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CANCER EXERCISE EXPLAINED BY CHEMO RADIATION

May 7, 2018 by

    An article came out yesterday supporting the connection between cancer treatment and cancer exercise. It’s a positive connection in case there are doubts.   ‘The Guardian’ rolled out a well studied post with a sub-title, “Leading Australian researchers back world-first campaign for activity to be part of any treatment,” under this title:   […]

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Wellness Luxury: Feeling Good For Doing Good Again

September 8, 2017 by

To do good you don’t have to feel good. If you do it’s a wellness luxury, an expression I just made up. Google wellness luxury. This isn’t that sort of post.   Take mental health for example. Nothing makes any difference to you? No one cares about you? Feeling earful about the future? Feeling sad […]

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GYM RAT CONFESSIONS: FEAR DRIVEN EXERCISE

May 19, 2017 by

    Every fitness center, every last one, from 24Hour, to LA Fitness, to Curves, has a mayor. They also have city councilmen/women, department heads, and gym rats. The gym mayor checks their constituency. They spot, they talk. They walk from machine to machine. Gym councilmen / women spread an array of weights and surgical […]

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AGING MEN WITH LADY ISSUES

July 8, 2016 by

Talk about aging men. Aging men need to listen. Women of a certain age say they’re invisible, that they’ve lost the power of attraction. With Sophia Loren is in the crowd there’s doubt about that. Aging men are different. They’ve lost the same power to attract the attention from the people they used to attract, […]

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LOVE LESSON MEANS KEVIN LOVE

May 27, 2016 by

The perfect Kevin Love sequence: Rips the rebound away from Biyombo, runs the court, drills a three, gets back on D. This is Kevin Love, Oregon kid, son of Stan Love, Oregon Duck. He’s related to Mike Love, Beach Boy, and Stan Love’s brother. That’s old news. The new news is he’s a part of […]

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BOOMER HUMP GYM

November 10, 2015 by

If you’ve hit the gym a few years you won’t notice the Boomer Hump Gym. If you’ve just started, stay started with grown men wearing pedal pushers, women in pantyhose/ ‘yoga’ pants. Choose your attire. Have fun. It’s two Olympic looking lifting partners spotting each other with hands on safety at low weight. Get the […]

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BOOMER BUCKET LIST: SNOW MACHINE

October 7, 2015 by

Be Careful Or You Might Ride Your Boomer Bucket List Right Into A Bucket. Have you made your bucket list, the things you want to do and see before you kick the bucket? If not, you’ve got time. What’s the difference between a normal bucket list and a boomer bucket list? Call it age. Call […]

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A YOU SANDWICH FOR THE ME GENERATION

February 5, 2014 by

You’ve heard of the ‘Wish Sandwich?’ That’s two pieces of bread and you wish you had something between them. (Originally posted on boomeon.com) As baby boomers, we are what’s in between, with kids on one side, parents on the other. The classic examples show kids living at home and grandparents in dire health. My sandwich […]

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Connecting Boomer Exercise And Writing

January 22, 2014 by

Talk writing with a boomer, with anyone, and you hear a common story. “I’m going to write my novel (memoir, short story, or poem) when I retire. Or, “I’ve got it all figured out in my mind. Now all I need to do is find the time.” Or, “I’d like to write something, but all […]

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Baby Boomers, Gyms, And Church: Beware Of Hazards

December 30, 2013 by

Raise your hand it you attend church services on Christmas and Easter. Keep it up if you’ve ever been described as a Chreaster Christian. As Boomers age, and feel the gaze of their children and grandchildren upon them, they start making more of an effort on Sunday. Some might see the newly churched in the same light […]

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