Popular
  • WebMD: Fitness After 50: The Gym Goes Gray
  • WebMD: Fitness for Couch Potatoes
  • WebMD: Aging Ain't What It Used to Be
  • Working.com: Fitness can be fun, too
  • Entrepreneur.com: CONTINUING education test #129 based on long-term living April 2008.
  • Weightloss MD: Fit and 40 plus
  • The American Diabetes Association, DOC News: Promoting Exercise for Elders
  • DrKoop.com: Fitness Pays Big Dividends as People Age
  • AZCentral.com: Exercise makes aging less painful
  • CTV.ca: Spread one hour of exercise throughout the day
  • The Jewish News Weekly: Deciding to ‘just move it’ is an exercise in good judgment
  • Grownups 50plus communities: Lifestyle and Fitness: what really matters when we age
  • 50plus.com: Wellness: A strong foundation
  • Redwoodage.com: Boomers Feeling Their Age
  • Citzens Times.com Asheville: Tips for solving your personal energy crisis
  • HealthyOntario.com: Fit after fifty

Newsletters

  • Bottomline Retirement: Want to exercise at home
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