⭑ Keeping dementia at bay ✔ How to enjoy years of good living⭑ Natural sugars help you maintain or lose weight ✔ Added sugars don't⭑ Why and how natural sugar in fruit and vegetables is good for you ✔⭑ A twist or wobble board is a fun way to improve your core and balance ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. Xmas is upon us! I'll be taking a break and then back with your next newsletter 3 weeks from now. Wishing you and your loved ones a...
25 days ago • 7 min read
⭑ Ibuprofen damages out gut lining ✔ There are few alternatives⭑ Paw paw - the gut health underdog that I eat daily ✔ ⭑ We should all stretch more ✔ But let's be realistic⭑ A practical weekly stretching routine 3X and 9 minutes each ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. Yesterday I had my latest Covid shot, the Pfizer JN.1 which targets Omicron, as Covid cases have been rising in Australia. I feel a little dopey but otherwise fine. An...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
⭑ Doing to much too soon will derail your exercise program ✔ Take a step back⭑ Skipping warm-up and cool-down stresses your joints ✔ Allow time⭑ Plateaus are natural, longer when you're older ✔ Learn to love them⭑ Good posture and controlled movements get you the best return on exercise ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and staying active. The newsletter is a different format today, just one item, with 10 hints to avoid mistakes that can reduce your gains...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
⭑ Maintaining muscle health is one key to healthspan ✔ Three tips⭑ Inflammaging - what is it and how to tame it ✔ Gets worse as we age⭑ You can track your body's capacity to resolve stress ✔ I find it interesting⭑ Healthier back shoulders and biceps with the dumbbell row ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. Summer's here down under. We’ve had some weird nights with the highest temperature for the day at 5 am! Perhaps that's why my...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ These doctors will fact-check your medical queries ✔ For free⭑ How walnuts improve your brain health and your blood pressure ✔ Research⭑ Regular bad dreams? Talk to your doctor about it, here's why ✔⭑ The squat-calf raise combo is a fabulous muscle builder - not difficult ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. Ouch! Running for the train last Wednesday I tore my nearly repaired hamstring again - set me back a few months. The irony was that...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ How every little strain accumulates to reduce our flexibility ✔ News to me⭑ Why reduced flexibility leads to more injuries ✔ Dynamic stretches help⭑ The dynamite negative combination of reduced flexibility and more sprains ✔⭑ Four effective remedial treatments for sprains - how deep is your pocket? ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. Whoa, the world's getting even more complex! RF Kennedy Jr's selection to lead the US HHS, on the one...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ Healthy surprises: foods you didn’t expect ✔ Perhaps⭑ There are two types of movement in most exercises ✔ One has big benefits⭑ Better digestive health requires exercise ✔ Here's why⭑ Seven exercises that will improve your balance, posture and flexibility ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. The US election rocked the world this week. Quite a surprise, if not that former President Trump won, but certainly by how much he won. It will be an...
2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ Exercise specifically repairs our brain cells ✔ Recent research⭑ This diet has been found to reduce depression ✔ There are no special tricks⭑ Washing your raw meats ✔ The USDA says to stop now⭑ Fix your scapulas for better balance and reduced risk of falls. ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active. Wow, it's a big week ahead with the presidential election on Tuesday! The world's waiting with bated breath. This week I realised how much I have...
2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ Our aging body can't make the most of our dietary protein ✔ We need more⭑ How long to hold that stretch ✔ It's longer than 5 seconds⭑ Cold baths ✔ They work to quell inflammation - here's the formula⭑ Fix your lower back pain with the Cat Cow stretch ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you're well and keeping active After being asked how long to stretch, I searched for that along with the best exercise for people not currently stretching regularly, based on research....
3 months ago • 6 min read