Nutrition
Like all Kenzai programs, we'll start with your diet. You'll learn what nutrients your body needs as it ages and which foods are doing you no good. We'll expect you to keep a clean, tight diet, with some room for treats here and there.
Exercise
Most people in their 60s or 70s aren't concerned with getting shapely legs or a six-pack. We'll focus on exercises that promote the things you do care about:
- Range of motion for comfort in daily life
- Balance and stability to prevent accidents and falls
- Bone and joint health
Don't think this means you won't be exercising. We'll expect you to work hard every day. And yes, you might just get shapelier legs or a six-pack before its all through!
Education
Older clients have a completely different set of skills to learn. Each day of your program you'll get an in-depth lesson about how to meet the needs of your changing body and make the most of every day. These lessons will be your field guide to navigating the ups and downs of growing older.
Community
When you join Kenzai Silver you'll be placed in a training group with one of our skilled Kenzai trainers and a cohort of fellow Silver trainees. You'll work together to conquer the challenges of a real training cycle, using the power of real human connection to stay motivated and on track. Kenzai Silver trainers will be there for you every step of the way with specialized knowledge about how to make the diet and exercise work for you.
Meet Your Trainer
WARD
MORE ABOUT WARD
Ward
Ward has devoted his life to helping others discover their best selves. This journey has led him from getting a nursing degree to helping underprivileged California youth in Americorps, to designing the experiential education program for troubled students in public schools of Maine. He continued this journey as a Kenzai trainer, and then as our head trainer developing the Kenzai trainer team to help thousands around the world.
Ward’s training style can be summed up in two words - validate and educate. Everyone comes to their fitness program with their own challenges, hang-ups, and strengths. He works to meet trainees where they are, understand their situation, and collaborate to find the solutions that get results. Empowerment and knowledge is always the goal.
When he’s not training Kenzai trainees or organizing the training staff, Ward can be found ripping up the ski-slopes and mountain-bike trails of New England. When he’s not outside he’s often in the cinema catching up on the latest art house films or whipping up fresh, delicious food for his family.
Location: Portland, Maine
Training philosophy: “Approach fitness with a harm-reduction model. Eliminate the things that are causing the most damage first, and focus on progress, not perfection. Everyone has a different starting point. Don’t compare your starting point with another person, just get started!”
Life experience
- Masters Degree, Counselor Education
- Bachelor of Arts
Kenzai experience
- NASM certified Trainer
- Training with Kenzai since 2012
- Joined Training Team 2013
- Head Trainer since 2016
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Thanks to Kenzai, I am feeling so much better, not only in how I look, but in energy and movement. Back on Day 1, I hobbled into Kenzai, literally.
Barbara D., 75
Kenzai is an awesome reality check! Thank you! I cannot begin to name all the lessons gained – about fitness, about diet, about myself. I set meaningful goals for a woman my age……and I met and surpassed them!
Jerry R., 77 -
The combination of sound doctors’ advice, medication, morning walks and Kenzai exercises have had a beneficial impact on my body. In the morning, I can get up and move without pain. The battle with sciatica and inflexibility will be an ongoing one, especially for a person my age. As a Kenzai Member, I look forward to continuing the battle.
Kermit C., 74
I had a check-up with doctor and my sugar numbers and blood pressure both dropped. In fact, blood pressure lower than ever. He said at next appointment he would most probably lower and /or take blood pressure meds away.
Barbara W., 73 -
Only two days past the program 'finish' line and I am already noticing the valuable residues of this wonderful program.... Hard to remember when I have felt more attuned to my body and its true needs!
Martin B., 73
This was truly a transformative experience for me. I lost about 30 lbs. My cardiovascular fitness improved to a level that I thought was gone forever. I still feel I could improve some more but what has been accomplished is remarkable.
David I., 60 -
Kenzai is for me. In my long years I have done so many types of fad exercises and diets that were time consuming and did not work. Nothing but Kenzai encompasses all three fitness threads — diet, strength, and cardio — and it takes so little of my time. A single integrated program that meets all these needs is genius.
Jane Bayley B., 73
I did note however that my shoulder flexibility has increased. Certainly my overall feeling of fitness has increased due to Kenzai Silver. As has my understanding of the ways my body/nutrition/exercise works, due to the excellent Lessons. I have lost over twenty pounds, and am now below 210.
Tracy B, 71
