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Five Reasons to Add Planks to Your Workout

March 14, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Work Outs

Why should you add planks to your workout? It seems like trainers love to have us do planks and there seems to always be some type of plank challenge going on. Just go online to find people who can hold a plank for half a lifetime. Chris talked about using planks to help with strengthening the core in an earlier post. Planks are a great way to strengthen our bodies. Add Planks to Your Workout There are lots of reasons to add planks to your workout. I've listed five here but each of these reasons can lead to more benefits. Basically, if you add planks to your workout, you're adding something that is quick and easy to do, well, easy as in you don't need to do...

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Hormone Health for Women Over 50 with Jeannie Beaudin

March 12, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Mental Health, Podcast

Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast Episode #29 Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In Episode #29 of Fit Strong Women Over 50, Jill and Chris interview Jeannie Beaudin, a recently retired pharmacist who specialized in balancing women's hormones for over 10 years, while she owned her own pharmacy. Her clients appreciated her broad knowledge of non-drug, natural and standard treatment options. As a compounding pharmacist specializing in balancing women's hormones, Jeannie would take time to thoroughly review the hormone-related symptoms, explain available choices and discuss the woman's preferences for treatment. In today's podcast, Jeannie explains how she became known as "The Hormone Lady". The podcast explains how women can work together with a compounding pharmacist and the doctor to improve hormone health. Four levels of treatment...

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Fitness Routine

My Fitness Routine – Improving Strength, Flexibility, and Balance

March 7, 2019
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Building Muscle, Fit and Strong, Fitness

Since I’ve been cleared to resume exercising, I’ve been struggling to come up with a fitness routine that works for me. I want to return to some of the things I’ve enjoyed doing but I also want to avoid injuring myself. I’ve decided I need to work on core strength, flexibility, balance, and variety. I’m hoping that working variety into my fitness routine will help me avoid injury and any kind of repetitive stress problems. I’ve come up with a fitness routine that is working for me right now. Of course, it’s still winter in Ohio so I’m not getting outside very often. This routine might change once spring and summer arrive. I also find that if I assign certain days to certain exercises, I’m likely to get...

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Improving Flexibility in Tendons and Ligaments with Yin Yoga

March 2, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Motivation

I used to only focus on muscles and strength, but as I get older I am finding that being strong and improving flexible in tendons and ligaments has become more important to me. One way I am working on improving my tendons and ligaments with through yoga. I am very much a beginner and am still have so much to learn. Perhaps you've been in a yoga practice for a long time. If so, please let me know what works best for you. I used to really enjoy the constant moving workout type of yoga that burns a lot of calories and works the muscles, but as I have gotten older, I'm finding that flexibility and releasing tension to be more of my goal with my yoga...

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How to work with your personal trainer

How to Work with Your Personal Trainer

January 24, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness

I want to discuss how to work with your personal trainer. There's a lot of information on how to find a trainer. We discussed that with Brenda O'Hara in our interview with her on the Fit, Strong Women Over 50 podcast. But what do you do once you've found one? How to Work with Your Personal Trainer Once you've hired your trainer, you have to go to that first session.  It can be a bit intimidating so that's where some planning in advance helps. Be honest Be honest with your trainer. If you have injuries, be sure to tell him or her. There's no point in doing something that is going to hurt you. A good trainer should be able to work around any injuries and, in fact, can...

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Shoes, Sneakers and Boots

Avoiding Foot Problems: Shoes, Sneakers and Boots

January 19, 2019
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Who knew that the shoes you wore as a teen or in your early adult life would have such a long lasting effect in the last half of your life? I sure didn't. Maybe your feet have not reacted to your choice of footwear as much as mine have over the years, but if your toes tend to curl inward, then you may know what I'm talking about. Years gone by I wore shoes that I wouldn't consider now: Flip flops on a summer day Espadrilles to work in my flower gardens Three inch heels on pumps every day for work Cute boots (never mind the treads) for winter As a teen in the 70's, I would balance on top of crazy high wedges hiding underneath my...

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staying present mindfulness

Staying Present while Looking Back and Looking Ahead

December 30, 2018
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Fitness, Motivation

Paying attention to what is happening right now is so important. I sometimes find it difficult to stay with it. Mindfulness. Being present. Living in the moment. Focus on today. Focus on this minute. "Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow." One Day at a Time. However you choose to describe it, sometimes (often) "staying present" can be difficult. Something about the end/beginning of the year has me thinking back and forward at the same time. Yesterday is History. Tomorrow is a Mystery. Today is a Gift. That's why we call it the Present. - attributed to Alice Morse Earle, Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights, 1902 Many new exercise programs will start in the new year. New Year, New You! (Or maybe Jan 2nd after the celebrating has finished and decorations are...

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Listening to Music During a Workout

December 8, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Work Outs

Finding the perfect playlist to match the type of workout I am doing is an ongoing quest of mine. There's probably no way that your taste in music matches mine. I was reminded of this during a spinning class on Wednesday. Everyone has different tastes in music. I loved it when my spinning instructor played Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies! (It starts slow and gets fast.) Run Run Rudolph is another holiday favorite of mine. It's a fun and fast one that I love. Not everyone appreciates those I guess. I find that exercising to music makes exercise fun. In fact it's not a work out, for me it becomes a "play out", but there are some challenges in getting the music worked out. Here...

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How do YOU Measure Your Fitness_

How do YOU Measure Fit?

November 10, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Sleep, Weight

How do most women over 50 measure fit? I am guessing that the first answer would be weight. Maybe stamina vs fatigue? As women in 2018, we have the opportunity to access so much information, it can be overwhelming and obsessive. Those who know their numbers may point to BMI or A1c or VO2Max. Or waist size or blood pressure. As I go deeper into focusing on fitness, strength and getting healthy, I've discovered that there are always new numbers and measurements to fine tune things. When I first started running/walking/jogging in 2009, I wanted to know how long it took me to go one lap around the track, one mile and a 5K. Those became numbers I worked toward improving. I hadn't even heard of VO2 Max and...

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Celebrating Milestones

October 27, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness

Shout out to all the Fit, Strong Women Over 50 Today I'm celebrating milestones. Have you ever heard the saying "You are what you eat"? Or the saying "You are the average of the 5 people you surround yourself with."? Perhaps you've seen this saying about "watching your thoughts" shown on the cover of this notebook? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="167"] * photo courtesy Amazon from the Motivational Journal Lover[/caption] I know that for me, whatever I put my attention and intention on, will pop up all around me. It is on my radar and I begin to really embrace it. As we prepare to celebrate the first anniversary of Becoming Elli, I am reminded of this concept. Celebrating Milestones Depending on when and how you measure our official beginning, we've almost...

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Becoming Elli is for women over the age of 50 who are focused on healthy living and getting fit. We discuss fitness, nutrition, and ways to age gracefully. Our mission is the same as our podcast: to become (and stay) Fit Strong Women Over 50.

Chris Brown & Jill McCauslin

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