by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 14, 2019 | Exercise, Senior Fitness
How do you feel about a cool, crisp morning? Do you find it invigorating, or would you rather hibernate? What about those frigid, winter mornings? I’m inspired by seniors who say “no” to winter weather woes. How do they do it? Rob and I have been...
by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 7, 2019 | Exercise, Senior Fitness
Do you find it’s harder to get out the door to exercise when the weather’s so cold? Even here in sunny Arizona it’s been below 50 and rainy! (Well, that was only one morning…) The regular “snowbirds” have arrived back from northern...
by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 1, 2019 | Exercise, Lifestyle, Longevity, Senior Fitness
For seniors, developing strength can be a double-edged sword. While it’s important to build muscle to regain strength lost over the years, there are always health risks involved. Besides the obvious muscle, tendon, and ligament pulls, even more important is heart...
by Patsi Krakoff | Oct 31, 2019 | Causes of Aging, Longevity, Senior Fitness
How close is science to achieving life extension for humans? From what I read, we now know a lot about how life works, what causes aging, and how to prevent disease and deterioration. We have the tools to change cellular function at a genetic and epigenetic level. In...
by Patsi Krakoff | Oct 22, 2019 | Senior Fitness, Senior Health
How much do you know about senior heart health and what you should be doing? You may have “high blood pressure,” and not even know it. That’s because experts lowered the threshold for what’s considered “high” in 2017. Almost half of...
by Patsi Krakoff | Oct 18, 2019 | Exercise, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness, Senior War on Aging
It never ceases to surprise me how little I actually understand about our bodies, especially the heart. Take heart disease in seniors, for example. I should be somewhat of an expert now, because my husband Rob had a major heart attack 15 years ago, and for the most...
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