Visit from baby granddaughter Noemi speeds up recovery Back in October I wrote that I was to undergo surgery to remove a third of my colon due a mass discovered through a combination of the Cologuard test and a follow up colonoscopy. We delayed that surgery due to an already scheduled trip to [...]
Recently a family member had an episode where he fell and couldn't get back up on his feet. This should never happen to a 76 year old man. The main reason why it happened is because he's become quite frail over the last couple of years due to an underlying condition. This condition resulted in [...]
I truly believe that strength training is the best form of exercise for living a quality life. While individuals who've been more involved with cardio exercise, such as running or biking for most of their lives tend to have greater longevity than most, stronger people seem to break down less with age. Naturally, there are [...]
Anyone past the age of 30 should start to incorporate strength training into their fitness routine. However, after the age of 50, strength training takes on even more significance. At this point, if we haven’t been training, we’ve already lost about 10% of our muscle mass, and maybe more. That loss of muscle mass begins [...]
Everyone knows that regular cardio exercise is highly beneficial, and lowers your risk of mortality. What most people don't realize is that strength training offers similar benefits. Regularly doing both cardio exercise and strength training will lower your mortality risk even more than just cardio exercise. Unfortunately, far fewer people do regular strength training compared [...]