Have you always dreamed of riding a horse, maybe even owning one? Do you finally have the time and money to turn your dream into a reality? Whatever your age, it’s never too late to slip your foot into a stirrup and mount up. Burt Schwab, 61, of Middle… Continue reading
For the past couple of decades, we’ve been reading headlines about the health benefits of accumulating 10,000 steps per day, the rough equivalent of walking five miles. That can be a pretty intimidating number for many people, but especially for older … Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) In today’s Fitness Friday show, we hear from returning guest, Sabrena Jo, director of science and research content for the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Jo talks about great ways to… Continue reading
It used to be that the first thing I’d see each time I opened my credit card holder was my health plan ID. One day, I placed my fitness center ID on top of it. Now when I open the card holder, I grin, because at 70, time spent exercising in the pool is… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) Our show today is part of our Fitness Friday series, including Dr. Tim Church, chief medical officer of ACAP Health Consulting in Dallas, who will discuss how to get motivated to exercis… Continue reading
Exercise — like walking, biking or swimming — is great for us and crucial as we age. But what about weight training? If these two words scare you or conjure up images of Charles Atlas getting sand kicked in his face and then becoming a body-building ki… Continue reading
There are a lot of great reasons to set up a home gym. Maybe you’re tired of schlepping to the local fitness center or maybe you hate wasting time waiting for people to get off the exercise machines you want to use. Maybe you prefer to grunt, groan and… Continue reading
If physical fitness is on your radar at all, you’ve likely heard of high-intensity interval training — HIIT, for short. This popular workout format has become a mainstay in gyms and fitness studios over the past several years for good reason: The benef… Continue reading
Glute raises. Boat pose. In the safety of an empty corner, away from the gym’s dumbbell racks and big silver machines, I focused on the warm-ups I’d learned the week before. Proud of mastering that much — a month earlier, I’d didn’t know my bicep from … Continue reading
At a recent wedding, 68-year-old Ellen Bonk showed a group of millennials how to “get down” to the Isley Brothers’ Shout. “When they sing ‘a little bit softer now,’ there was only one other person who got down lower to the floor than me and still got b… Continue reading