About the Owner

Andy Baxter has been a senior personal trainer, post rehab conditioning specialist and medical exercise specialist for twenty-one years. He holds certifications from the Health and Fitness Institute, the American Senior Fitness Association, the American Association of Health, Fitness and Rehabilitation Professionals, U.S. Rowing, Concept 2, and the American Sport Education Program.

Andy is the former owner of New Angle Fitness (Oakland, CA) and former Director of Health and Fitness at Mountain Meadows (Ashland, OR). Currently he owns and operates Baxter Fitness Solutions for Fifty and Beyond (Ashland and Medford, OR). His other company, Beyond 50 Fitness, LLC produces senior specific fitness DVDs. Currently on the medical advisory board for SciFit Systems, Inc., Andy’s patent pending Ageless Fitness Systems opened its first licensed satellite facility in Victoria, BC in 2008 as MedEx Fitness Centre.

Andy has published articles on senior fitness and rowing both locally and nationally. He is a multiple U.S. National, Canadian National and World Champion master oarsman and two-time Head of the Charles medalist.

Represented by Fine Print Literary, New York, Mr. Baxter has two books slated for 2009-2010: Racing Against Yesterday - rowing through midlife toward the Olympic trials, and Strong For Life – reversing the aging process through exercise.

In 2009, Andy was a guest speaker at the 33rd annual Oregon State University Gerontology Conference and was appointed to the Visioning Board of the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA). Click here to find out more about his involvement with ICAA.

Click here to read the Mail Tribune article about Andy's Olympic aspirations.