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Having just returned from a long-postponed road trip, I was unceremoniously reminded that car or plane travel can cause us (me) to stiffen up. It’s great to get away, but having no choice but to hold one position for hours on end can mean needing some time to get the…
Intermittent fasting is becoming more popular these days, and for good reason. Quite frankly, it can be a lot easier to embrace as a concept or a behavior than going on yet another diet. When you think about it, intermittent fasting, or time-restricted eating has one rule. Intermittent fasting would…
Because of popular demand, I am going to set out to answer this burning question. If you were to ask a bunch of people if they gain weight in winter, I bet you would find that the answer is yes. After all, we tend to hunker down, stay indoors, and…
Often in the health and fitness field, we hear that we are to “listen to our bodies”, “find our flow”, or practice “intuitive eating.” This sort of thing has been around for a long time. We are reminded of the old adage, “To thine own self be true,” which did…
Often when we think of self-care, we conjure up a vision of taking a break, hanging out in nature, or even going to a mindfulness meditation class. Those are some of the ways you can go in for self-care. But there is much more to it than that. In…
This past year has been a tough one, upending many of our lives and habits. We have had to cope with lots of changes, lots of anxiety, and have had to come up with creative ways to keep our heads above water. Along the way, perhaps we were buoyed up…
Bad knees are something that happens to many of us (50% at least, at some point in our lives). I don’t need to tell you that it can be a game-changer, stopping many of us from getting around the way we would like to. Thank goodness for the fact that…
Before we get going, this blog also applies to those of you who exercise regularly, but may have those days when you just don’t have the mojo for it or are having a serious bout of wanting to sit around. You may want to let time drift by as you…
Yes, it’s thing. Some people respond very quickly to both strength training and cardio, and others literally remain the same. There is actually a whole range of responses. You could think of it as a bell curve, where the ones at one end will struggle to make headway, and the…
First, Let’s Talk About Blood Pressure Today the latest edition of the AARP Bulletin (affectionately known by us as “the rag”) arrived in our mailbox. One of the articles mentioned that nearly half of all adult Americans and 3 out of 4 people over 60 have high blood pressure (hypertension)….