Optimizing Senior Fitness
I've been pondering lately our strategies for optimizing fitness, and what that really entails. I think I have pretty well nailed the primary emphasis in our "6 Keys to Senior Fitness" categories. More and more though, I am troubled with the issue of measuring...
Dad Made it to 95 – Good Genes Realy Helps!
It has been a crazy two months, July and August. The big disrupter was my father's passing on the 18th of July, which led to a number of unexpected trips and activities to sort out the estate, grieve and properly celebrate his life, talents and accomplishments. Dudley...
Energy production, Thyroid Function and Iodine
It has been a long time since I put up a new Frank's Column. I pretty much gave the website a pass for the last two months while I got my act together around the old homestead - lots of stuff falling behind in upkeep and only so much time and energy to do it....
Progress with Training and More on the Lipitor/Thumb Pain Story
In my contest preparation, I'm still working out three days a week. But, Trainer Nick has me doing only two routines: chest, back and abs one day, and legs and arms the following workout day (usually M-W-F). This increases the frequency for any muscle group, but I'm...
Depression – A Serious Threat to Senior Fitness – Tied to Chronic Inflammation
Depression has been the topic of a series of newsletters crossing my desk, discussing its causes and impact on health, but particularly its prevalence among seniors. The Blaylock Newsletter makes a tie-in between inflammation and depression in that an overactive...
Frank in a Contest and More on Muscle Damage by Statins
I'm putting together a lecture series for Synergy Performance Health & Fitness on the general topic of Senior Fitness. During this process, it occurred to me that I need to strongly demonstrate that what I teach in fact works to make me healthier and more fit....
The Case for Losing Faith in Cholesterol Drugs
I'm one of those who got blindsided by coronary artery disease. Not a hint that the process was going on until I started feeling a strange tightness in what I thought was my trachea when I walked uphill. The crazy thing was I never felt it during my workouts I could...
Gardening – Recreation, Meditation, Exercise
We have raised two wonderful children (well, more like my wife did most of that) with whom I am well pleased. Michael (Son-boy, as I have lovingly called him since that first season of the Waltons), is in the digital animation business, and he and his wife both work...
The power of bio-identical hormones in medicine
It is just over a month since my thigh pull. I took a week off from the gym, then started with upper body work and light, no-load stationary bike work to just move the muscles, with stretching to improve flexibility in the torn region. By week three I started doing...
Surrender the things of youth(?) – more injury and healing.
Last week I was pontificating about trying new things and maintaining a youthful attitude and being as old as you think you are. You might know that I would have to eat my words as soon as they were out of my mouth (or on the page). Back on 10/14 I pulled a quadriceps...
Let’s talk about aging and attitude
How old do you think you are? I say you are as old as your thinking suggests you are. That is all a matter of attitude. I think you can gauge this pretty well by assessing how often the idea of trying something new comes into your head. Do you like new situations and...
More changes coming to the SeniorFitness website
Starting next week we will be putting out a newsletter to our readers highlighting recent breakthroughs in life extension and optimization of health and fitness for seniors. Sign up for the newsletter, and we will e-mail you an overview of The Six Critical Keys to...