Senior Citizens Too Old To Exercise? Just Make Sure You Undertake Safe Exercise If you do consider endurance sports! Never too late! Complete FitOldDog's Sport Benefit-Risk Analysis Hi folks, welcome to my thoughts! For an enjoyable old age, or to weight the dice in your favor at least, stay active in mind and body. This is especially important for senior citizens and major surgery recovery! From ... Read more
"In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is – i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts – i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape ... Read more
So you want to be a FitOldDog? Here are the proposed membership benefits, rules and objectives: Free access to all FitOldDog products - please don't disseminate for free. Advice on your particular health challenge. I won't tell you what to do, but I will research the best approach to working out what you should do to get back in shape, and move beyond your health challenge. Access to advice, input ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome! Hey, Ironman triathletes, I know you want to train, but don't turn into a grumpy old (or young) man (or woman) if something gets in your way from time to time - it's called life. The cat woke me up this morning at 2:30, bringing me back from a deep coma. Yep! Sick but recovering from a bad head and chest cold. Claws bit into my right hand as Cat did a somersault over the bed to escape our ... Read more
"Old people are cranky, slow and boring. Kids are noisy, restless and irritating. For most of us, life is about making sure we stay as awesome as we are right now -- we'll always love our video games, and music, and eating burritos at two in the morning after the bars closed. Isn't that what all the commercials tell us, that you're only as old as you feel? Well, science has some bad news for you. The behaviors of ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome to my thoughts on training as an older athlete with some aortic issues! The real trick to training with a health challenge is to understand your condition, modify your activity for the better (safer) as best you can, and get on with that which you enjoy, as safely as possible. I'm going to use my situation, the issue of cycling with an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft extension into ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome to the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. This morning I was sitting quietly enjoying a cup of coffee, whilst reading 'Simple Truths: Clear and Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life, by Kent Nerburn,' in one sitting. Then something caught my eye, four pairs of feet under the adjacent table, each pair wearing Nike Free shoes. My favorite light running shoe. I said to this quartet (the ... Read more
"Are you going to be another weekend warrior, or take your training more seriously, as opposed to taking yourself more seriously?" Recommended News Years Resolution FOR YOU from FitOldDog: "Please take off those headphones, and get a life in the gym or on the trails. When training, the quality of your workout and possibly your safety will depend upon your level of distraction, or conversely on your degree of body ... Read more
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