October 2019 – Senior Fitness For Life

How close is science to achieving life extension for humans? From what I read, we now know a lot about how life works, what causes aging, and how to prevent disease and deterioration. We have the tools to change cellular function at a genetic and epigenetic level. In… What’s your attitude about aging? Do you hate it? Love it? Or, like me, simply try to deny it! Research now shows our negative attitudes about aging affect our physical and mental health as we age. I’m a long-time practitioner of the revered art of denial…. How much do you know about senior heart health and what you should be doing? You may have “high blood pressure,” and not even know it. That’s because experts lowered the threshold for what’s considered “high” in 2017. Almost half of… It never ceases to surprise me how little I actually understand about our bodies, especially the heart. Take heart disease in seniors, for example. I should be somewhat of an expert now, because my husband Rob had a major heart attack 15 years ago, and for the most… I’ve asked many of my senior friends which they prefer: working out in a home gym, or going to a real gym? I’ve been getting a lot of interesting responses, including what I’d call award-winning excuses! Some claim to prefer a root canal to working…