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
Scott Cole Interview | Tai Chi, Healing & Life Wisdom - The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy Markley
In this uplifting and transformative episode of The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy, Tracy L. Markley welcomes movement icon, healer, and international Tai Chi teacher Scott Cole for a powerful conversation about healing, mindfulness, resilience, and the joy of movement.
Scott shares his remarkable journey — from National Aerobics Champion and star of the world-famous Abs of Steel videos, to becoming a global teacher of Tai Chi, Qigong, breath work, and mindful healing arts. He opens up about the personal challenges that led him deeper into Tai Chi, and how the practice became a doorway to peace, strength, and emotional recovery.
This conversation is filled with wisdom, humor, energy, and heart. Scott and Tracy explore the power of breath, awareness, touch, intuition, and movement as tools for reducing anxiety, easing pain, restoring balance, and reconnecting with joy.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- How Tai Chi uses breath, movement, and awareness to reduce stress and pain
- Scott’s personal healing journey and what led him to the mindful arts
- Insights on energy, intuition, and the therapeutic power of touch
- His evolution from Abs of Steel to Discover Tai Chi, now a global best-selling series
- Simple tools for bringing more balance, calm, and playfulness into daily life
- How Tai Chi supports physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness
This is a soulful and fun conversation that blends science, spirit, and movement — offering encouragement and inspiration to anyone looking to feel more grounded, calm, and connected.
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM SCOTT
Website: https://www.scottcole.com
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit
You can reach out to Scott and find out more about his courses, classes and more at his website:
You can follow him on Instagram at www.instagram.com/scott_cole_wellness