Frank’s Column
Frank’s Column
The power of bio-identical hormones in medicine
It is just over a month since my thigh pull. I took a week off from the gym, then started with upper body work and light, no-load stationary bike work to just move the muscles, with stretching to improve flexibility in the torn region. By week three I started doing...
Surrender the things of youth(?) – more injury and healing.
Last week I was pontificating about trying new things and maintaining a youthful attitude and being as old as you think you are. You might know that I would have to eat my words as soon as they were out of my mouth (or on the page). Back on 10/14 I pulled a quadriceps...
Let’s talk about aging and attitude
How old do you think you are? I say you are as old as your thinking suggests you are. That is all a matter of attitude. I think you can gauge this pretty well by assessing how often the idea of trying something new comes into your head. Do you like new situations and...
More changes coming to the SeniorFitness website
Starting next week we will be putting out a newsletter to our readers highlighting recent breakthroughs in life extension and optimization of health and fitness for seniors. Sign up for the newsletter, and we will e-mail you an overview of The Six Critical Keys to...
An Invasive, Disturbing Thought Eliminated with EFT – A First Hand Experience
In our Thinking and Attitude Category we created a sub-category for Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a technique for rapid mental change that is easy to apply and very successful with just about everything someone might like to change about themselves. I was...
Brain Health – Mental Health: a new Category added to the site
This week we added a new Category to the site: Brain Health - Mental Health. I started a writeup on the topic, and haven't made enough progress to brag about, but more will come. The goal is to layout those factors which should be avoided or corrected in our diet,...
Critcal Thinking and Risk Taking
Much of what we see in newspapers, magazines and on TV regarding the sciences of nutrition, medicine and health is misleading or outright wrong. The amount of bad science foisted on the public is truly amazing. Sometimes it is the science itself that is badly done or...
An ISSA Seminar at Total Woman Gym and Day Spa
Friday 8/10/07 I attended a certification course by ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association) (http://www.issaonline.com) for Specialization in Senior Fitness for Certified Fitness Trainers, also known as Personal Trainers. Out of a room with maybe 20 people,...
Another Bodybuilding Supplement of Great Interest
All seniors, if we live long enough, reach a point where muscle mass drops drastically, leg strength fails, and we wind up in a wheelchair and independent living is over. This change is described as sarcopenia, and actually begins in our early 30s at a modest rate,...
Want to See Real Reverse Aging? Try this Combination of Supplements.
For the last month and a half I have been using a combination of over-the-counter supplements and a prescription drug to safely Lower estrogen levelsRaise testosterone levelsBlock dihydrotestosterone (DHT) productionCreate an anabolic metabolic statewith rather...