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Body Nutrition

Slowing Metabolism: an Excuse

October 30, 2021November 20, 2022

We’ve all heard the mantra: we put on weight as we age because our metabolism slows down. It is the rationale for our universal loss

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Strength Training

New Strength Training Tweak

December 11, 2020November 19, 2022

I came across a study recently….and I need to put a link to it here……about emphasizing the eccentric portion of my repetitions. I haven’t experienced

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Mind

Why We Look the Way We Do

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022

As we push towards 70, people are often surprised by how trim, healthy, and younger we look than they expect of septuagenarians. The answer became

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Getting older Human Experience Mind

Shoveling Snow is Exercise Too

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Before After

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Body Running

Magic Number

December 27, 2020December 19, 2021

An hour’s exercise a day is magical.

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Mind Running

Extreme Weight Loss and Exercise

December 18, 2021December 19, 2021

The December 15, 2021 issue of the New York Times ran an interesting article, “How Exercise Affects Metabolism and Weight Loss,” which reports on newly

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Body Strength Training

Getting Older….Weight Gain

January 31, 2021March 4, 2021

A coworker of mine recently remarked about the inevitability of weight gain as we age. She was commenting on her partner’s 20-30 pounds weight loss

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