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
Dog Walking for Exercise: Simple Movement Tips
Walking your dog is more than quality time — it’s one of the easiest, healthiest ways to increase your daily movement.
In this lighthearted and encouraging episode of The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy, fitness educator and author Tracy L. Markley shares how simply owning a dog naturally helps people walk more, move more, and build healthier habits without overthinking it.
Tracy discusses how dog walking supports cardiovascular health, mental well-being, balance, and strength. She also gives simple tips for making your walks more effective — including adding gentle lunges, posture awareness, and mindful movement. And yes… she even reminds listeners to pick up the poop! (With a giggle.)
Whether you walk your dog around the block or head out on long nature trails, this episode offers fun, practical guidance to help you get more movement into your day.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Why dog owners naturally get more daily exercise
- How dog walking supports heart health, balance, and overall wellness
- Tips for improving posture, stride, and body awareness during walks
- Simple ways to add light strength work (like lunges)
- How walking with a dog can reduce stress and boost mood
- Encouragement to move more — in simple, joyful ways
This episode is light, fun, and motivating — a reminder that movement doesn’t have to be complicated to be beneficial.
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit