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Top 10 Fitness Truths for People Over 50

Sticking to your program will be hard at times. Use this list of hard truths as a reminder of what it takes. It has helped keep me focused and on track. Hopefully, it will do the same for you.

Getting Fit Over 50 and Finding Your Balance

Not only does losing your mobility put you at an increased risk for depression, but in a recent study, losing it has been shown to decrease your life expectancy by as much as ten years.

Here’s the good news. With training, your balance, and your ability to get around can be improved and extended. 

Getting Fit Over 50 and the Recovery Myth

A prevalent aging misconception is that people lose their ability to recover quickly as they age. Whether it’s exercise, injury, hangovers, etc… you will often hear older people whine how they just can’t rebound like they did when they were younger.

There is a biological truth to a diminished ability to recover as you age, but I promise you it’s not nearly as severe as most people think.

I Have the Late Onset Alzheimer’s Gene

A significant motivation that inspired me to get fit was the discovery that I have the late-onset Alzheimer’s gene.

Through genetic testing, I learned I have the Apolipoprotein E gene. Also known as APOE. More specifically, I possess two copies of the E4 variant of the APOE gene.

The Benefits of Physical Activity

If you are new to running, understand this, humans are the most proficient long-distance runners nature has ever created. Any inability to run has been eliminated from your genes centuries ago. It wasn’t that far back in history, that if you couldn’t run, you would die. Everyone can run.

Why I’m Super Fit at 50 and You’re Not

First, let’s get past the question of whether or not I am super fit. Like everyone else, I have good days and bad days, but for the most part, I exercise regularly, I maintain a healthy diet, and I feel great. So, for the sake of this article, let’s all agree that I am super fit.