Elderly Adventurers – Life begins At 60!
November 7, 2011 by italos
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Is there really life after 60? Many elderly achievers are defying their age on a regular basis, and proving that they are not over the hill, but in fact just beginning another lease of life. Breaking through stereotypes regarding age and health obstacles, they are proving you’re never too old to make your mark. Record makers and record breakers in the over 60 age range are plentiful, inspiring and showing every day that it is never too late for an old dog to learn new tricks.
Think your too old, to swim the English Channel? George Burnstad from the USA was 70 years old when in 2004 he became the oldest man to claim that accomplishment; followed in 2007, by the oldest female, Linda Ashmore from the UK, who accomplished the same feat just 2 months shy of her 61st birthday.
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Want to climb Mt. Everest? Nepalese man Min Bahadur Sherchan reached the top of the 29,035-foot summit just a month away from his 77th birthday.
Too tired to walk? Eula Weaver started walking after a heart attack at age 83.She became the oldest person at age 85 to win the foot race at the 1974 Senior Olympics. Even though she had no competition, she still at the age of 90, continues to hold the record for the 1500 meter walk.
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If golf is your sport of choice, consider Henry George Miller, who made the Guinness Book of World Records at the age of 93 by sinking a hole-in-one at the 11th hole at a golf course in Anaheim, CA. He started golfing in his late 50′s and is still golfing today at the age of 102.
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You don’t have to be a record breaker (yet), but you can always be a record maker! Have fun with your hobbies explore them and you may end up climbing mountains and exploring nature like Finis Mitchell aged 77 who has conquered 251 peaks in western Wyoming. Not only did he photograph and name hundreds of mountains, glaciers, and lakes, in the Wind River Mountains, but also authored the inspired book, Wind River Trails.
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Dancing queen 77-year-old Corinne Leslie became so consumed by all the energy she saw in older women, she formed Leslie’s Pompom Squad. The squad is composed of elderly woman who, just like their younger peers, cheer lead, energize the crowd and dance to music. Leslie herself has been known to stand on her head while another elderly dancer, Foofie Harlan, performs splits, hand stands, and cartwheels, which always cause standing ovations.
Then there’s Wally Lattimer, who at age 98 is just slowing down. He rises at 6 am and works a 12-hour day as a farmer, philosopher, and traveler. He lives alone outside Lyons, Kans., farming 40 acres of wheat and an 11-acre garden and claims to avoid sickness due to hard work and a steady schedule.
Some of these inspiring folks have had health obstacles to overcome, some had physical limitations, and others just decided that age was just a number and life didn’t have to stop once you hit 60. In fact, the wisdom of life experience combined with the emotional intelligence that life brings, has undoubtedly helped them to make more critical decisions and become closer to self-actualization, or personal enlightenment.
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What Are Bodyweight Exercises?
September 12, 2011 by Guest Author
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Bodyweight exercises are movements that utilize your own bodyweight without any help from dumbbells, bars or machines. Anything that can be completed without any tools not permanently attached to your body can qualify as a bodyweight exercise. These exercises are often overlooked or dismissed because most people do not realize how valuable they can be within a larger exercise program.
You can work every muscle in your body with bodyweight exercises and you don’t have to go to the gym to do it. You don’t need expensive equipment taking up room in your home and you don’t have to worry about heavy handheld equipment sitting around to be tripped over. Everything you need is within your own body and there are no hours of operation enforced by your body.
Wherever you happen to be when you want to get in a workout, you are ready to go. It doesn’t matter what time of the day or night it is or who is sleeping in your home. Working out with your own bodyweight can be as quiet as you want it to be and it can be done wherever you need it to be done. You are in complete control since you don’t need anything outside of your own body.
Another benefit to using bodyweight exercises is the reduced risk of injury. You are carrying your bodyweight around every day, so your muscles are used to that amount of pressure to some extent. When you workout with dumbbells, bars and machines there is always the potential to overload and overwork your muscles, resulting in overuse injuries that take you out of the workout game for long periods of time. There is less chance of that happening when you are using your own bodyweight to exercise.
Even with that lower risk of injury, you can still work every muscle in your body when you train appropriately with bodyweight exercises. You don’t have to use only bodyweight exercises. The goal should be to create a larger exercise program that fits all of your needs and overcomes all of your lifestyle restraints.
For instance, if you like to workout at the gym but sometimes have trouble making it there during their hours of operation, you can establish a routine using bodyweight exercises for those days when you just don’t make it on time. This way, you never miss a workout and are able to remain consistent with your plan for maximum results.
You can also mix bodyweight exercises into your gym routine. If you have ever seen anyone break from the machines to do pushups, you have seen someone including bodyweight exercises into their plan.
Those who benefit the most from bodyweight exercises are those who can’t go to the gym or purchase expensive equipment. Have you ever wondered why prisoners are so in shape? Many of them develop their muscular physiques through intensive bodyweight exercises, since they do not have access to a lot of equipment.
No matter what your weightlifting or exercise system looks like right now, consider adding in more bodyweight exercises. Some of the strongest men in the world get their strength from exercises focused on their own bodyweight. There are entire programs designed to help you get amazing results without ever stepping into a gym!
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Top 5 Tips for a Healthy Life
September 6, 2011 by amyf
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For many people, healthy living is an afterthought. Between work, family obligations, and those few snatched (and often guilty) moments of relaxation, there just isn’t enough time to think about multi-vitamins, exercise, or health food! These tips will make it easier for you to make your routine healthier, without costing you too much time.
1. Don’t deprive – supplement. Health food doesn’t have to be bland. If you think you’re missing out on nutrients, why not grab an Acai berry smoothie every morning? It tastes as good as a frappechino, and it’s healthier too. Plus, you won’t have to worry about Acai berry side effects because it’s just a fruit, not a drug!
2. Cut the garbage – you may feel like you have no time for staying healthy, but what are you spending your time on right now? Do you really enjoy those TV shows you watch? Do you go to the pub on a night to be sociable, or out of habit? Try trading a sedentary habit for a more active one, or swapping that pub trip for a trip to a juice bar.
3. Move more – sometimes, getting healthy really is as simple as moving more. If you’ve got a sudden increase of energy from enjoying that Acai berry shake, then maybe you can enjoy some beneficial Acai berry side effects by putting that energy to good use. Spend your break time at work jogging around the grounds of the office, or do a few push-ups while you’re waiting for the kettle to boil. It won’t cost you any extra time, but it will make you feel great.
4. Relax – it’s easy to put too much pressure on yourself. For some people, the most important skill they learn in their adult life is when to say no.
5. Smile – at the end of the week, walk out of the office, and forget about it for the weekend. Treat yourself to a night at a comedy show, or just a relaxing evening soaking in the bath. Learn how to smile again. It will do you the world of good.
It’s easy to make excuses – maybe you don’t think you can afford to order some Acai berry, or you’re worried about the Acai berry side effects, or maybe you feel you don’t have the time to go to the gym. However, your health is one thing that you really should be making time for. The Acai berry isn’t that expensive when you compare the cost to the amount you spend grabbing a coffee each morning, and it doesn’t make much sense to worry about Acai berry side effects when you don’t think of the side effects of eating a chocolate bar!
You don’t have to spend a fortune on pills, powders and devices to stay healthy. Hulk Hogan told people to “eat their vitamins and say their prayers”, and a lot of his advice made sense. If he’d suggested that people walk up the stairs before they said their prayers, he’d be on to the makings of a great fitness routine.
This article was written by Amy Fowler on behalf of Which Acai Berry; a consumer-led source of information on the Acai berry including Acai berry side effects, scams and benefits.
Using Mobile Apps To Help You Lose Weight
August 23, 2011 by italos
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With most people leading busy lives, it can be difficult to carve out time specifically for your weight loss journey. But taking advantage of advances in health information technology can be right at your fingertips. There exist many mobile phone applications that can help to track your food intake, suggest healthy meal items, measure your successes, and plan your next workout.
Some of the most popular mobile phone applications are those that track your daily caloric consumption. Rather than spending time at the end of your day remembering what was consumed, the user can input each specific food as it is eaten. Tracking food as it is eaten is proven to be more effective than remembering an entire day’s meals at once. A readout will then list calories consumed, as well as fat, carbohydrates, fiber, sugar, and protein. By tracking each of these macronutrients, it can be ensured that all nutritional needs are met. Additionally, calories can be monitored so that weight loss goals can be achieved faster. If you are unsure of your caloric needs, your weight, height, gender, physical activity, and other parameters can be set for a custom plan. These plans show you your calorie “budget” to get you to your goal weight.
Another benefit to using mobile phone apps is to measure the physical changes in your body. If looking better is the goal, weight is not the only factor. Measurements and body fat percentages are vital indicators of improving physical fitness. The health information technology available in many applications allows the user to input specific information like waist circumference and lean body mass. Graphs or charts can then show progress being made for each marker of physical fitness. Seeing instant visual representations of success is a big motivator for those looking to make healthier decisions and become fitter.
Cell phones can now come equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or accelerometers. These functions can track the distance traveled on foot, as well as speed and direction. Pedometer applications can be used for walking or running, and help the user meet their exercise goals. The United States government suggests that each person walk 5 miles per day, or roughly 10,00 steps. Mobile phone applications that make this easier to track bring us one step closer to meeting these daily recommendations.
Other applications act as a virtual personal trainer, offering hundreds or even thousands of possible strength training exercises. A picture or video of each move is shown on the phone’s screen, as well as detailed instructions to make sure proper form is being followed with each repetition. Suggestions can be found for exercises that work specific areas, whether that is whittling down the waist or building up biceps. Significantly cheaper than a one-on-one session with a personal trainer, applications like this allow anyone with a mobile phone the opportunity to work out in a safe and informed way. Not limited to weight bearing exercises, applications are available for detailed workouts in the areas of yoga, pilates, or even stretching to gain flexibility and prevent injury on your new fitness journey!
Mitchell Gavillion has been freelance writing for the past 2 years since studying health information technology. Mitchell is passionate about learning, he writes about health care, education, and fitness.Caring for your lenses
August 18, 2011 by italos
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There are five main steps required in caring for contact lenses. These steps basically revolve around cleansing, rinsing and also a disinfect procedure of the lenses after wearing them.
- The first step requires the user to wash their hands thoroughly in order to remove any dirt or debris that could affect your eyes. Once you have washed your hands without using a perfume or moisturising product, you should then dry your hands with a lint free cloth.
- Only now can you begin the next stage of the care regime, which includes removing the lens and placing it in the palm of your hand with the correct solution or eye formula. You should then begin to rub the lens; this will cause all the dirt, make-up and daily debris build-up to loosen.
- The next stage requires you to rinse the lens again in order to rid the lens or any of this loosened debris, dirt and make-up. Make sure you take note of the instructions on the packet, as all are different and each advise different time lengths and care procedures. Rinsing is the most important step and should therefore be followed exactly.
- Finally place the cleansed lens in your clean lens case cover or lens case holder and fill with clean lens care solution. Don’t ever top-up the old solution as this could cause infection and won’t clean the lens correctly either!
- Disinfecting the lenses will in turn rid them of micro-organisms on the lens. Repeat all of the above steps for the other lens and leave both in a safe place over night or until you’re next wear. Just always check the guidelines on the packet, as each will almost always vary!
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Weight loss in winter
November 23, 2010 by italos
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Have you noticed how easily you tend to gain weight in winter? We do tend to become very lazy and lethargic in winter. Due to the cold weather in the season of winter, our body tends to produce more heat. Metabolism rates are higher as the calories are burnt at a faster rate to produce the heat. In turn we get hungry thus, we tend to gain weight. Also there is much less physical activity from our part, because of the cold weather. Our disorderly eating habits are neglected more. Now that you know all this, then don’t wait around. There are some easy ways in which you can plan your weight loss in winter.
Start working on your body right away. After all since winter is already here, summer can’t be far away. Summer time means beaches, sleeveless and short summery outfits and lots of swimming. So to have that perfect swimsuit body, start working on your fat now and get it under control before summer arrives. Do not give up your regular exercise routine. If you don’t want to go out for walks in the cold, work out at home. Get some workout at home DVDs and follow that. Try some yoga early in the morning.
Yoga is the perfect way to stay fit and keep diseases at bay. Follow yoga routines regularly and you won’t gain weight every now and then too. Many celebrities swear by power yoga when asked about the secret behind their fabulous bodies. Yoga for weight loss is a win-win solution. In the summers, there is a lot of outdoor activity but winter restricts that, you should try to make up for it. People tend to play lawn tennis, soccer, baseball, etc. But in the winters, it’s mostly monopoly and card games which keep us busy, warm and comfortable near the fireplace.
Join a gym, not just for the winters. But if you do join a gym, it will keep you busy and active even in winter. You can get exercise equipment like a treadmill or an elliptical trainer for your home. Whenever you feel threatened by the harsh cold north winds, start working out on your treadmill and burn that fat.
If you are lying around watching TV sitting cozily at home on a lazy winter afternoon, then do not look for food as a comfort. Do not eat just because you are bored. We do tend to do so in the winters. But stop yourself. Whenever you feel like eating out of boredom, stop yourself and work out a bit, engage yourself in something else. Enjoy herbal tea and other herbs in your foods as the best herbs for weight loss are easily available and work wonderfully.
Do you have a regular diet plan which works excellently for you? Do not discontinue or change it in winter. If you still don’t have a dietary plan, visit your doctor, he or she will be able to give you a healthy diet chart which will suit your needs and requirements perfectly, thus keeping you in good shape. Remember, it is the combination of good healthy food and regular exercise which will help you in maintaining that stunning body.
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