After 50, people start getting frail and helpless, and it just gets worse every year. They don’t care about how they look. They hate to try new things. Right? Wrong! We’ve all heard these persistent, damaging falsehoods forever, and we love chipping away at them every day – just like the millions of active agers
You might’ve heard people talk about their metabolism and how it relates to their weight, maybe in statements like these: “I never gain a pound – I guess I just have a high metabolism.” Or: “I keep gaining weight since I turned 40. My metabolism must have slowed down.” But have you ever wondered what
Elmo Shropshire was already a champion horse trainer, longtime veterinarian, and singer of a “love it or hate it” Christmas hit when he started running at age 55. By 70, he finished the New York City Marathon ninth in his age division. He found even greater success in short distances. And he spent this Christmas
If you’re new to exercise or returning after a bit of time, remember to take this important step at the beginning: Stretch! As we age, our bodies might feel tight, for no obvious reason. If we’re inactive, we might have curious aches or feel slow to move. Stretching helps with all of this and more,
Celeste Greene loved her grandmother so much, but she just couldn’t get the older woman to participate in rehab exercises after a fall. “She didn’t like to exercise – but she LOVED to laugh!” says Celeste, a certified physical trainer with a master’s degree in gerontology. “I thought, what if I combine what I’ve learned
Heading into a new year, so many of us are determined to take better care of ourselves – but then too often lose our steam by about the third week in January. It helps if you have good reasons to get fit – or, heck, even to stay fit, if you’re already active. Some of
Habits can be hard to form, particularly later in life when we might want to rely on familiar ways. But, armed with strong information and reliable tactics, you can adjust your tactics to succeed in 2022 and beyond. See, it turns out we’ve been thinking about forming habits all wrong. It’s not about willpower or
Have you heard about the “Big” story in fitness and pop culture? At first, it was nothing, really – the death of a TV character. But it has prompted something more valuable than a round of cosmopolitans. The ‘90s series “Sex and the City” got an update, “And Just Like That,” featuring Chris Noth as
It’s good news any time someone dispels a myth about getting older. So we’re happy to share this report of a survey that found widespread happiness about life after 65. Half of those in the survey of 2,000 people aged 65 to 84 said they feel younger than 50. They also: Stopped caring what people
Is your New Year’s Resolution for 2022 to get fit? Has that been your resolution in past years too? It sounds so easy on paper – until you try to throw yourself into changing too much, too fast. Soon, you’re overwhelmed, stressed, and miserable, and you drop back into old habits. Human brains thrive on