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Flex is Rex

or, Flexibility is King When I returned from my recent Colorado hiking trip, I realized that I had worked harder than I had trained for. Symptoms included being overly tired (not wanting to do much for about a week), sore muscles, and general stiffness. Even after the tiredness went away,

My Philosophy of Weight Loss

I've been on a couple of weight loss / weight gain cycles. Here some of my thoughts that seemed to help me. Let me know what works for you. (Or doesn't work.) 1. Weight loss shouldn’t feel like starvation a. Reduce cravings by avoiding sugary foods

What are sugars? What are carbs?

I see a lot of articles and videos with people using the terms "sugar" and "carbs" in a way that feels haphazard, so wanted to do a brief recap of what these are and how they are related to each other. If you already know this

I Did a Senior Fitness Test

I found this senior fitness test on YouTube. Senior Fitness Test: How Fit Are You? - YouTube . This is based on the Fullerton Functional Fitness Test. I thought I’ll just see how far above all the other seniors I was. Unfortunately, it didn’t go that well. On most

2 Things Needed to Stay Healthy as We Age

Executive Summary : In this article, I will provide a high-level recap of what I learned after I started researching how to reach my goal of remaining healthy The two most important things we need are: 1. To maintain muscle mass for as long as possible 2. Avoid high levels of

Starting Down the Path to Losing 25 pounds

See if this happens to you… Executive Summary : This is my first blog article - an account of why I decided to learn more about how to be healthier. Contents 1. Uh-oh 2. Success! 3. Failure… 4. More motivation to be healthy 5. Success! 6. Failure… 7. Success! 8. Where