Are You Buying Into A Negative Aging Mindset?
Having energy to do the things you want to do now that you have the time and financial resources is of paramount importance. There is a new generation of Baby Boomers and those over sixty who are coming of age and continuing their fitness efforts. Many are enjoying active lifestyles while living longer, better quality lives. The key attitude to the new revolution I sometimes call the “Second Age” is this: the older you are, the more quality there should be in your levels of health and fitness.
[Possessing enough energy to walk up stairs without getting winded, lift heavy boxes without straining, and take long walks without tiring are key components of “functionality” as we age.]
Functionality – A Key To Living Each Day To Its Fullest
Who wants to reach the apex of financial and career success and be stuck using a cane, walker, or wheelchair? Yet, many men who ignore exercise and good eating habits find themselves physically limited at a shockingly early age, while their exercising counterparts are running, playing tennis, and taking hiking vacations in the hill country of Tuscany. Get active now – don’t miss out on the fun!
Our Joints, Muscles, And Vital Internal Organs Need Extra Care And Attention
…if we are to keep them well-oiled and running at maximum efficiency throughout the length of our active lives. Our joints and muscles tell us when we’re overdoing it and give us fair warnings through mild aches and pains. By stretching, resting, and following the techniques discussed later, you will understand how to maximize your longevity and maintain the look of muscular fitness and good health well into the advanced years.
Minor Injuries Are No Reason To Cease Playing Sports, Lifting Weights, Or Doing Aerobics
It’s just part of the game and part of maturing gracefully. Sometimes an injury provides an opportunity to try different activities like yoga, Pilates, biking, hiking, swimming, karate, or Tae Bo. Plus, trying new activities makes life more fun and interesting.
Anti-Aging Medicine Could Make A 100 Years A New Standard Of Longevity For Men Over The Next Thirty Years
Many of us will live to that ripe old age in perfect health, enjoying fulfilling work, leisure activities, and healthy sexual relations. The future holds so much promise it would be foolish not to take control of our life now by exercising, eating right, and living a peaceful existence that supports happiness and fulfillment. Our lives can be ideal if we work at it now. Many of us may need to take advantage of the services of experts who can help us reach these goals. Personal trainers, nutritionists, anti-aging physicians, life coaches, personal chefs, and mental health professionals can help us to reach and maintain a long life of quality we never dreamed possible twenty years ago.
Almost Nothing Is More Valuable Than Time
Neither money nor material possessions will go with us into the afterlife. How we spend our time and the way we allocate it to living a life we love determines our level of happiness and how we feel physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually.
Carpe Diem -Seize the Day
This becomes more relevant as we age. Mortality is often a dirty word. Most of us don’t think about death often, but we feel the reality when someone close to us is stricken with a fatal illness or a parent dies suddenly. I believe that life gives us reminders that can be used to a positive end. I believe we should focus our time on getting on with living and live each day as if it were our last. We can do the things we know we want in all the major areas of life – spiritually, physically, emotionally, and mentally. We can have more fun and enjoy each day in our work and relationships, both social and intimate and live every day in a body in which we can feel proud. Follow the advice on time in my book and you will always live each day at your optimum level.
Living And Thriving In Our Stressful 21st Century Lifestyles Is Not Easy
We are bombarded with mixed messages from advertising about living the good life. Too often so many of us are striving and working hard with high levels of stress just to maintain this ideal lifestyle. But how much of the Banana Republic-Lexus-Rolex-Crate & Barrel-house-at-the-beach, high-speed, computer-generated-AOL existence is robbing us of an actual LIFE? If you’re stressed to capacity because you need to spend more to support a lifestyle to meet others’ expectations, maybe it’s time to slow down and ask, “Is sacrificing my day-to-day life worth the cost of maintaining this type of lifestyle? What would I really like to do? How can I slow down, adjust, change or do something new and different?
The High-Stress Lifestyle Is Harmful To Many Men
Scientists have proven that enhanced stress leads to lowered testosterone and a higher incidence of heart attacks, strokes, and cancer. We need to slow down and give our bodies a break. Exercise and good eating are two of the best preventative measures to keep physical problems. I aim to arm you for success at a minimum during our prime years.
The ‘I’m Too Old To Change’ Self Deception
I’ve heard this scenario over the years with hundreds of men that have all but given up on hope for changing or creating a better life. The more adventurous men grab life by the neck and swing it around. I admire those who have decided that age means nothing while pursuing a worthwhile fitness goal, whether it’s cosmetic (losing 10 pounds) or a sports achievement (running a marathon, competing in a long cross-country bike tour, or even an over-40 basketball league).
The Rocking Chair Scenario Of Our Grandfathers’ Era Is No Longer Relevant Today
In fact, being sedentary and purposeless in retirement is one of the known factors causing premature death of men over seventy. The days of sitting around and dwelling on the past just won’t cut it for this new generation who demand an ever-increasing level of sports, fitness, and adventure as they retire and move well into the advanced years.
The Definition Of Retirement Has Changed As Well
We now know that men are more productive and capable in their seventies and beyond than ever before. Exercise and diet play a crucial role in the quality and ultimately the quantity of life. So why not invest in the future and prioritize time for fitness today? Like any good investment, the future dividends will help to create a higher quality lifestyle for you to have fun with and enjoy for years to come.
I want to help you to realize your physical fitness goals, to share my experiences, and to tell the stories of other men who have struggled but ultimately triumphed to a happy end. By sharing the knowledge and specialized insight I have gleaned from my twenty-two years in the fitness business, I hope that you will be inspired to take up your own journey to leading a healthier, happier, and ultimately more fun-filled lifestyle.
I advise my clients as they begin this journey to realize that they will have to take small steps at first (baby steps) and gradually build to where they are comfortably challenged on a day-to-day basis. It’s not easy, but as you go along you can see dramatic results. You can begin to see changes in your pant size and the mirror can become less intimidating. When you take small steps and succeed, the motivation magnetizes you to continue moving ahead. Your desire to maintain and improve fitness will feel irresistible. My techniques and advice will give you the desired effects if you follow them carefully and consistently. Now, get to work and enjoy the journey!
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