Active Aging Week: September 20 – September 26, 2010 Are you ready to get active? You’ll feel better, Have more energy and stay more healthy Likely. That adds up to Being Able To Do What You Want, When You Want. Active aging means clustering living life as fully as possible. How well we age HAS to do Much More with how well we function, and a lot less to do with the years. And we all function better When We Take A walk, visit friends and family, work or work Crosswords for money, and sing and dance. D
Active Aging Week
Trainer Julienne Camhi joins Active Aging program – Westport-News
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Trainer Julienne Camhi joins Active Aging program
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Sharpen Your Mind, Stay Active, Live Your Life Your Way!
Many years ago, I learned: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste!” I refuse to waste mine. On December 25, 2007, I turned 60. I have just begun to actively live and enjoy the rest of my life. In this article, I will share some important discoveries about what you need to do to live the successful active life that you deserve.
I have learned that we have few guarantees in life. The most important guarantee is that we have Choice. Choice about how we participate in our life. We can react well or poorly, with a smile and optimism or with anger and pessimism. We all are guaranteed 24 hours per day. No one gets more; no one gets less. We cannot stop the clock. Aging well is within our grasp, aging isn’t!
“…..there’s one diabolical factor that does more to kill achievement, smother success, cripple happiness and castrate prosperity- than anything else you can imagine. That dastardly culprit is poor health.”
T. Harv Eker
You have heard it all before: we need to take care of ourselves with proper nutrition and hydration, clean air to breathe and exercise. In addition, we need a good dose of spirituality to temper our humility and stress, to keep all our parts working properly. Keeping your brain alert and figuring out how to do all of this is the most difficult task of all. You “gotta” eliminate excuses, develop a plan of your choosing and stick to it for the rest of your life. Keeping yourself motivated and active is the secret to your success. Stop moving and it all comes to an end.
I recommend that you develop a positive clear life plan and dedicate the rest of your life to following it. Once you have the plan, choosing the details about how to live your life becomes much easier.
Here are some ideas that might be useful to you.
Greet your day with a smile on your face, with yesterday done, your present and future having just begun.
A positive attitude goes along way to helping you get along. Smiles and happiness are good. Hopefully you will CHOOSE to start today, right NOW, with a smile on your face. Before you can begin to take care of today, to wake up with a smile on your face, with passion, clarity and conviction, you need to know what you want, what you are proud of and what you want to keep that is worth keeping. You need to de-clutter: to get rid of the rest!
Know that opportunities, that you create, await you; that your spark is self-lit.
Now that you have begun to get rid of your past clutter, you can begin to focus on the positive and on the present. You need to believe that you can create positive opportunities for most of what you want; that you can maintain and sustain your self-lit spark even through adversity. You have that choice. You can figure out the “Whats”, “Hows”, “Whens”, “Wheres” and with “Whoms” necessary to deal with these choices. Knowing this is powerful and essential to creating, maintaining, sustaining and truly living your active life your way. My recommendation is to first work on those obvious aspects of life that you have a lot of control over, choice about and success with; e.g. de-clutter, then eat, rest, sleep, relax, work, share etc. Focus on the less obvious later. They will be clearer then.
Develop, maintain and succeed at your loftiest goals and dreams.
I believe that with a realistic Plan and Lots of Support you can succeed at most anything you choose. I believe that by making the Plan as real as you can, you can Participate and find out what went well, what didn’t and can begin to speculate about how to improve your life. You can talk with and Debrief about what happened with trustworthy others. You can then Plan again for next time, all the while getting closer to living out the ideals of your loftiest goals and dreams.
Design your environment to have people, places and things profoundly support, stimulate and inspire you. You need to work The Law of Attraction.
Trust your intuition and your self, trusting complementary others will cooperate and support you in complementary ways.
“Either you are creating your life or the circumstances are.”
Thomas J. Leonard
The Law of Attraction states that you attract who you are and how you are, both the good and the bad. You have choice. You can attract winners or losers, people who support you and/or people who don’t, people who like you for who you are and/or people who have a need to criticize you and/or want to change you, people who want you to succeed and people who don’t. You can choose positive relationships: complementary others who are capable and willing to participate with you in complementary ways. Do it while you can. Toxic relationships suck you dry. Sometimes you have to find that support outside of your family. People are ready to help you if you allow them to.
Create enough energy to do whatever you want to, whenever you want to by taking care of your physical, spiritual and emotional health, eating right and exercising properly.
I finally decided to do something about caring for my health: to have a body to die for instead of to die from! I made a discovery, the personal discovery that I am worth it. If I am to succeed at my life my way, then I need my health and fitness to get me there because without it, I won’t. I go to the gym and follow the advice of a nutritionist. I don’t smoke or do drugs and drink alcohol rarely. I de-stress regularly and purposefully. I sharpen my mind by learning from those wiser than I am, challenging myself with new thoughts, reaffirming old ones. I am confident enough to be humble, reverent that my powers and abilities are limited but that my Choices and Motivation are open ended. I invest time in my self and as a result, feel better, look better and have incredible energy to spare. How about you? I believe you can too. You must build your health and fitness plan into your committed positive life plan. Thinking about it isn’t enough.
Integrate work, play, learning and growth. They can all be one.
If you are still working and enjoying it, great, if not, please volunteer, mentor, keep busy, doing what you love to do. Read, be around people and join a church, synagogue, activities group or club. Different retirement communities offer classes in music appreciation, and art. Join a chorus, sing, dance, learn the computer and/or play video games. There are professional people available to help you if you are willing to take that first step. Many municipalities provide economical and accessible resources for community activities and classes. They have catalogues that offer a variety of stimulating classes including exercise classes. Art museums, Town Hall meetings and local libraries all have ongoing programs for senior citizens. There are senior mentor programs in the local elementary schools to teach children how to read. The local hospitals hold at least monthly health education workshops. Check the local television and radio stations; they have useful information and lists of community activities and services.
Choreograph your day so that you have all the time you need, to do and be, whatever matters most to you. Ready/Fire/Aim at your priorities.
Finish what you start on time and with the original joy that inspired “It”.
You should live your life in pencil with a big eraser available at all times.Do everything you can to follow the schedule you set, but be willing to change, as your priorities and responsibilities dictate. Your responsibility is to succeed at fulfilling your obligations to your self and others. You can’t do this without a predictable, clear plan with obvious steps and the time commitments necessary to fulfill them.
Steps to completion are important. They must be clear, with an appropriate beginning, middle and end. The more that you set up the What you need to do, the How you need to do it, the When, the Where and the Who you need to do it with, so that you have no doubt about the order of events, the greater the opportunity you have to succeed and sustain your energy throughout the process.
Enjoy, laugh and play with your “truly” significant others. Fun energizes.
You need to take care of your commitments to your self and your complementary others first. Only then do you have the pure, free, voluntary, committed, non-distracted energy to enjoy, laugh, and play with your “truly” significant others.Fun energizes and you need to play, laugh, feel connected and relax daily to truly succeed. You need to assure yourself of fun caring people in your life. Sharing positive energies is essential to a complementary lifestyle. Loneliness kills your spirit.
Create your life to have everything that you want and nothing that you don’t want as much as humanly possible. Sometimes life throws curveballs, you can hit your pitch: strikes.
If you hold yourself responsible to do your best, no more, no less, you have the greatest opportunities of succeeding. If you know your abilities and your limitations, you can make good choices. You can work with complementary others to help you accomplish whatever you can’t do on your own. You can also do your best to help them succeed too. By respecting and including their complementary participation, you can develop and maintain synergistic relationships full of personal and mutual well being.
Operate from your passion, your mission and your positive life plan! This isn’t easy. It needs to be more than an idea that was presented by someone else!
Your positive life plan needs to become your personal guide, your mission, your passion, your code of ethics and your non-negotiable deal with yourself and with and to others. It is selfish without being selfless. When your selfishness includes the unabashed need to serve others in complementary ways that creates Win/Wins for all of you, you can lead and follow and get and give and take and serve all at the same time. Wow, that’s powerful.
Give back to others so you can sleep through the night like a baby; awakening to another day’s opportunity!
It’s legacy timein my life. How do you want to be remembered and cared for? Address it now. Avoidance leads to missing choices and opportunities and can result in chaos.
I am realistic enough to know that there will never be a plan, a system that creates and controls the “perfect life”. You can, however, always strive to do whatever you can to succeed. You cannot complete everything today. You can only complete everything that you intended to and planned for, everything that you can possibly do by yourself and with the help of others. You need to schedule the rest for later. So list your intentions and prioritize them. By doing this, you can create successful opportunities to accomplish the achievable today and then, as necessary, the achievable tomorrow, the next day and into your active future. I believe you can do this if you want to badly enough.
Hi, I am Gary S. Grossman Ph.D.
affectionately known as
Dr. I WannaWanna.
I am a Personal Development and Wellness Coach for successful people; i.e. people, like you, who can DO what you intend to DO when you know What to DO and How and have the support necessary to Succeed.
I began my professional career in 1971 working with addicts on the streets of New York City. I was quickly known as the 90 Day Wonder. It was a term of derision. They mocked me, knowing full well that I had no right to pretend that I knew the “Truths” of their lives or their circumstances. Thankfully I was smart enough to agree with them. They were right. I didn’t know their truths or their circumstances and what I learned in college didn’t teach me this either.
I, however, knew that they KNEW and if I could show them the honor and respect that they were worthy of, once they trusted me, I might be able to help them.
I respected, they trusted, they got help and I made a career decision to respect the fundamental differences in people, and with their permission to help them with our fundamental similarities.
I have been doing this work ever since. You see I learned “It” is about Helping YOU and them with Your “It”, Your Fat, Your Life with permission and respect.
I have over 50,000 hours of “in chair” experience helping people like YOU SUCCEED!
I have lived a life that includes highlights and failure, burnout and recovery. I have been there and done that. My task is to help if I can and to refer elsewhere as appropriate.
My goal is to help you Lose Fat and to build A Fat Fight Plan, a Life Plan that you can self monitor effectively and proudly for the rest of your life.
The Advantages of Active Living
Seniors often thrive in independent living communities due to increased opportunities to exercise, socialize and participate in active living. Populated by individuals who are committed to living life to the fullest, independent living communities encourage residents to participate in exercise programs and social activities that provide the foundation for a quality retirement lifestyle. You might say that not only are exercise and socializing “the best medicine,” they turn the spigot on The Fountain of Youth.
Those considering the move to an independent living community will be interested to learn that the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has focused on the theme “Exercise as Medicine” since 2008. In short, exercise, and the socializing that often accompanies heart, health and wellness activities, is the most potent and side-effect-free medicine available. Exercise positively affects every aspect of the body, mind and, yes, spirit.
Why is exercise such good medicine?
Growing numbers look for exercise and active living programs when evaluating independent living communities. They are aware that exercise serves as preventative medicine by helping to reduce risk factors for heart attacks such as diabetes, elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol. Exercise works as secondary prevention, too. This means that it helps reduce the risk of the next “big one.”
Wellness programs offered by independent living communities help residents understand that lowering these risk factors even just a little, boosts their strength and immune systems. For example, in general the body doesn’t need to make as much insulin when it is active. As a result, regular exercise increases sensitivity and keeps fat stores at bay to help prevent diabetes.
Exercise also helps reduce the risk of depression. Many independent living communities encourage fun group fitness activities such as heart-healthy walks and aquatic programs, wellness education, dancing, tai chi and yoga. All these activities are good for brain chemistry that helps elicit increased strength, flexibility and feelings of well being.
What kinds of active living programs are available?
Many of today’s independent living communities have embraced a wellness or active living model, inviting residents to take “ownership” of their own goals and well being as well as offering a full range of exercise and socializing opportunities. These industry innovators encourage individuals of every age to seek opportunities to remain productive, contributing members of a community.
These independent living communities search for ways to help people stay mentally and physically independent and active. Communities such as these offer encompassing wellness and life enrichment programs that often include individually designed daily exercise and physical activities, mind, body and spirit classes, lifelong learning and community partners’ component.
How do I get going on an exercise program?
One of the best ways to jump on the exercise-as-medicine bandwagon is to look for independent living communities that encourage maximum independence through the support of exercise and socializing. Review the communities’ offerings and search for activities that you enjoy.
Also, ask lots of questions. Does the independent living community have a life enrichment/wellness director, on-site physical therapy or rehabilitation services? Does it provide a well-equipped and staffed health & fitness facility and does it offer classes that can positively affect age-related conditions such as arthritis, cancer, heart disease and stroke?
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How To Find A Florida Retirement Community That Fits Your Active Lifestyle
As peopleage,decidingto livein a retirementcommunitysometimesseems to be the bestoption. Manydecideto relocate to warmer, sunnierareas like Floridato enjoytheirgolden years. However,lots of peoplewho are readyto livein a seniorlivingcenterdon’twantto giveup theircurrent way of life.Stayinghealthyand activeis an important part of life, and thoughsome peoplemightbe of age to entera retirementlivingcenter,theyalsooften livevery activelifestyles.
Luckily, manyFloridaretirementcommunitiesallowtheirresidentsto continuehaving an activelifestyle.These activeadult communitiesofferongoingactivitiesand regularfield tripswithlots of variety. Lookingfor qualitieslike these whensearchingfor a retirementcommunitywillensureyou’reable to continuethe life you\’ve always had.
Look For Retirement CommunitiesWith OngoingActivities
Manyactiveretirementcommunitiesoffera wide range of activitiesfor residentsto participatein. Retirement livingdoesn\’t mean retiring from life.Manyseniorlivingcenters;providea largevarietyof social activitiesas wellas ways to stay active. To findsuch centers;, lookfor retirementcommunitiesthatshow off theirrecreational and social calendars. Fromtai chi to bingo, these facilities always havesomethinggoingon. Fitness classesto keep you in shape, movie nights, bridgetournaments, arts and crafts, and musicalentertainment;nights are just some of the otheractivitiesthatseniorcommunitiesoffer.
Most retirementcommunitiesin Floridaalsohavepoolsthatallowyou to take a water aerobics class or simply relax in the pool or spa. Try a new hobby,or go back to an old pastime.No matter whatyou enjoy, you’resureto finda great way to spendyour time in a communitywitha full activitiescalendar.
Look For Senior CommunitiesThatSchedule Outings
Manyretirementcommunitiesofferregularfield tripsto nearbyattractions.This offers;residentsan excellent opportunityfor staying activeas wellas having the chance to do somethingtheymay haveneverexperienced.Look for communitiesthathavetripsto shopping areas,downtownareas,beaches, or unique localtourist locations. Floridaretirementcommunitiesmay offertripsto see a space shuttlelaunchat Cape Canaveral, or the opportunityto stroll through the different “countries” in Disney World\’s Epcot. Whetheryou enjoyantiquing, relaxingon a beautifulbeach,or just exploring the localculture, lookfor a seniorcommunitythatoffers;regularoutings to nearbyattractions to liven;up your routine.
Consider CommunitiesThatPromote Companionship and Variety
When it comesto retirementliving, mostretireeswantto stay as activeas theypossibly can. But the retired alsowantto maintain relationships,create new friendships and havecompanions to do activitieswith.When retired, manyretireesmay not knowwhatactivitiesare goingon in theirarea, how theywillget to themor who theycan go with.Activeretirementcommunitiesare just that, communitiesthatare active. As part of such a communityresidentswillhavethe opportunityto be a part of a group, visit new places;, and enjoynew things withotherlike-mindedpeople.
In searchingfor the perfect retirementcommunity, mostpeoplewantto finda placethatkeeps themactiveas wellas safe. ManyFloridaretirementcommunitiescreate such an environment,providingenough varietyin activitiesto keep theirresidentsbusywhile making suretheyare doingso in a safe group environment.
Christine O’Kelly is an author for Aston Gardens, a premier developer of award-winning Florida active retirement communities. Aston Gardens offers luxury senior living for the active retiree.
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Easy Does It – Stay active, stay fit
“Is it easy to It!” is a non-impact regime designed specifically to meet the needs of elderly fitness while keeping safety the highest priority.
YMCA staff encourages seniors to get active – Atmore Advance
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YMCA staff encourages seniors to get active
Atmore Advance Today is National Senior Fitness Day and as a part of the day, seniors are encouraged to visit the Y and get in shape. One option seniors have for exercise … Inspirational role model |
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Easy Does It – Staying Active, Staying Fit
“Easy Does It!” is a no-impact regimen designed specifically to address elderly fitness requirements while keeping safety the highest priority.
Easy And Natural Fitness Tips For A Healthier, More Physically Active You
If there was ever a fountain of youth for health and vitality, exercise would be it. There are so many health benefits to exercise, it would be impossible to list them all.
However, research has shown that exercise performed on a regular basis decreases the risk of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, breast cancer and high cholesterol.
Furthermore, exercise helps to keep our bones strong well into our senior years and helps to strengthen our hearts and lungs. Additionally, regular exercise eases stress and depression and facilitates sleep and relaxation.
For these reasons, no matter how old you are you should include some form of exercise in your daily life. Physical activity doesn’t have to come in the form of a subscription to a fitness club or buying expensive exercise equipment. Instead, you should try to incorporate some sort of physical activities that are a natural part of your daily routine.
The following are some suggestions of ways that you can naturally incorporate physical activates into your daily life:
1) Do some sort of exercise while you watch television. Yoga, strength training or aerobics are all good. Also using small hand weights or walking on a treadmill is something you can do while watching television.
2) Implement a walk with your family after dinner.
3) Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator.
4) Take up gardening or another type of outdoor hobby.
5) Play with children! If you don’t have any of your own, find a niece or a nephew – you can set aside a regular day for taking them out for some fun activities.
6) Park your car away from where you need to go and then walk to your destination.
7) Get off the bus or a taxi early and walk the rest of the way to your destination.
6) Keep a pair of athletic shoes in your office and your car. This way you’ll always be ready for some activity.
7) If you need to take care of errands such as going to the bank or post office, walk instead of driving or taking the bus or taxi.
Find a sport that you like and play it with friends, family or neighbors.
9) Play with your pets. Playing with your pets such as dogs or cats is great fun for them and a fun way for you to get some physical activity.
10) Wash your own car. Instead of taking your car to the car wash or paying someone to do it for you, get up early one day out of the weekend and wash it yourself. It will definitely give you a workout!
11) Mow your own lawn. And if you don’t have a yard, volunteer to do it for someone in your neighborhood, such as mowing the lawn of an elderly or disabled person.
12) Take up a team sport such as basketball, soccer or football. Research shows that team sports have additional health benefits that playing a sport by yourself does not have.
13) If you work on the computer a lot, instead of sitting on a chair, sit on a stability ball.
Over time, it can help to strengthen your body core and improve your balance and posture – all of which tend to decline as we age.
14) Learn a new activity such as swimming or riding a bicycle.
While it is important to include natural forms of physical activities in your daily routine such as the ones mentioned here, be sure to also schedule in planned exercise workouts as well. Planned workouts may include visits to your local gym or community center twice or three times per week, or it may be exercises that you can do at home or outside such as strength training, jogging or aerobic exercise.
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Active Senior Living
If you are a senior you may be resigned to the fact that the busiest years of your life are over, but you can still do many things to ensure active senior living. Just because you’re over 65, doesn’t mean that life has to be boring or dull. There are so many ways to contribute to society, or just have fun. Active senior living means you make the choice on what you want, and then go get it.
There are many options to keep you busy. You can dig up a few hobbies from the past that you used to do. Go back and get your dancing shoes on, or if you never danced, learn how to. A fun part of active senior living can include dancing.
Sewing is another mentally stimulating challenge, and you could make a few outfits to head out on the town, and look great. Many community centers recognize that active senior living is important and they offer sewing classes to both men and women who are retired.
Ask your church or local synagogue, if you can start up a study group just for the other seniors. Another way to be active physically and mentally is to home visit others, and bring a little companionship to them. People who are confined to their homes love having company. Active senior living means that you can visit others in nursing homes too.
The point is to stay physically invigorated and mentally active. However, that doesn’t mean that you take on more that you don’t need, or your doctor advises you not to. Active senior living doesn’t mean becoming exhausted, and it should be a relaxing time of your life. If you feel that it’s too much, cut back on some activities, and take a few moments for yourself. There’s nothing wrong with sitting on a garden patio, or curled up by a warm fireplace with a good book in hand. You’ll still be getting needed mental stimulation, but a way to relax your body at the same time. Active senior living is a choice now that you’re older.
Perhaps you’d enjoy a small part-time job. A lot of seniors love the routine even after they’ve retried of getting up and going to a job. It makes them feel useful again, and this might fit your personality to a tee. If it is, consult with your doctor about taking on a job, if you have any serious medical conditions that might limit what you do. You don’t need any other serious complications to develop from any health issue you might have, so it’s best to ask. Active senior living is the way to live once you’re older, but remember to always make it a pleasant experience for your mind and body.
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