• FLEXIBILITY
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• BALANCE
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• STRENGTH
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• ENDURANCE

About Us

Doug is a board certified Physical Therapist, board certified Geriatric specialist and board certified hand therapist.

His philosophy for aging is simple. "The healthier you are, the happier you are."

--Aging is hard enough without having weak legs, poor endurance and wobbly balance.--

I have been frequently asked why I started a website called Eldergym. Elder and gym are two words that you wouldn't think would go together.

I think the answer is that we now know that staying active and healthy into our elderly years is a really really good thing. When we maintain a good diet and lifestyle, exercise and live in a positive spirit, we are stronger, happier, more independent and have a higher level of energy.

Eldergym® was created out of my passion and interest in older adults and the elderly.

As a Physical therapist and fitness professional I work with seniors and the elderly to promote functional independence through exercise in the areas of strength, endurance, flexibility and balance.

I also design and conduct safe, simple and effective senior  and elderly exercise classes.

I began in my early 20's studying the relationship between longevity, diet and exercise.  I must admit Jack LaLanne and his predecessors have always been a source of inspiration.

Though I have been a personal trainer and fitness instructor for over 20 years, my primary job continues to be as a physical therapist specializing in geriatrics and  hand therapy.

This site is focused on senior and elderly fitness. This site is designed to help you with exercise tips, articles and videos. Take a look at some of my students demonstrating our safe, simple and effective exercises in the many videos we have online.

Please feel free to bookmark our site if you are interested in this area. I am continuing to add new information and videos on the subject of senior and elderly fitness.

As traffic to this site increases, we will soon add products including our own senior and elderly exercise videos along with exercise props that we use in class. Add your name to the Newsletter list and I'll send you an update when we have more to tell you.

I would love to hear from you and will answer all emails as time permits.  Email  to about@eldergym.com. 

All the best in health and fitness

Doug Schrift  PT

If you have a general fitness question, I would love to respond to it. They can be asked on our fitness questions page. Click this link to go to the fitness questions area. More than likely others may have the same question and will be happy to see the answer also.