The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy - Podcast
The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy is your source of practical, uplifting, and science-rooted guidance for living a stronger, safer, and more confident life — at any age.
Hosted by Tracy Markley, internationally recognized fitness educator, award-winning author, stroke recovery specialist, and creator of the bestselling books The Stroke Recovery Workbook, Brain & Body, and Balance Walking and Fall Prevention, this podcast blends expertise with heart. Tracy’s decades of experience helping stroke survivors, seniors, and everyday adults rebuild strength, balance, mobility, and hope shine through every episode.
Whether you’re looking to improve your proprioception, feel steadier on your feet, better understand your body, prevent falls, recover from injury, or simply age with power and grace, this show gives you real tools — not fluff. Tracy brings compassion, clear explanations, and encouraging motivation to help you feel capable, empowered, and ready to move forward.
🎧 Tune in for:
- Balance, gait, and fall-prevention tips
- Stroke recovery insights from one of the most trusted voices in the field
- Fitness and mobility guidance for seniors and pre-seniors
- Brain–body education and nervous system support
- Strength training, walking programs, and functional movement
- Real stories from people who regained independence and confidence
- Encouragement, mindset support, and realistic strategies you can use today
- Hearing loss
- Fitness and exercise for all ages
- Muscles, joints, ligaments, fascia and more
- and much more
⭐ Learn More & Stay Connected
Website: https://www.tracymarkley.com
Books by Tracy Markley: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@TracyMarkley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracy.markley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyfitt
⭐ Your Host
Tracy Markley is a fitness trainer, educator, and author known for blending anatomy, neuroscience, and compassion to help others move better and live better. Her work has transformed lives around the world — from stroke survivors rebuilding mobility to adults who simply want their body to feel like home again
The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy - Podcast
Get Moving With Your Dog: Easy Fitness From Everyday Walks
If you have a dog, you already have a built-in exercise partner!
In this lighthearted and motivating episode, fitness professional and author Tracy L. Markley shares how simply walking your dog can naturally increase your daily activity, improve your fitness, and support overall wellness — without feeling like a workout.
Tracy explains why dog owners tend to walk more, how even short walks add up, and how movement becomes more enjoyable when you’re doing it with a furry friend. She also gives fun and practical tips for getting extra strength and mobility benefits during your dog walks — from adding gentle lunges to mindful posture… and yes, even remembering to pick up the poop (with a little giggle included).
This episode is encouraging, simple, relatable, and a great reminder that movement doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it’s as easy as putting on your shoes, grabbing the leash, and heading outside.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR:
- Why dog owners naturally walk more throughout the week
- The fitness benefits of regular dog walking
- Fun ideas to add gentle exercises — like lunges or posture work — during walks
- How walking improves balance, leg strength, and mental well-being
- Why movement is easier when it’s connected to a routine or responsibility
- Lighthearted reminders about being present, staying safe, and… picking up the poop!
This episode encourages listeners to make movement enjoyable, simple, and part of everyday life — with the help of a four-legged friend.
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit