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
Anchor Point Training with Chris Severs | Interview on The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy
In this educational and inspiring episode of The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy, fitness educator and author Tracy L. Markley interviews Chris Severs, the inventor and visionary behind Anchor Point Training — one of the most innovative functional training systems available today.
Chris shares the story behind Anchor Point Training, how the system was created, and why anchored resistance offers benefits that traditional equipment cannot. Together, Tracy and Chris dive deep into the science of tension, angles, core activation, and movement awareness — discussing how these tools help everyone from stroke survivors to elite athletes.
This conversation blends biomechanics, safety, creativity, and purposeful movement education. Trainers, therapists, survivors, and general fitness enthusiasts will walk away with a better understanding of how to train smarter, safer, and more effectively.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- How Anchor Point Training began and what makes it unique
- The importance of core stability, resistance angles, and controlled tension
- Why anchored resistance improves balance, mobility, and strength
- How the system supports rehabilitation, performance, and everyday function
- Why functional movement training benefits all ages and abilities
- Insights from both Tracy and Chris on alignment, safety, and the mind–body connection
This episode delivers valuable, practical knowledge from two professionals dedicated to improving movement, confidence, and long-term wellness.
🌐 LEARN MORE ABOUT ANCHOR POINT TRAINING
Website: https://anchorpointtraining.com
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit