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The Right Amount of Exercise

The Right Amount of Exercise

July 27, 2024 6:23 pm Published by Comments Off on The Right Amount of Exercise

A recent study suggests that running 50 minutes per week can lower your risk of premature death from all causes. That’s good to read, but not everyone wants to run. Some people can’t run. What are the equivalents? Looking at this another way, sitting 12 or more hours a day is too much and has a 38% higher risk of death than those who sat 8 hours a day.........


Exercise isn't urgent until it is.

Build a Physical Activity Habit

July 21, 2024 8:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Build a Physical Activity Habit

Inactivity is what is making your muscles hurt, making them stiff and inflexible. That didn’t happen until you got older and your muscles started going downhill. You can stop and even reverse that downhill slide...... One thing, effort! When you engage more, you influence your aging trajectory.


You are Responsible for Fitness

You are Responsible for Fitness

July 4, 2024 2:28 pm Published by Comments Off on You are Responsible for Fitness

Chronic pain, weight gain, back pain, ‘tennis elbow,’ shoulder issues, hand cramps, reduced stamina, and balance. We all have ideas and opinions why these conditions occur, but few of us look at or mention the obvious facts, probably because, the obvious facts require effort. You are responsible here, no one else!


Hardcore FlyFishing

May 25, 2024 3:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Hardcore FlyFishing

High temperatures, freezing temperatures, brutal wind, ice or penetrating sun--do these conditions intimidate or hold you back? Or do they get you excited.....?Read on.....


Prevention is the Best Medicine

April 23, 2024 4:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Prevention is the Best Medicine

Prevention is the best medicine and exercise is the best option for preventing decline. This is how we override the gravitational pull of aging and reduce the progression and severity of chronic disease. The mainstream approach, doctor visits and medicine can’t compare. Synthetic medicines and surgery will treat conditions that have become embedded. But there.......


A Fly Fisher Dream

April 21, 2024 7:47 pm Published by Comments Off on A Fly Fisher Dream

This is a personal essay on how I became a biologist and coach who helps people see what's possible as they age.


A Fly Fisher Dream

Prepare for Flyfishing Season

April 8, 2024 1:43 pm Published by Comments Off on Prepare for Flyfishing Season

Flyfishing is demanding. The benefits of physical preparedness through exercise will enhance your flyfishing at the foundational level. Being a fit fly fisher also offers numerous health benefits that directly contribute to a more enjoyable and fulfilling experience, long-term fly fishing for the aging angler......


12 Reasons to Exercise Now

12 Reasons to Exercise Now

April 3, 2024 7:52 pm Published by Comments Off on 12 Reasons to Exercise Now

Highlights of what is not taught in school or anywhere else. You cannot buy, synthesize or prescribe the most potent preventive medicine available to man. How you use exercise to improve your fly-fishing is also crucial to your life....The Art in your Aging.  


Retirement a Flyfishing Rebirth

Retirement a Flyfishing Rebirth

March 29, 2024 6:29 pm Published by Comments Off on Retirement a Flyfishing Rebirth

Make retirement a flyfishing rebirth. It’s a big shift for some, impossible dream for others but, It doesn’t have to [...]


Society is Wrong About Aging

Society is Wrong About Aging

March 16, 2024 8:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Society is Wrong About Aging

Jokes, negativity and stories on how bad aging is are the norm. I lived in Florida. I got the message.....Think about that. Mass culture drives and shapes the conversation on aging, a biological process. We can disregard the stories, emotion and opinions around aging because the reality is Nature runs the program. No one is exempt. If you........