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Focusing on lifestyle and reasonable living, this blog helps readers nearing their forties stay focused on their bodies and maintaining good health by focusing on sound nutrition and sensible exercise.
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Physical Fitness Program
The benefits are numerous when one has a physical fitness program that they follow. Aside from keeping you fit and healthy, it also helps address issues of stress and self-confidence. Being part of a fitness program or a weight fitness program to wil...
Spa Health and Fitness
When speaking of fitness and health, going to a spa fitness retreat may be just the thing for any busy person in the city. Everyone needs a time and place to relax, and going to a spa health and fitness center, even for just a day will work wonders o...
Health and Fitness Over 40
Turning 40 years old means that your body is probably not going to withstand the kind of stress and work that it withstood when you were 20 years old. Fitness over 40 is therefore a very helpful way to deal with your body which is losing its agility ...
Fitness Over 40 and Fitness Clubs
If you are considering a fitness club to join so that you can start your fitness over 40 regime, there are many things you should consider. Finding the right fitness club is important so that you can have the exercise and fitness workouts in a place ...
Finding the Perfect Fitness Gym to Address Fitness Over 40
Fitness over 40 is important now for you so that you feel rejuvenated and youthful, more than you ever felt before. For those who would rather do a fitness program in a specific place and would like a trainer, there are many gyms and fitness centers ...
Fitness Tips for Women Over 40
When you hit 40 years old, fitness over 40 is not so hard to achieve so that you look and feel younger. Women over 40 have more to think and worry about because of the big changes in their bodies, similar to when they had big changes when they were t...
Staying Healthy and Fit Even After Hitting 40
As we get older, keeping in shape and staying fit and healthy become issues, especially since after 40 we find our bodies cannot keep up with the busy lifestyles that we leave. This is especially true for those who do not maintain a fitness regimen t...
Staying Fit and in Shape After 40
Fitness after 40 may be one of the most important things to do, especially when considering that the stress and activity of work remain the same, even as you get older. Getting old is a very natural thing, but people forget that our bodies can only t...
Following an Abs Fitness Program for Those Over 40
When you reach over 40 years old, you will find that keeping your abdominal area free of fatty deposits may be harder than it was when you were younger. At this age you are prone to take on more fatty deposits simply because age brings about lessened...
Fitness Abs Workout for People Over 40
When you turn 40, fitness over 40 and exercising and keeping fit won’t be the same as when you were a teenager or when you were in your 20’s. As we get older, we have to face the fact that our bodies do succumb to the wear and tear the years, wor...
C is for Chocolate - The ABC's of Good Nutrition cont'd
When I heard that chocolate was good for you, well I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. If there is one thing I can't do without, it's chocolate.Any girl knows that there is nothing better then a good piece of dark chocolate to get you through a b...
Promote lifelong fitness for kids
We all know there is a problem. Children in the U.S. seem to be getting fatter. According to The Alliance for a Healthier Generation 17.1% of children in the United States are obese."More and more kids are being diagnosed with adult diseases like h...
B is for Berries
One of the reasons I started blogging on fitness was because for years I've not been the "Work out and fitness fiend" I've just been fit. It's part of my life and I have tried to help my friends understand that importance of lifelong fitness.Even th...
Arms: Say Hello to the Big Guns
Have you ever looked at a drop dead gorgeous shirt and really wanted it, only to have your arms stop you from getting it?Not that your arms could not reach and pick up the top, but that the waving triceps stopped you from trying it on. Hello not to...
Tight Ass Tuesday
I joined Iowa Avenue, a great group of fitness bloggers who help support lifelong fitness and health in our readers. I joined the "Tight Ass Tuesday" group in that blog as a way for me to remember that, well I'm 40 and my ass wants to slide down the...
Monday = Pilates
I started taking pilates about two years ago as a way to tone and strengthen everything in one quick hour a day. Little did I know what I was in for.First, a little background on Pilates. According to Pilates.com Joseph Pilates invented the system w...
Weight lifting - not for the guys anymore
Here is my past image of a weight lifter. A huge dude, bending, squatting, grunting and looking WAY to manly for my personal tastes. That is what most women think of body building, but today we should all be body builders.Today we know that even ol...
Fiber and Fitness
Fiber is one of the four letter words of fitness. (I know, it has five letters but you get my drift) Say the word fiber and pictures of tree branches and dry grass spring to mind. According to an article on the Mayo Clinic's web site, fiber has many...
Food Diaries and Friends for Fitness Success
In this article on WebMd we find that keeping a food diary is a good way to help dieters loose weight. The original study, published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine states that the subjects had to keep daily food journals and meet we...
Stress Buster
One of the things I love about working out is the stress busting abilities of a good workout! Today I had a very stressful day. I woke up to my normal morning routine of Keeper and a good run, but then I came home to the stress of raising a teen. ...
Reasons to be Fit
I love my family, my friends and my coworkers. I work diligently to do what I need to do for them. Whatever that might be. I do have one little selfish thing I do for myself, and that is my road to fitness.See, if you didn't know, my grandmother h...
Starting slow and setting fitness goals
One of the reasons my buddies wanted me to blog was to talk about my usual routine. I've never considered myself a "gymaholic" I just "Fit it in." (borrowing Melissa Anelli's term here!)I woke up this morning a little later then normal. I am able t...
Eating Habits - Again
Last night, I went to eat at my favorite local restaurant. I knew that I'd eat high fat, high carb foods, not to mention my favorite drink of all time - the "Italionio Margarita". Knowing this all day, I just made a few food choices to help keep on...
