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A Healthy Fourth

Here are some tips for a healthy Fourth of July:

Group of women with Fourth of July decorations

  • Play volleyball with friends and family (kids are usually up for this)
  • If you have multiple picnics, only eat one dessert during the whole day
  • Drink lots of water
  • Wear sunscreen (or a hat)
  • Get friends together and go for a walk or a run
  • Take five minutes to breathe
  • Make time to do something you really want with the long weekend
  • Start each day with 20 minutes of your favorite Pilates exercises
  • Stop eating before you feel full
  • Laugh
A Healthy Fourth2017-09-12T19:32:13-04:00

Sore

Participants compete in a dragon boat race to mark the Dragon Boat Festival in Bitan, Xindian, Taipei County June 16, 2010. The festival commemorates the death of Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in 277 B.C. on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to protest against the corrupt government of his time. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)

I am one of those people that likes to feel sore after a workout. I’ve read the research and I know that you don’t have to feel sore to have gotten a good workout–and I believe that. Still, I actually enjoy the feeling of my muscles aching (a little) when I move.

Since I joined a Dragon Boat team in Hartford, Connecticut, I’m getting plenty sore. I’m using muscles I’ve always used, but in a totally different way. It would be easier for me to list what doesn’t hurt in my body (my toes), but I’m so impressed by feeling every muscle that I’m […]

Sore2017-09-12T19:32:13-04:00

Grandparents Teach Kids

I was very lucky growing up. I knew all my grandparents and two of my great-grandparents. My Dad’s parents lived less than a mile away and were my day care providers before and after school. I could write multiple blog about what I learned from them, but what they didn’t realize they were teaching me was my concept of age.

My grandparents (excluding one who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis) were all healthy active, adults. My 95-year-old great grandma was still bowling six months before she died. My grandpa and dad took us skiing and sailing when we were kids. Two months ago my grandparents (89 and 83 years old) flew to New Orleans to take a cruise. A few years ago they went to England and Ireland.

Sure, some of this is clearly good genes, but they also made choices that kept them mobile. They enjoy life and take advantage of fun opportunities.

I think seeing this was important to my upbringing because I never thought of as sixty as old–my grandparents just didn’t seem like old people. I wasn’t the kind of kid that thought […]

Grandparents Teach Kids2017-09-12T19:32:13-04:00

Workout Buddy

Portrait of a young couple holding badminton rackets and smiling

Sometimes it’s easier to stick to your workout plans if you have a partner to be held accountable to. So tonight call a friend or two and make plans for some kind of workout or physical activity on Saturday. Call another friend for Sunday.

You can plan to go hiking together or just take a walk. Or look for a fun exercise class you’ve felt intimated to try. Going with a friend will make it easier. Make being active fun by doing it with friends and picking movements you like.

Workout Buddy2017-10-25T15:49:57-04:00
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