Fitness products and services for people over 40

Can Exercise Help You Avoid Knee Surgery?

Another Article, this week, about knee injuries in Baby Boomers, and how exercise can help many of us avoid surgery. I won’t go on a rant about how Western medicine is all about the money generated for big pharma and unnecessary surgeries. Instead, I will tell you about a knee strengthening exercise that I have…

Help! I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up!

Hope all US residents had a fabulous 4th of July celebration! Did you include some healthy recipes from my previous posts? Grilled Peaches is always a good one for summer holidays. Today I am sharing a short video of the best way to get up (and down) from the floor. So many people in my…

Try Peaches For Healthy Summer Grilling!

Nothing beats a 4th of July grill fest!  Someone always brings a pie or cake decorated as a flag… BUT, my favorite is grilled peaches. So sweet, juicy and delicious! Try them and you’ll be hooked too! Grilled Peaches – Yummmmmmm! Ingredients: 4 ripe peaches, cut in half with the pit removed 2 TBSP Butter…

Mid Year Goal Recap

Well, it’s mid June – that means 2016 is more than half over. How are you doing on your goals for this year? Have you completed some of them? What I have noticed lately is that it’s just about impossible to meet new goals when life is buzzing along with more responsibilities than one can…

Want Younger Looking Skin? Of Course You Do!

It’s been a while since I wrote Beautiful Sexy Skin For Women Over 40, and since then I’ve found another natural product that I really love, which I’d like to share with you today. A couple of months ago I began to use BADGER Damascus Rose Face Oil, and I fell in LOVE right away,…

Gardening Causing A Pain In Your Back? RELAX!

I am excited to say that I have planted my garden this year BEFORE Memorial Day! Can’t remember ever doing that before; hope that means an early and fruitful harvest… May is the month for gardening in the Berkshires. And, once again this year, most of my friends and neighbors are walking around with stiff…

Alzheimer’s Prevention Strategy!

  A while back I wrote about a study that showed aerobic exercise increased the brain’s hippocampal volume in older women, which increased memory performance. Now, another study has confirmed that meditation is good for your brain. This Harvard study used MRI scans to document, for the very first time in medical history, how meditation…

Ready For Shorts and Tanks?

Yayayyyyyyyy! Sunshine and blue skies! Just went for a walk between my classes and I am soooooo enjoying this sunshine. Summer will be here in the blink of an eye (I hope). Are you ready for shorts and tanks season? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 36 percent of…