Summer Confessions of a 1st time Snowshoer… Subtitle: Should Older People Snowshoe?

Snow Shoe Med Size

Snow? In August?  Why are we going to discuss snow in August?  It is not just an attempt to remember cool times during the hottest period of the year.  That’s good too, but it is the perfect time to consider if the winter sport of snowshoeing is suitable for ‘your old bones’.  And if so, … Read more

Exercise your Squatters Rights

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Multi-tasking may not be an actual skill (at least in terms of simultaneous enactment), but I like the idea of getting multiple benefit from the same activity.  Double-duty, if you will.  Switching some small way that I do something now to reduce a risk, or add a benefit, is something I will consider.  This consideration … Read more

Buying into ‘Health Bounce’ Fitness – But at $25 or $450?

Rebounder Feet 2

Recent Update: Since writing this post, I found a great website, which includes a good deal of information about rebounding and related products. I am sharing it here: http://www.hoptrampoline.com/ — “Buy quality.’  It is an interesting directive.  Most people I have heard weighing in on this, whether friends, family or Hollywood celebs, tout the sentiment.  … Read more

Are ‘Slips & Falls’ Inevitable as We Age? Maybe.

Dominos Falling 75

But what about Frequency and Severity? On a glorious autumn day with colors bright and 75 degree temperatures, I forsook the temptation to bask in the sun and attend a community lecture.  I wasn’t alone.  While held mid-day and with outside conditions as I descripted, the theater was packed, with only a handful of vacant … Read more

Do the Benefits of Rebounding go Up and Down?

Trampoline Girl Not Sure Of Copyright. From Dakota Group

Update 2019: Since writing this post, I found a great website, which includes a good deal of information about rebounding and related products. I am sharing it here: http://www.hoptrampoline.com/   — I am posting this around “Happy Heart Day” — okay, okay, it is generally known as Valentine’s Day; still this second section on Rebounding has … Read more

The Ups and Downs of that Rebounder-thing

Rebounder Senior Woman

Recent Update: Since writing this post, I found a great website, which includes a good deal of information about rebounding and related products.  I am sharing it here:  http://www.hoptrampoline.com/ The word ‘aerobics’ came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we’re going to charge $10 an hour, we can’t call it Jumping … Read more