All Entries in the "Exercise & Sports" Category
A Boomer’s Run With The Mountain
One thing about us boomers that no one in any generation can deny: we are not just inventive, not just energetic … but we are undefeated. This doesn’t always matter, but when story-teller Talia Carner hurt herself on a ski slope, it mattered big-time. We’re only as old as we feel.
Lessons From a Mountain
The active boomers we admire a lot are the ones who weren’t always so active. So it is with photo artist Eli Vega. He has a built-in advantage for outdoor recreation: he lives in the state of Colorado. But not everyone in Colorado goes out and does what he does — especially [...]
A Boomer Conquers Fear
Kids gone, time free, money not evaporated … yet? Then you might want to follow in the footsteps of Veronica James, from GypsyNester.com, who decided to prove to herself that there is life after children. Although for a while, it seemed more like death. She conquered her fear … under water.
Now that [...]
Top New Year’s Resolution
What’s the possible #1 New Year’s resolution for boomers? As Paul Briand reports, baby boomers who want to take a more active role in their health are likely to consider joining a health club as part of their New Year’s resolutions.
There is a lot to consider when looking at a health club and the new [...]
More to Life than Golf?
For a lot of Baby Boomers the golf season is over. The clubs and gear, once stowed in the trunk of the car, have been replaced by the ice scraper and maybe an emergency snow shovel, writes Paul Briand for The Examiner in Washington, D.C.
But the off season is a great time for Baby Boomers [...]
Baby Boomer Fitness
Having come of age with Jane Fonda workouts, along with the wisdom of Kenneth Cooper – according to Colorado fitness expert Lisa Mercer – many baby boomers feel that we actually invented the fitness movement. Indeed, the “work for the burn” and “no pain, no gain” philosophy of the 1970s fitness represents a far more [...]
The Building Blocks of Boomer Health
If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you’re one of nearly 78 million Baby Boomers. Many Boomers are investing more time to learn about healthier food options as well as what they can do to improve overall health and wellness. So what can you do to improve your health and possibly even slow the [...]
Boomers Feeling Pain of Staying Active, and That’s OK
The last thing Manuela Canada, 56, wanted to hear from her doctor was that knee problems would mean the end of tennis.
Fortunately, “don’t do it if it hurts” is last on the list of advice sports-medicine physician John Kearney would give to the Phoenix woman. Nor would he give it to Mike Riggs, 49, of [...]
Walking the Walk
Okay, we’re proud of our generation, proud of ourselves for being young, being active. But can we be honest here? Our bodies ain’t necessarily what they used to be. Leigh Anne-Jasheway-Bryant is doing something about it. She’s Walking the Walk!
I recently won pedometer as a door prize. Needless to say, I was thrilled. [...]
Dancing with Baby Boomers
As the baby boomer population ages and looks for new ways to stay fit, many are turning to dancing, and crediting the popularity and glamor of the TV show, Dancing With the Stars.
Dancing, whether it’s ballroom or Latin, is a great way to ease into physical activity without the intensive regimen of weight training, say [...]
Age is Just a Number!
We recently heard from one woman who hasn’t slowed down…and doesn’t sound like she ever will. She’s a television personality in Philadelphia named Lynn Doyle and for her, every new stage of life as a baby boomer only means more work to do, more milestones to achieve. Because for her, age is just [...]
Loveless in Tennis Heaven
Some baby boomers are never stuck for something to do … even if they do it wrong. That’s how things have turned out for Laurey and Bill Boyd, who have made for themselves a “loveless” marriage … loveless, in tennis heaven.
My husband and I have rediscovered an old high school sweetheart: tennis. With [...]
Baby Boomer Health Advice: Bust That Gut!
When it comes to living a healthier life, Dorothy Packer-Fletcher is a baby boomer who knows of what she speaks. Several years ago, she cut her weight almost in half! So BoomerCafé asked her to tell us how she did it. And equally important, how she kept those pounds off. Her [...]
