Because of some of the work I do with Runner’s World magazine, I had the opportunity to run the Big Sur International Marathon along the California coast about a year and a half ago. Though I trained steadily, my mashed-potatoes… read more
Fitness
Get Back to Fitness Basics With These Moves
There are some fitness basics that are available anytime, anywhere. Incorporating these into the weekly routine can provide additional tools to help adapt for whatever surprises 2021 brings! The Department of Health and Human Services’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans… read more
Rolling Your Way to a Stronger Core With An Ab Wheel
We are constantly bombarded with garbage infomercials on bogus exercise equipment, but every now and then there is something that actually works. Enter the ab wheel. This tool is nothing more than a single wheel with handles. It seems the… read more
Tips For Staying Active As You Age
When thinking about competitive sports, you might picture professional athletes in high impact sports like football, basketball, soccer or baseball. These athletes are usually in peak physical condition and are rarely performing professionally past their mid-forties. Many older adults may… read more
Dreading Going Back to the Office? Find Your New Routine
I don’t need to say it. We all know that 2020 has given everyone a new playbook for just about everything in life, but most of all, our careers and how and where we work. Many of us found ourselves… read more
Flabby Felines and Canines: How to Keep Your Pet Fit & Healthy
We all take it a little personally when someone calls our pet overweight. It makes us feel like bad pet parents to have let our beloved fur babies get to their current state. I unfortunately feel this way every time… read more
Try Online Yoga Classes for Senior Adults
Just because there is still a pandemic affecting our community, that doesn't mean that you have to stop getting exercise. In fact, keeping your body physically healthy is one way to protect yourself from getting sick. And, it is important… read more
How to Get Your Blood Flowing at the Office!
Now that some of us are moving back in to the office, it can be so easy just to sit and not really move for hours on end. This makes you fatigued, stiff, sore and honestly unmotivated to get stuff… read more
Ted Talks: Putting Solution into Resolution! Let’s Go, 2021!
We’ll remember this year as the one with masks and mute buttons, with Zoom meetings and zapped-from- the-calendar events, with social distancing and societal anxiety—and with so many changes, stresses, and disruptions that slapped the living shish kebab out of… read more
Find Out What It Takes to Take On the Appalachian Trail
The “hike,” as it has come to be called, all started about seven years ago. Three of my closest friends and I decided we wanted to hike the Suwannee section of the Florida Trail (that adventure is a story for… read more
