Owning Wisdom with guest faculty Rebecca Rusch and David Stewart
SuperAge Fitness: Own Your Fitness, Own Your Future
May 26 - May 31, 2025 in Santa Fe, USA Led by: Rebecca Rusch, David Stewart, Darby Rose
Financial aid is available. Apply Here.
Harness the power of your body to elevate your vitality, creativity, and happiness with a world-champion athlete and the founder of AGEIST Magazine
Physical fitness is at the core of a vibrant and fulfilling life – yet too many people in midlife have forgotten how to move and care for their bodies.
Tuning back into our bodies is the first critical step towards vitality, creativity and agency in all aspects of life. When you’re physically strong and healthy, not only do you have more energy, confidence, and endurance – you enjoy greater mental clarity, emotional resilience, and creative inspiration as well.
So how do you develop a comprehensive approach to fitness that boosts your physical strength and endurance and keeps your mind sharp – and is something you’ll actually stick with over the long term?
Join seven-time world champion athlete, Rebecca Rusch and AGEIST Magazine and SUPERAGE founder David Stewart to discover the tools and proven strategies to cultivate the strength, flexibility, cardiovascular health, and mind-body integration that will sustain your physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing for decades to come.
What you’ll gain
Rebecca and David are both long-time athletes and leading authorities on fitness and mindset training. Through a blend of MEA’s experiential activities and their expert guidance, you will:
Whether you’re seeking to re-energize your body, enhance your creativity, or simply find more joy in daily life, you’ll leave this workshop with the tools and support you need to thrive – physically, mentally, and spiritually. Embrace the power and joy of fitness as the key to living with strength, clarity, and purpose at every stage of life!
Meet your faculty
Rebecca Rusch
7-Time World Champion Adventure Athlete | 2X Hall of Fame Cyclist | Emmy Award Winner | Entrepreneur | Fitness & Mindset Expert
Rebecca Rusch is a world champion athlete, Emmy Award winner, and entrepreneur whose journey of resilience and leadership inspires teams and individuals to embrace an athlete’s mindset, pursue their own personal podiums, and redefine peak performance.
With over three decades of unparalleled success, Rebecca has become an icon in ultra-endurance sports, pushing the boundaries of human endurance and resilience. Her achievements span mountain biking, adventure racing, climbing, and paddling, including setting records at the Leadville 100 MTB and Iditarod Trail Invitational, summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro by bike, and being the first person to ride the entire 1,200-mile Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Beyond her competitive career, Rebecca has won an Emmy Award for her documentary film,Blood Road, is a bestselling author of Rusch to Glory, and is an inspirational keynote speaker. Through her Be Good™ Foundation, she leverages the power of the bike to transform lives and foster community and global impact.
Recognized as one of the top 40 women in sport by Outside and one of the 50 most influential people in American cycling, she is the only athlete to be inducted into both the Mountain Bike and Gravel Cycling Halls of Fame. Whether inspiring from the stage, consulting on peak performance, or advocating for mental and physical health, Rebecca brings unparalleled passion, wisdom, and grit, making her one of today’s most compelling voices in resilience and personal growth.
At the Modern Elder Academy, Rebecca brings her wealth of knowledge focused on physical fitness as a pathway to vitality, creativity, and happiness. Through strength training, cardiovascular challenges, mindful movement, purposeful play, and recovery techniques, participants will learn how to connect body and mind, fostering resilience, energy, and joy.
Rebecca’s mission is to help individuals push beyond their limits, embrace an athlete’s lifestyle, and live with purpose and strength at every stage of life.
Join Rebecca for a transformative experience that will elevate your physical health, mental clarity, and overall well-being, while having fun!
"Rebecca’s words resonate. As a lifelong student of the adventurous, entrepreneurial life, Rebecca has the unique ability to take her hard-earned wisdom from athletic feats and apply them to the arenas of business and charitable foundation and vice versa. She is also meticulous in her preparation. When she commits to getting a job done, she becomes a master of the task and goes beyond expectation. We all have much to learn from her passion and approach to sport, life, and legacy."
Selene Yeager
Host: Hit Play Not Pause podcast
“Rebecca Rusch is relentlessly fast racing a bike, but before she became one of the world's greatest endurance athletes, she was a normal person like you or me, just tougher and more determined. Known as the Queen of Pain for her incredible perseverance, Rusch's story can inspire anyone to discover their own greatness.”
Velopress
“I have always been fascinated by those who operate on the edge, push the envelope, redefine sports and industries. I wanted to visually portray the beauty and intensity of athletes while answering the question "WHY"? My criteria: They needed to be the best in the world at what they do. They needed to be true role models/heroes – no ego and just simply fantastic people. Rebecca fulfilled the requirements in spades!”
Corey Rich
Photographer and Filmmaker
David Stewart
AGEIST Magazine Founder | SUPERAGE Podcast Founder | Thought Leader | Athlete
David Stewart is a passionate champion of the modern 50+ lifestyle, and a leading authority on the mindset and aspirations that drive this influential demographic.
As the go-to reference on people in our age group, David frequently shares his expertise and insights with major media publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, CNN, South China Morning Post, Forbes and Fortune Magazine.
He also consults for a wide range of Fortune 500 brands and businesses. An entertaining and lively speaker, he has delivered keynotes at The Global Wellness Summit in Singapore, Monocle Quality of Life, HIMMS Las Vegas, and many other large-scale venues.
Before he launched AGEIST, Stewart was an award-winning photographer, whose work includes multiple magazine covers and global advertising campaigns. He is also proud to be a sponsored athlete at the age of 65.
This workshop is for you if...
Your body is changing in ways you may not love – and you want to reverse the signs of aging you’ve been experiencing
You want to learn how to train for strength, agility, and cardiovascular health but aren’t sure what exercises and approaches are best in midlife
You're looking to improve heart health and lower your risk for cardiovascular disease risk factors
You want to protect yourself against age-related maladies such as osteoporosis, balance and mobility issues, diabetes, and arthritis
You want to enhance your health through a holistic approach integrating strength training, cardio, and mind-body techniques
You’re looking for expert fitness strategies to help you stay healthy, strong, and agile for decades to come
Santa Fe, USA
Rising Circle Ranch
An upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and spanning nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, with ancient petroglyphs, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
Meet your MEA facilitators
In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Rebecca and David, you will be guided through the core MEA Owning Wisdom curriculum by our faculty members:
Darby Rose
Experience Facilitator
Darby Rose is a multidisciplinary artist, arts administrator, cook, actor and animal lover, currently living in Santa Fe, NM. Born into a family of travelers in Austin, TX, she’s lived more places than she can count — all over Texas, Boston, Jackson WY, Baltimore and Los Angeles, to name a few; and outside the US in Peru and Italy. After a long stint in Marfa, TX, the vast, mountainous horizons and monsoons of New Mexico captured her. This travelers life has built in Darby a deep curiosity and compassion for others, and a gratitude for the beautiful complexities of the human condition, with its myriad expressions of love, humor, struggle and strength.
Better Body, Better Life
When you feel physically strong, flexible, resilient, and vibrant, it’s so much easier for your mind and spirit to feel the same way. That’s what unlocks your creativity and boosts your ability to feel happy, centered, and peaceful, no matter what life throws in your path.
