Tag: over 40 fitness
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The Don’t-Be-a-Pain-in-the-Butt-While-on-Vacation exercise program
By Jay Hiller, March 27, 2023 Do you have to be over 42 to recognize this brand? (Jersey City, NJ March 26, 2023. Photo by me.) I had a great weekend visiting family in New Jersey this week. At home, for the most part, I’m disciplined with my workouts and I avoid some foods for…
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Miso vs. Movie House Popcorn
By Jay Hiller, March 15, 2023 Photo by Corina Rainer on Unsplash I’m not sure exactly why this happened. There’s free movie house popcorn at worky work every day now. Every morning, a colleague fires up the machine and it’s free. I try not to eat too much of it, and it’s tempting. I can…
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Aqua Workout
by Jay Hiller, February 26, 2023 The width of the blade across the top of these bells determines how much you drag you experience. If you look closely you can see a difference between the blue ones (widest) and the green ones (narrowest.) These are made by Aqua Logix This was new and fun After…
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Will workout for new exercise clothes
by Jay Hiller, February 25, 2023 A running dress. This is not me. I was listening to an interview today with a 65-year old woman who is a world champion marathon walker, Yolanda Holder. She had a lot of great things to say about staying active and open to things as you get older. And…
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Daring antics in the produce department
By Jay Hiller, February 20, 2023 Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Like many people, I tend to get the same things over and over at the grocery store. Every once in a while though, I remind myself to try something new. Or at least a variation on something I already like. The produce department…
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A good podcast for fitness enthusiasts over 40
by Jay Hiller, February 13, 2023 Photo by VD Photography on Unsplash For fitness enthusiasts over 60 who are looking for inspiration, Helen Fritsch’s interview with 65 year-old Crossfit World Champion Julie Holt on the Age is Irrelevant podcast makes very good listening. In the interview, Julie talks about the importance of mindset and positive…
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Cooking + Legs Day
By Jay Hiller, February 6, 2022 Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash I’ve cooked quite a bit the last few days, which is not like me at all. You may remember my ongoing project to cook all the dishes in the Vegan Instant Pot cookbook my daughter gave me. Yesterday I made a wild rice…
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Body weight workouts can be more than enough work
by Jay Hiller, February 5, 2022 Photo by Hayley Kim Design on Unsplash “Um, this is hard,” I thought by the third time the yoga instructor on my streaming service added “just a little bit more to the sequence we’ve been doing.” It was a good practice with challenging moves that put me on my…
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Among a cajillion choices, there’s gotta be an exercise you enjoy
by Jay Hiller, January 31, 2023 “Honestly, the bike is so good for you,” a family member’s PT told her. My family member was excited because she had been able to do some very light biking without pain for the first time in weeks. I immediately thought to myself, I should get on the bike.…
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The Quest for a Third Place
By Jay Hiller, January 29, 2023 Photo by Kris Atomic on Unsplash There’s work. There’s home. And there’s a third place, where you run into people you know and have a good time. As if life were that old TV show, Cheers. My third place used to be a yoga studio I spent a lot…