Collecting My Thoughts

I'm no expert on data collection, privacy, or health, but I think this is the dumbest idea ever to come out of the Trump Administration....

  The new study, published in the  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity , found that, on average, people aged...

I go to Lifetime Fitness (I call it the gym) about 5x a week. Sometimes parents bring their children--I think they need to be 12 to be a gue...

 This blog by a woman named Pam was published 6 years ago, well before the pandemic lockdown, but it shows what was going to happened multip...

My arms and hands are weak, and my fingers struggle to open a package of cheese or squeeze the toothpaste tube. Today I added kettlebells to...

A quote from my new book, "Outlive," by Dr. Peter Attia (c. 2023). "So if you adopt only one new set of habits based on readi...

"It has been well established in epidemiological studies and randomized controlled trials that habitual exercise is beneficial for brai...

I learn a lot at the gym. The exercycles are about 2 ft. apart. So, I could overhear the conversation of 2 retirees, maybe 10 years younger ...

  My Strength and My Shield: A Realtree™ Journal by Ellie Claire | Goodreads This is a cute little journal in a camo style with inspirationa...

I just heard a marathon runner, age 69, who started running because his father died at 55, say that on the radio show, "Doctor, doctor...

FNDC5, Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5, the precursor of irisin, is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein that is encoded by...

No one has ever accused me of being an athlete, but I do walk 2 miles every morning along the lake front and maybe another 2-3 miles during ...

Afternoon exercise instead of morning? I'm ready for a nap! "Exercise training elicits superior metabolic effects when performed in...

Yesterday I blogged about dollar stores and how the woke blokes are sounding the alarm that they target poor and minorities (Google/FB block...

I wonder who writes the scripts for "reality shows?" This morning at the gym I started watching a show about muscle cars and the g...

Holy Toledo!  It’s at the bottom of 100 cities for heart health. 100.  It’s about what we eat, and how much we exercise, and our smoking and...

After the lock up/ shut down/ shut up is over, half the adults will be going on a diet (my estimate). Here's some tips: My observation...

Old people like me are at risk for Covid19. But no more so than the flu, falls and pneumonia. The shut down/lock up is hurting us more. Th...

I met a wonderful guy at the gym this morning. Kind, articulate, interesting, athletic and it turns out he was at St. Ann's hospital in ...