In my younger days, I listened to older athletes talk about getting older and changes in performance they had experienced. It always sounded like the changes of aging took place gradually over time. It may have, however, just been my wishful thinking. Holding out a hope that I would be exempt from such speedy declines….
Tag: exercise
Thoughts on Plateauing
I know it sounds like the latest in adventure exercise but plateauing is just our body’s built-in way of defining optimal function. We, of course, think we know better but Nature still asserts its dominance in our physiology. Or does it? “I’ll Take Plateauing for $200, Alex” I was introduced to the experience of plateauing…
Being Difficult: A Healthy Lifestyle the Hard Way
Keeping with an exercise plan, or any healthy lifestyle choice for that matter, is difficult. For every reason we have to do something good for ourselves, we can always come up with loads of reasons to not do it. The weather is too hot/cold/rainy to go outside… I ate a carrot stick yesterday, so I…
Why We Need Grown Up Play
There is something therapeutic when we create play after we have grown up. The source of healing for some present day wounds may lie in our past “Turn off that TV and get out of here. I don’t want to see you again until lunch.” Mom had an economical way with words when I was…
COVID-19 Vaccine Injury: Building Back Stronger
As time has passed since its mass introduction, the logically expected COVID-19 vaccine injury information is starting to come in. While an emotional concern for many, some such outcomes were expected from the start of the vaccination program. Helpful (read: factual) information about vaccine injuries is trickling in amongst the emotional theories, charges and counter-charges…