Category: Art of Aging

The Right Amount of Exercise

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………

View article

Build a Physical Activity Habit

Exercise isn't urgent until it is.
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.

View article

You are Responsible for Fitness

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!

View article

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…….

View article

Prepare for Flyfishing Season

A Fly Fisher Dream
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……

View article

12 Reasons to Exercise Now

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.  

View article

Retirement a Flyfishing Rebirth

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 be that way. Give it some thought. Find what is easy to grab, the low-hanging fruit. Take a walk, watch the sunrise, contemplate and think. After you return, take time to read this post. It’s […]

View article

Society is Wrong About Aging

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……..

View article

Beat Aging and Chronic Disease

Beat Aging and Chronic Disease
This is a brief personal essay, how I beat aging. It’s not perfect, disease still showed up. But I am living proof that you can change the trajectory of your biology, your aging. The research is animated and comes to life with my efforts. The key takeaway is that…..

View article

Fly Fish More-Override Aging

Fly Fish More-Override Aging
Flyfishing demands a high level of stamina, power and coordination. Too often we develop enough wisdom and skill to be masterful or just when we have the time to fish longer and harder, our health wanes and we begin to deteriorate. We are here to help you re-think aging, to enjoy the aging process….. Innovating our way to more……….

View article