By Coach John Hughes Here’s what we can learn from three only chronologically old athletes. All three are relatively late bloomers. Nonagenarian At 93 the Irishman Richard Morgan is a four-time world champion in indoor rowing (winning in 2007, 2017, 2021, and 2022). He’s the subject of a study physiological characteristics published in the Journal of Applied … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: Lessons from 80, 90 and 100-year-olds
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Keep Sleep Times Consistent
By Kevin Kolodziejski It’s a Promise You Can — and Need — to Keep Nike and Nietzsche. It would be a really cool name for a law firm, but neither’s a member of the bar. The one’s an athletic footwear and apparel corporation whose value, according to Statista, is $31 billion. The other’s a German philosopher whose work is valued, according to the Stanford … [Read more...] about Keep Sleep Times Consistent
Anti-Aging: What’s Your Fitness Age?
By Coach John Hughes I’m almost 75 and have the fitness of a 53-year-old (although I felt older shoveling the foot of snow in the driveway this morning). This column explains the importance of your fitness age and how to estimate it. Fitness age is an estimate of how biologically old your body is compared to your chronological age. Hopefully your fitness age is less than … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: What’s Your Fitness Age?
How Fit Are You? Part 2
By Coach John Hughes Last week I gave you quiz to assess how fit you are in each type of fitness that’s important for a long, happy, functional lifetime. How Fit Are You? Part 1 This week I’ll discuss how to improve in each type of fitness so you can work on what’s important to you. To review: … [Read more...] about How Fit Are You? Part 2
Riding a Bike After Getting a Knee Replacement
By Stan Purdum On my bike, I recently completed three laps around the middle school parking lot across the street from my house. And I was delighted. Okay, it’s a no-big-deal ride, one that any school kid could do — except that I am 78 years old, and it was my first ride on a moving bicycle since I got a total-knee replacement for my right leg 36 days previously — and I … [Read more...] about Riding a Bike After Getting a Knee Replacement