Reclaim Your Longevity
“Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.”
Dale Carnegie
Studies have proven that there is a definite connection between happiness and health. For the most part, people who are happier experience better overall health. [Read more…]
Science knows that the key to living a long healthy life in a young body requires that we protect our cell’s DNA. If you are not familiar with the word telomeres it won’t be long before you are. This is where your telomeres are located.
A telomere is an area of repetitive DNA at the end of chromosomes. They protect them from fusing with each other or rearranging. You could sort of think of them as “caps”…caps that protect the chromosome from destruction. [Read more…]
There are two primary anti-aging strategies that must be part of your everyday lifestyle if you hope to slow the “aging clock.”
Proper challenging exercise is number 1. However, exercise alone won’t get the job done. You need to pair exercise with proper diet.
Let’s get real. Everything you eat becomes the building blocks of your body. Our internal health and external appearance are a reflection of the foods we put into our bodies. [Read more…]
Being in good physical shape reduces a person’s risk of dying not only from cancer but heart disease and other causes as well.
Truth is, studies reveal that inactive people are nearly three times more likely to die of premature and preventable disease.
Muscles are mandatory…if they were not the body would not be laced with them. So, they must be kept strong and healthy if they are to do their job correctly. [Read more…]
The results are in: weak, sagging flabby muscles, the result of not doing enough muscle building and maintenance activity add years to the way you look and feel.
Accelerated and premature aging is fueled by the lack of growth and repair of hormones. This automatically happens to all of us as we get older but can be slowed down considerably if we give our muscles the needed work they require.
Truth is, as we enter into our 30’s and beyond, the proteins that provide our skin with firmness and elasticity slow down and cells in and under our skin become less active and essentially “go to sleep.” [Read more…]
Aging graciously requires enduring transformation that continually improves one’s physical health.
There is only one antidote for aging and that is “movement.” Lack of movement is devastating to the human body. [Read more…]
Unless someone has specifically pointed this out, you may not be unaware of the importance of rating your perceived exertion when you exercise.
This measures the intensity of your exercise and how hard your body is actually working when you exercise. It is used in research studies for that exact purpose and training programs also use it to describe the intensity level of the training sessions.
When you are exercising, it is important that you learn to monitor your intensity level…your degree of effort used in order to make sure you are working at a pace that is challenging enough to help you reach your goals but not so hard that you hurt yourself. [Read more…]
Poor quality or chronic lack of sleep can play havoc in our lives and have an incredible negative effect on how we feel and look.
Truth is, sleep is a powerful rejuvenating factor and one of the most powerful components to looking and feeling young. It is a true warrior in the anti-aging arena.
Consistent lack of quality sleep hinders metabolism and hormone production. [Read more…]
Modern schedules are demanding these days and getting the most out of every workout put in, in the shortest time possible is of major importance to most people.
One of the best way to increase the effectiveness of every workout you perform while decreasing the time spent is to include the “big muscles” of the lower body…the powerhouse muscles that sport a healthy metabolism.
The vast majority of people are simply not aware of the potential of these “fat-burning” furnaces. [Read more…]
Strength training addresses both the inner and outer you and is likely the most important exercise component of your anti-aging program. Not to be confused with competitive weight training, power-lifting or bodybuilding, it is also known as resistance training.
Dr. William Evans from Tufts University… Dept. of Agriculture Human Research on Aging says that…”it’s changes in muscle mass that trigger all the other changes. By preserving muscle mass we can prevent these problems from occurring.”
The physical benefits of strength training are nearly endless and touch all functioning systems of the body.
Physically it involves the use of resistance…barbells, dumbbells, and machines as well as other equipment to improve strength and overall body systems…keeping the body vital and healthy. [Read more…]
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