Fitness

Pre-Workout Drinks

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An energy boost before your workout is a welcome idea.  There are numerous powders and drinks on the market but are they safe?  In moderation, probably.  In many the main ingredient is caffeine which in appropriate amounts is likely safe and effective.  If your heart races or your fingers tingle that’s too much.  

Some experts recommend going more natural because then there is less concern with what other ingredients might be in that powder.  So instead, have a cup of coffee before working out.  Or food rich in protein like yogurt.

Use common sense.  We don’t want to over stress our bodies.  Yet it’s important to keep moving as we age.

– Jet Cannon 

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Pickleball

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Need some exercise?  Pickleball is a sport that virtually any age can play.  Based on the Single Sport Participation Report of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) on Pickleball, 75% of Core Players are 55 and older (defined as players who play 8 or more times per year).

My wife and I have all the gear.  Racquets, balls, shoes, sweatbands, and bags for all our gear.  Someday we will actually step on to a court.  Looking forward to it though.  Do what I say and not what I do. 

– Jet Cannon

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Sugar, Carbs, and Calories

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Buzz off bad boys!  All three are bad for the beach body we’ll need this spring and summer.  Hence the hard seltzer craze.  These beverages are lower in all three.  Now, 100 non-nutritional calories per can is not exactly healthy but it beats most beer, wine and liquor options.  The alcohol content is also lower making summertime parties a little safer.

The fun part is the number of choices is growing as all the big beverage makers are jumping on the bandwagon e.g. Bud Light Seltzer.  Lots of subtle fruity flavors.  “Here, try one of mine!”  The millennials seem to have claimed White Claw.  If Baby Boomers have a favorite brand, please let me know.  I want that one.  

– Jet Cannon

 

Photo courtesy of swiglife.com

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Green Tea – Jolly Good

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You may have heard that green tea has positive health benefits.  According to WebMD, the catechins in the tea are antioxidants that fight cell damage.  Blood flow may be increased, cholesterol may get lowered, and high blood pressure may be reduced. It may improve memory and possibly reduce the plaques linked to Alzheimers.  No guarantees but introducing tea time to your day may do more than just provide a time to relax with a cuppa.

– Jet Cannon

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Boomeritis

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Regular exercise is essential for good health and it can be very useful in creating a natural endorphin Buzz.  But overdoing it, and this is good news in a way, can be counter-productive.  Exercised muscles need time to rebuild.  And as we age, our bodies just need more time to recover from strenuous exercise.  

I tested this Boomeritis ailment with classic New Years resolution vigor and daily exercise to the point where it hurt to move.  My body was trying to tell me something but I was bent on losing those Covid 19 pounds.  Even though I was mixing up the kinds of exercise I was doing, my body rebelled.  Burning pain.  

Lesson learned.  Exercise, yes, but please be careful out there. 

– Jet Cannon

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National Get Up Day – february 1

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Started by the United States Figure Skating Association, “Get Up is about being fearless in the face of falling.”  It’s about bouncing back. Good stuff.

For Buzzed Boomers it’s also about getting up and moving.  Walk, exercise, swim.  Do something active.  Generate those endorphins.

You’ll want to have that under your belt to prepare for tomorrow’s post!

– Jet Cannon

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