Training at Fitness19 in Simi Valley
In December I was hired as a trainer at the new Fitness19 Gym in Simi Valley CA. If you're tired of sliding down-hill toward infirmity, let me help you on a new path to strength and stamina with a renewed outlook on growing older with class and grace. I guide you...
Reasons Not to Use Industrial Seed Oils – P. D. Mangan
Frank's Comment: P. D. is a health writer I subscribe to with great insights on staying healthy and fit long-term - read & heed! Vegetable oils are better termed industrial seed oils, since they're not made from vegetables and require an industrial process...
Why Belly Fat Ages Us Faster, Kills Us Sooner & How to Fix That
New information about how fat cells age, and how they function after they stop dividing (senescence), is illuminating how aging belly fat drives chronic inflammation in our later years. Increasing chronic inflammation then leads to a long list of "Diseases of Aging",...
Update on My NMN Body Transformation Project
I completed the 3 months of taking Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) at 1 gram/day at the end of October. I'm quite pleased with the results, but I wish I had done it at a time when I could have used the gym and weight training to to make the progress better visually...
Intermittent Fasting as a path to long-term Health and Longevity
Long a practice for those seeking God and spiritual connection to Him, Fasting has very real benefits for health and fitness. The most productive and simplest form of fasting is termed Intermittent Fasting, and I explain the easiest way to do this below, but first...
Science Turning its Attention to Aging
For an update on the current efforts in science to halt aging, and the diseases of old age, watch this lecture by David Sinclair PhD. He and his projects are at the forefront of life-long health. This is well worth watching today!
Aging Reversal – Really?
If we found a strategy for actual aging reversal, even if temporary - like taking 15 years off your current age and giving you the physical and mental capabilities of 15 years back - would you jump on it? What about the cost - would you pay $100/month for 3-4 months?...
The Difference: Grass-Fed vs Grain-Fed
The Health Benefits of Grass Farming Author: Jo Johnson “Why Grassfed is Best!” Consumers have been led to believe that meat is meat is meat. In other words, no matter what an animal is fed, the nutritional value of its products remains the same. This is not true. An...
Protein Requirements for Optimal Aging
Study shows that Protein Requirements increase with age: When you see advise for protein intake in the popular press, numbers are all over the place, and there seems to be wide disagreement on amounts and sources. The popular position for aging seniors has long been...
Resistance Exercise Reduces Cognitive Decline
Frank's Comments: This article (from May Life Extension Magazine) is must-know information if we hope to stay strong and smart up to our last days on earth. Strength Training is the most important form of exercise for we seniors - I Have been doing this for 45 years,...
To lose weight, and keep it off, be prepared to navigate interpersonal challenges
Frank's Comments: There is a principle in human relations that "People like like people", sort of the counter to "Opposites attract". Gym rats hang together and fat people tend to run with fat friends and families. If you strive to get lean and your social circle...
