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Oblique Ab Crunches: How to Do Them Properly
One of our most popular post categories is Abs, especially workouts that show how to do them with good form. You want to avoid pain (and sweat), plus you want to get the most bang for your exercise...
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What is Active Aging?
I was asked what active aging means a few days ago. It was a great question, though it took me by surprise, as I had made the erroneous assumption that everyone knew what I meant. Assuming didn’t work...
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Camping for Boomers Who Don’t Like Camping
I’m known for saying that I don’t like camping because dirt is involved. I’ve always loved being in the outdoors, especially if hiking is involved, but I’ve never enjoyed sleeping in the outdoors. I...
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How Can I Get Better Posture?
Dear FnF – K and A: For better posture, what exercise/stretch can I do to keep my shoulders pulled back ? Thanks for the straighter scoop. Sharon, Santa Barbara, CA Straight Scoop on Super Posture...
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Women Over 50 – We Are NOT Aging Healthfully
Celebrate Healthy Aging Month The last of the baby boomers turns 50 this month, which is also Health Aging Month. But are we baby boomers aging healthfully? Apparently not if dying from preventable...
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What is the Best Way to Train My Triceps?
Dear Fun and Fit: Hi Twins, What is the best way to control tricep flap? Pati, Mountain View, CA Alexandra: Another popular way people ask us this question is “How do I get Michelle Obama arms?” Either...
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Posture Assessment from the Side
Women over 50 and those who want to be one day: How is your posture? Have the decades been taking their toll? A Telltale Sign That You Are A Posture Cheater Assessing posture from the left and right –...
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Keep Your Family (and Self) Healthy and Happy
Over the past year, and especially the last few weeks, my family’s happiness (and mine) have been on my mind. A lot. Mainly because there hasn’t been much of it, due to a life-altering medical issue...
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Ten Ways to Get Healthier in Under 10 Minutes
Did you know you can get healthier in ten minutes or less? Little habits add up to big changes. After more than 30 years as fitness and health educators, we know that most habits, good and poor, come...
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Menopause, Weight Gain, and Weight Loss: Grrrrr
Some good things come in the 50s Alexandra: This may be a rhetorical question for all women who are in the menopausal years, but have you noticed how stinkin’ hard it is to keep the weight off now?...
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The “Best” Foods to Eat Before a Workout
Every quarter for the past 21 years my university students ask me the same question – What should I eat before my workout? And every quarter my answer is essentially the same – The closer to the...
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Hobbies and Mental Fitness
Has a hobby ever made a big difference in your happiness or ability to persevere during times of stress? Do you think having a hobby can help you be more mentally “fit?” A year ago I took a photography...
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How Do I Prevent Calf Soreness After Walking Hills?
My Calves Are Stiff Dear K and A: I know you’ll probably faint, but having exercised for 1.5 hours TWO DAYS IN A ROW, I have a legitimate workout question. Yesterday and today a friend and I did a...
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How Can I Speed Up My Metabolism?
What can I do to crank up my metabolism? Donna, San Diego Basal metabolism: The minimal energy expended to maintain respiration, circulation, peristalsis, muscle tonus, body temperature, glandular...
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Stretch Before or After Walking, Running, Hiking, Fighting?
Dear K and A: Is it better to stretch before or after doing cardio exercise, such as a hike, walk, or run? We believe that the couple who hikes together, stays together. This morning on a lovely hike,...
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A 10K Walk is as Far as a 10K Run
What if you could participate in a running race by not running and not racing? Could such a thing be possible? When you hear about 5K, 10K and marathon races, you immediately think it’s a running race,...
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The Perfect Getaway: The Oaks Spa in Ojai
Do you ever have the desire to go to a place where you can do nothing at all except relax, or perhaps do something active and enjoyable all day long? If you’re in California (or headed there), you may...
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Which is the “Best” Cardio Workout: Walking? Running? Machines?
Which is a better cardio workout: stationary bike, treadmill, elliptical, rowing machine? Tina, Lubbock, Texas I heard walking is much better for you than running, especially for women over 50. Is...
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How Do I Lose Weight But Not Bulk Up?
No Hulk! No Bulk! Dear Fun and Fit: K and A–I want to lose weight, not bulk up and build muscle. I’ve recently joined a gym and started doing 40 minutes on the elliptical and walking five miles on the...
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Dried Plums: Your Grandma Was Right About Them
I’ve been working on a magazine article about the top healthy food trends for 2016, so this is a perfect time to team up with California Dried Plums, as people are finding so many creative ways to...
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