FabFit50s

These days, they’re calling it “metabolic resistance training,” or MRT. By “them,” I mean certain Internet trainers who act like they’ve discovered a new way of working out. Sigh. MRT is just a fancy new name for the same methods used by The FIRM® videos years ago, which is sort of how I started down [...]

Every day, I get a lot of health newsletters that inform me about recent research. And it’s always interesting when I see how two totally different studies can relate to each other. One study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Public Health, investigated the responses of 2,500 Americans who took part [...]

At a recent meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), data was presented that demonstrates postmenopausal women who gain a significant amount of weight have an increased risk for endometrial cancer. How significant? Well, a gain of 61 pounds can increase your risk for the cancer fourfold, the researchers found. Now, some of these [...]

1.      It’s (mostly) all about the diet. You need lean protein for cellular repair. Vegetables (and fruits in moderation) for their disease-fighting antioxidants and plant chemicals, and also fiber. Healthy fats to keep things functioning properly—from your brain to your joints. Some healthy, natural carbohydrates like yams, brown rice, legumes and oatmeal—for energy, fiber and those [...]

  I just got my monthly e-mail from my credit monitoring agency. I’m in the clear, they say. No new accounts opened in my name. No new inquiries posted to my credit report. No public records or potentially negative items. I breathe a sigh of relief each month when I read this. I enrolled in [...]

  Quick! You’re most likely to see a rotator cuff injury in: a. A baseball pitcher b. A tennis player c. A bodybuilder d. A woman over age 40 You guessed it. A woman over age 40 is more likely to develop a rotator cuff injury than any of these athletes! The rotator what? The [...]

 I was in the gym not long ago and saw, in the locker room, a young woman with a girdle on. Or, maybe it was a “body shaper.” I didn’t want to stare, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these things in use. She wasn’t obese, just a bit overweight. Still, what [...]

There is a 25-lb. bag of apples sitting on my kitchen floor. And I am all smiles. Yesterday, I went apple picking with my daughter, Siobhan, who is home from college for a long weekend. The day was perfect for it—although the winding, one-lane roads were clogged leaving the orchards in New York State. No [...]