About Fitness Over 50

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Description

Share experiences with seniors who have fitness and vitality of younger people. Learn from those who have made it happen and know how to eat healthy and exercise right. Healthy seniors who have avoided serious injury or disease can be extremely active. In fact we can be so active that young people can't keep up with us. Show us what you've got!

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This group was founded to be a Virtual Workout Room were members go to share fitness and... more

Recent Messages

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Rad's profile

Welcome

Please read all the group announcements before joining "Fitness Over 50." This group was founded to be a Virtual Workout Room were members go to share fitness and nutrition ideas and inspirational... | posted by Rad
28 replies - last reply: "Hi Db, welcome. I like your program... more" ~ Rad
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Aerobic Conditioning

Aerobic Base Building is the single most important way to reduce bodyfat, next to eating wisely. Working out just below the tipping point from Aerobic to Anaerobic is the key to training your body ... | posted by Rad
31 replies - last reply: "Any heart treatment requiring Doctor... more" ~ Rad
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Post your health statistics here!

It might be interesting to share our most recent health statistics. This includes a data base of blood lipids, glucose, stress test results, bone density scans, heart scans, bodyfat measurements, h... | posted by Rad
17 replies - last reply: "you'd have to tell us what kind of... more" ~ franticandmore
Valley's profile

Back to it!

Did anybody here besides me get out of some good habits over the holidays? Yikes, I gained 5 pounds! It's not the pounds I mind, so much as losing the habits of good nutrition and exercise. How abo... | posted by Valley
23 replies - last reply: "Wind is like the hills. Rubber side... more" ~ Rad
Rad's profile

Drink Green Tea

Here's the best piece of advice I can give all the exercisers in the group. Drink decaffeinated Green Tea...without sugar... Reason: it's the proven anti-oxidant that will help you recover from exe... | posted by Rad
19 replies - last reply: "We've been discussing detox. Here's... more" ~ Rad
DASM49's profile

Flushing Out Toxins

Has anyone tried drinking water with lemon in it in the morning to flush out the toxins? I've noticed some of the spas have water with lemon for customers to drink when done. | posted by DASM49
17 replies - last reply: "The other comment I want to make... more" ~ Rad
Rad's profile

JUST KEEP MOVING

Adversity has a higher purpose. It brings people together and makes us stronger. No matter what adversity you're facing in this new year don't neglect yourself. Keep moving, exercising, trying. The... | posted by Rad
12 replies - last reply: "I've met some amazing people in the... more" ~ Rad
PamelaAnn53's profile

Workout timing schedules

Curious as to when you time your workouts during the day. Are you a morning or an evening person - catch it when you can? I found I fail miserably to stay regular if I wait until after work. I hea... | posted by PamelaAnn53
10 replies - last reply: "Congratulations on the new job, Ted.... more" ~ Valley
TornadoWoman's profile

The Stationary Epicycle

How about purchasing one of these for exercise? ONLY $12,000 - YIKES! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ view link ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ view link | posted by TornadoWoman
2 replies - last reply: "At THAT price, Valley, one of the... more" ~ TornadoWoman
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2012 Marathon Weekend in Houston

As I've mentioned before, I've had a torn hamstring now for over 4 months, and my orthopedic surgeon said that it might take up to six months to heal. On January 4th I had some follow-up surgery r... | posted by TornadoWoman
9 replies - last reply: "Aw, thank you Valley!! " ~ TornadoWoman