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The Senior Exercise BlogStay up-to-date on the latest exercise and fitness information, additions or changes. Click on the orange button (RSS) to your left and below to subscribe. Today's blog items follow . . . Jennifer in AustriaSee Jennifer in Austria. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't the only muscle in the nation. Permalink -- click for full blog post Hail, Hail to U City HighAlan Spector and I first made contact over fitness items online. It was a few years ago. A senior and practitioner of a fitness lifestyle, Al still loves and plays baseball. He had written a book about his passion, Baseball: Never Too Old To Play the Game. My kind of guy. Al has written another book, which just came out, and it looks like a home run. In Hail, Hail to U City High, he looks to the future of his high school class of baby boomers as they move into a new phase of their lives. And he rightfully focuses on two things — their personal fitness and the importance of pursuing the passions of their youth. Their stories and his hopes for his classmates are really about all of us. It is a book worth reading — and enjoying! Take at look at: www.aaspector.com Qigong for Relaxation and FlexibilityIncrease flexibility and relieve stress with Qigong. Permalink -- click for full blog post Your Fitness StoryAre you senior living a fitness lifestyle? Share your fitness story and training history with other seniors. Permalink -- click for full blog post Mrs. Gray Iron FitnessI was born in 1949. As I write this today (10/7/06), I'm 57 years old. Other vital statistics include brown eyes, gray hair, 5'8 tall, Permalink -- click for full blog post Jogging and RunningJogging and running build cardiovascular fitness. Are they the best exercise? Get some answers here. Permalink -- click for full blog post A Wise Decision: Taking Fish Oil and Omega-3The value claims about some vitamins, minerals, and food sources have been called into question recently. However, there seems to be little debate in the medical field about the value of eating wild cold-water fish, or, if you don’t like fish, supplementing your diet with high quality fish oil. In fact, health authorities worldwide recommend fatty fish and fish oil to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Moreover, the benefits don’t stop there. Fish oil and its omega-3 are beneficial to joints, hair, skin ... and the list goes on. I take a fish oil supplement. So does my wife, Patty. And we give it to our dog, Tyra, on the recommendation of her veterinarian. That said, we wanted to be certain the fish oil we take is pure and mercury free. We learned that several well-known physicians take the Vital Choice brand and recommend it to their patients. So we buy ours from Vital Choice. Their fish oil comes from wild Sockeye Salmon from pristine Alaskan waters. If you aren’t eating wild, cold-water fish regularly, ask your physician about supplementing your diet with fish oil capsules. To learn more about Vital Choice and fish oil benefits, click on the line below. Lessons from Tyra: Living in the MomentWhenever I mention Tyra, I like to point out that Tyra is not Tyra Banks. I certainly have nothing against Tyra Banks. But my Tyra, my best friend, is an Australian Cattle Dog mix. On Monday, May 18, Tyra will have knee surgery to repair a small tear in her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). At nine, she is still a very active and athletic dog, and repairing it is the only option, unless we were to curtail her activities to an unnatural degree. Otherwise, the tear is likely to get worse. Since the ACL in her other rear knee was repaired almost one year ago, I know what is in store for her. The first two post-surgery weeks are the worst, when she must wear a large cone-shape collar to keep her from biting or licking the knee. After that, very short walks on leash are gradually lengthened. But it will be a few months before she can be off leash to run and swim. Dogs are great teachers What I try to learn from Tyra, and I am not always successful, is to live in the moment. Since she has no idea about what is coming on Monday, she is a happy dog, living in the moment, too busy being a dog and doing dog things to worry about the future. Instead, I am the one thinking about it. But why? Like Tyra, neither you nor I know exactly what is coming tomorrow. We may think we do, but we don’t. Sure, we can do foolish things today to make tomorrow a miserable day or hurt others. Or we have the option to do smart and decent things that are likely to lengthen our life and make it more relevant and more fun. Yet not one of us can truly say that we know what tomorrow will bring, or if there will be a tomorrow at all. We should all be a little more like Tyra, living in the moment. Agonizing over what may or may not ever come to be only robs us of the joy of today. And right now, Tyra’s waiting for me to take her for a walk. It’s a beautiful day and we are going to live it.
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