If you’re planning fit and healthy travel after 50 in 2023, think about this possible scenario. You go on vacation or a business trip, and there’s so much to do in so little time that your exercise routine falls through the cracks. Between the sightseeing and the visiting and maybe the client meetings, you just…
Category: Healthy Living
Forget About Less – Do More Of These Things
Do you ever feel like you’ve gone through life being told what NOT to do? Well, let’s forget all that for now and flip it around. Focus on the positive actions you can take to build the healthy habits you desire. If you want to mature with strength, independence, and vitality – living life on…
Fitness Over 50: Exercise And Cancer
Todd Allen and his wife took a European trip seven years ago. He felt terrible by the time they got home. Blood tests revealed cancer. Stage 4. Bone marrow. Todd went through 18 months of chemotherapy and had knee surgery and hip surgery. Never much for exercise, Todd then made a decision: “After the recovery,…
Active ‘Older’ Adults Are Trendy – Again!
You might not realize it, but if you’re getting fit or staying fit after 50, then you are riding the wave of one of the hottest trends in fitness around the world. TWO trends, actually, according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), which has released its 17th annual survey on the hot topics…
Remember The Power Of Taking One Step At A Time
We all know that most New Year’s Resolutions fail. But do you know why? Here’s one possible explanation. Most people set a huge goal for their resolution, and when they start trying to make that goal come true, they get frustrated by its overwhelming nature. Does this sound familiar? Did you ever resolve to, say……
9 Simple Steps To A Healthier Life In 2023
About new year resolutions, there’s bad news, and then there’s good news. First the bad news: Most of them fail. Now the good news: People over 50 have more life experience and tools to succeed at them. You’re more realistic, focused and balanced. As fitness experts, we know that plenty of people start each year…
Overcoming Myths About Active Aging
Ever heard someone say something like this? “Oh, he’s a very handsome man for his age.” What about: “I don’t like waiting on old people because they’re so tight with their money.” These are all part of the persistent myths attached to people over 50. But like many myths, they’re wrong when it comes to the…
Get Healthy for the Holidays Starting Now
Every fall in Anchorage, Alaska, folks know precisely when the long winter has begun. They wake up one morning to see the local mountaintops freshly capped in white. They call it termination dust, and they shift gears for the coming season. Well, for the rest of us, our version of termination dust comes the first…
Exercise Helps Keep Your Brain Strong, Too
Remember in school when the health teacher warned you about drinking? She probably said something like: Alcohol kills brain cells, and YOU NEVER GET NEW BRAIN CELLS. Scary stuff. Well, guess what? It’s not true about never getting new brain cells – although the choices you make in life affect your brain health and even…
Success Story: Learning to Adapt and Stay Active
Befitting for a theatrical performer, Dan Grady’s fitness journey can be told in three acts. Act I: A talented youth trains for years among ballet’s elite, then begins decade-long career dancing on Broadway. Act 2: After his dancing career ends, he grows frustrated with his body’s limitations and realizes change is essential in his attitude…