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  • Baby Boomer Fitness

    BABY BOOMER FITNESS IS RIGHT HEREI recently had hip replacement surgery. My left hip progressed from slightly achy sometimes, to requiring a mandatory limp when…
  • I’m a Sun Protection Worshipper!

    The Story of My MetamorphasisIn the 1950’s and 60’s, Miami Beach catered to tourists whose vacation goal was to return to their northern residences with…
  • “Counterclockwise”

    Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility by E. J. LangerEllen Jane Langer is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, having in 1981 become…
  • Immunity Against Aging

    Your physical fitness is always in flux. Aging muscles can lose strength, mass and mobility if we give in to sedentary behaviors; we can start…
  • Water is Life

    For me, this is personal. Last Friday I exercised from 4:30 to 5:30 pm and quickly dressed to meet a friend for dinner at 6pm.…
  • Strength in Numbers

    Our Collective Ability to Effect Change Baby Boomers are plagued by health problems associated with a lack of adequate exercise. Excessive body fat and deficiencies…
  • My Virtual Toolbox

    Embrace change with these 4 tools In the early 1980’s, when the first Body Electric shows aired on PBS, I lived and worked in Tallahassee,…
  • Don’t like it? Modify it.

    TEN TIPS FOR CUSTOMIZING YOUR HEALTH CLUB WORKOUT Have you joined a health club only to discover that you don’t really belong there? Indeed, fitness…
  • National Women’s Health Week!

    Having some fun with a serious subject Let’s give big props to the Office of Women’s Health at the Department of Health and Human Services…
  • No Bones About It

    Your body needs calcium as much as it needs exercise When it comes to living a healthy lifestyle, exercise doesn’t go it alone. Nutrition is…
  • Need Proof That Exercise Can Help You Age Well?

    Witness Exhibit A: In March of this year (2015), it was my great pleasure to reunite with several of the original Body Electric TV dancers…
  • finding balance

    Getting It Right for Boomers

    Exercise pundits often misplace the message The other day I happened to catch a segment on a popular network daytime TV show. One of the…