Fitness for Boomers

The types of fitness-for-boomers workouts or exercise routines are as follows:

Endurance (aerobic)
Examples: Walking, tennis, biking

Strength (anaerobic)
Examples: Weight lifting, resistance training, pushups, pullups

Flexibility
Yoga is a great example of flexibility training.

Balance
Yoga is a great example of balance training.

Posture

Mental (the so-called "brain exercises") Don't forget these important brain exercisers!
Crossword puzzles, solving people problems (at work, for example), brain teasers

Mix and match these types of activities on a weekly basis. An outstanding program for getting the right mix of age defying activities: agedefyingworkouts.com.

Diet Is The "D" Word
Please note that this discussion about fitness for boomers has never mentioned the "D" word for two very important reasons:

1. The "D" word contains the word "die." Superstitious as that may sound, the emotional connection exists.

2. The "D" word has a bad rep.

Instead, let's look at "nutritional guidelines" as a component of fitness for boomers.

Nutritional Guidelines
These guidelines are gleaned from years of writing about health topics and personally maintaining a reasonable weight.

1. Dump the junk food - not easy, but take a look at your grocery shopping cart just before checkout. Remove doughnuts, cookies, ice cream, chips, soda, and anything else that can be classified as junk food (high sugar, high fat). If you do this exercise, you and your family will be on your way to signicant weight reduction mighty fast!

2. Make sure your food portions are reasonable. If you eat 3 eggs for breakfast, find out if you'd be satisfied with two the next time you have them. The concept of caloric restriction works here. Apparently there is a connection between longevity and a restricted number of calories per day.

3. Eat slowly. It takes a long time before your body says "I'm full."

4. Stay away from the white stuff - flour, sugar, and salt.

5. Drink water, not soda.

6. If you engage in exercise, it makes you hungry. Be aware of overeating after exertion.

7. If you eat and then nap or sleep for the night, the pounds are going to build up in no time. If you are a Sumo wrestler, ignore this guideline.

8. Mediterranean meals are tasty as well as being good for you (except for the creamy stuff that's high in fat - eat in moderation).

9. Alcoholic drinks are generally high in calories. Drink in moderation.

10. Eat 5 small meals instead of 3 big meals a day.

Check out this web site: agedefyingworkouts.com for more information about age-specific nutrition and exercise.