Best Exercise After Your Thanksgiving Feast!

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Happy Thanksgiving to My Fellow Americans! Will you be enjoying turkey this Thursday? I sure will—I love turkey! Once the feast is over and we’ve made our next-day turkey sandwiches, I always break out my crockpot to make my own bone broth with the turkey carcass. I freeze any leftover meat so I can add…

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Do we really need 10,000 steps a day?

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In recent years there has been a lot of buzz about taking 10,000 steps a day for cardiovascular health. Well, it turns out that this particular goal was rooted more in advertising new pedometers than in real science. The pedometers that were introduced at that time tracked 10,000 steps… Since then, several studies have been…

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How to Exercise After Age 50 – It’s Easier Than You Think!

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Happy New Year! Did you stay up to watch the ball drop? Most of my friends did not. I watched the Sydney, Australia fireworks on You Tube and then went to bed. We don’t stay up as late as we did when we were younger. Patterns and habits change as we age. Mostly that’s good…

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Best Exercises to Build Muscle when 50+

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Building muscle is one of the most important things that those of us over 50 need to incorporate into our weekly exercise routines. Since muscle loss begins around 30, we’ve already been losing muscle, and we don’t want to become frail. In fact, most of the 50, 60, 70 yr. olds that I know are…

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Build muscle after 50 with Isometric Exercises!

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I used to think that isometric exercises were something that you needed machines or straps to do. However, isometric contractions occur when your muscle(s) is held in a static position. Examples of isometric exercises include wall squats, planks, or any position that you can maintain and hold for an extended time. No machine necessary! Since…

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Personalized Exercise Programs Are Not Just For 20 yr olds!

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50, 60, 70 are so much more than milestone birthdays, yet I’ve heard many women say things like, “I don’t want to be 70! Don’t have a party or make a big deal about my getting old!” My feelings are that, YES, we should be celebrated! Not because we’ve managed to live that long, but…

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Foods that help build muscle!

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Did you know that more than 600 muscles work together as a team, every day, to keep your body moving and its internal systems functioning? The rhythm of your breathing, pumping the blood through your body, and keeping your organs functioning properly are all the responsibility of your muscles. It’s easy to see, then, how keeping the…

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