110621 3 Options for Senior Care When You Need It

My thanks to Harry Cline for the following information. 3 Options for Senior Care When You Need It (Part 1 of 3) As seniors, we all want to stay active and healthy throughout our lifetimes. However, there might come a day when that’s not fully possible without a little help. Before you find yourself in … Continue reading 110621 3 Options for Senior Care When You Need It →

060621 Reverse crunch

The reverse crunch helps tighten up your core muscles.

Recommended books for your consideration

There are many books available that will help you stay healthy and fit as you age. The hard part of this stage in our lives is actually getting up and "doing it". By that I mean you can read a ton of books, but if you don't apply what you've read then your mental and physcially abilities will not improve.

Wall pushups

The wall pushup is the first step in developing your ability to do a full regular pushup. These are valuable in helping to increase your upper body strength.

280521 Are the bear claws you are eating making you as grouchy as a bear?

Researchers at the University of California in San Diego have found a potential link between trans fat consumption and its effects on our behavior.

The bodyweight squat

The squat is an essential exercise movement that we use every, single, day of our life.

210521 Are you at high risk? Smoking harms your smile.

It’s been proven that smoking weakens your immune system, making it more difficult for your body to ward off illness, including gum disease. And once you have gum disease, smoking makes it more difficult for your gums to heal.

140521 Recovery methods employed after heavy exercise. (2/2

Recovery methods employed after heavy exercise. (2/2) By Danny M. O'Dell, M.A. CSCS Continued from last week Let us briefly discuss a few of these and the way in which they are applied during the recovery process. Use these various modalities between sets or between days of training. Experiment until you have found the ones … Continue reading 140521 Recovery methods employed after heavy exercise. (2/2 →

070521 Recovery methods employed after heavy exercise part one of two

Use of the various means of recovery should be included as a part of the over all design package of your work out plan. You will find some that fit you very well, just as some exercise seem to be tailor made especially for you. However, keep varying the different modalities, as your body will soon accustom itself to those, which are applied most frequently. The benefits will diminish if they are over used. The bottom line on the issue is this: just as you change your exercise selections around each training day so must you change your recovery modes around.

300421 Plank progressions

Quite frequently the plank appears in the media as the go-to exercise for firming up your stomach and improving your core, the latter a much-overused term since nearly every exercise strengthens the core. In any case, let’s take a look at the advantages of doing the plank in your exercise sessions.