Muscle, the currency of independence, your engine for aging well. It allows you to climb stairs, carry groceries, pick up the grandchildren hike trails, recover from a stumble, and remain independent. As we age, that engine slowly loses horsepower—but it doesn't have to........
My personal experience with the genetic contribution to health and longevity is confounding......data and research, while solid may not be enough.
It takes years of mistakes to climb higher—lessons in the making—staying strong and committed in discomfort, trusting that the protracted process is working in your favor. Trouble is, building the necessary layers of insight and understanding that help us master life requires uncommon durability and longevity.
Bonefish are built like torpedoes, named for their exceptionally bony flesh. They are silvery, striped, fork-tailed, and streamlined for speed. Nothing compares to sighting a school of silvers and watching them transform from skittish and paranoid to marauding predators when they spot your fly. Sight fishing from the boat deck doesn’t make catching bonefish easy. It makes..........
The thought of longevity is compelling and marketable. What actually helps you live longer and stronger is less marketable and less compelling. What if we could live to 85, totally intact? It doesn't have to be complex or overbearing. Do one thing and begin to age better than the status quo.
More Than the Catch, if you take the time, the discovery is endless. Many people tie happiness and success to numbers. A rising market brings comfort. A full creel becomes the story. But what matters most rarely shows up that way. There’s more to fly-fishing than a fish inhaling your fly and stripping line, making your reel sing. It is a highly refined, nuanced form of solitary socialization.
If you haven’t been exercising throughout the winter, you may feel under the gun, tempted to compress your effort to get in shape into a short window before the season begins. Still, your something is better than nothing. To maximize effectiveness in a short window of time, focus on what matters most, cardiorespiratory fitness...
Fly fishing is bliss. It is finesse, restraint, and serenity far more than bravado. Sunrise over a meadow stream. A trout sipping your fly, then its sudden dash, stripping line from the reel. Time stops. Hearts pound. Hands shake. Later, the memory feels dreamlike. Every outing is different. Every outing is a gift. You want to return again and again—until you are one hundred years old.
My work as a wildlife biologist centered on habitat—evaluating and, when necessary, restoring wetlands, estuaries, salt marshes, forests, and prairies to ensure their health and integrity. The health of each habitat contributes upward to the overall wellness of the larger ecosystem: the entire community of living things. Your body is an ecosystem. The “habitats” that contribute to your personal biological ecosystem include your muscles, tendons, organs, nervous system, gut, and many others.
I’ve broadened the theme of my website after receiving thoughtful feedback. One reader wrote, “I visited your site and left because I don’t fish. We all need help aging better—so why the narrow focus?” Fly-fishing will remain part of my core message because it’s my why—the reason I live the training lifestyle. It is my measuring stick for how I’m aging physically, cognitively, and emotionally.
