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We want to be like Elli because she was the Norse Goddess of Aging who beat Thor in a wrestling match. We want to be like Elli, fit and strong as we age
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Sleep for Health and Fitness

March 5, 2025
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Fit and Strong, Sleep

Getting sleep for health and fitness is crucial for me. From time to time I ask myself, "What's the MOST important thing I can do for my health and fitness?" My first thought usually revolves around food. Something that I shouldn't eat. Or something that I should eat more of. Then I think about exercise. Am I getting enough? Of the right kind - not too much cardio and not enough strength right? But what I have found is the very most important thing for me is getting enough sleep. Followed up by drinking enough water. Those are two really simple things actually, but also some of the first to go when I get busy and stressed. While the right foods and the right exercise is so important, I...

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The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age with Gwendolyn Bounds

June 11, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast, Races, Running, Sleep

#156 The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age with Gwendolyn Bounds Download | Open in New Window Scroll down for podcast apps Gwendolyn Bounds is an award-winning journalist and author of NOT TOO LATE: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age. A few months shy of her 47th birthday, author and journalist Gwendolyn Bounds asked herself, “How is it possible to become good at something when you are already far behind and time isn’t on your side?” Her intimate story takes us from playgrounds and gyms, where Wendy trains among children and athletes half her age, to far-flung Spartan Race courses – including the vast desert of the Middle East. As she moves from the back of the pack to eventually become a podium finisher in her age...

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Habits Help Me Stay Fit

November 6, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Sleep, Work Outs

While this past year has not been one with a lot of big activity for me, some of the routines and habits I have put in place are really helping me to stay fit. I noticed that I automatically do some things, mostly out of habit, but they are helpful, healthy routines that I thought I'd share. The things that I learned - especially about habits - have really helped me to stay more fit and active than I would have. Over the past year+ (during the Covid pandemic), I haven't had the type of big goals like I did set a few years back. However I've still been able to keep up some exercise. While I'm not running any races right now, I still try to continue...

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CBD Products for Improving Health

November 19, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Sleep

I'm just not sure about the CBD products that are on the market. I have to say, when it comes to this, I am not an early adopter. As a baby boomer who grew up super straight in the Midwest, I remember being severely cautioned on the effects of marijuana by my parents and watching the scare movie called Reefer Madness. So now that 33 states have approved the legal status of cannabis (marijuana) for medical purposes and the remaining 17 allow cannabidiol (CBD), maybe I need to rethink my outdated opinions on it. In Ohio you can buy it in many places, right off the shelf, over the counter. Even my local grocery store is touting the benefits - not only for humans but for dogs. I...

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Improve sleep quality to see health improvements

Improve Sleep Quality to See Health Improvements

June 1, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Sleep

Typically we don't think about sleep, or the quality of sleep when we talk about being fit and strong, but obviously sleep is critical for health and fitness. Not having good quality sleep at night will just about guarantee a cranky day for me. Everything seems like a chore when I'm tired. I am the type of person who falls asleep quickly but sometimes can't stay asleep. It seemed to start for me in my 30's, after children were born, but became more difficult to manage after I turned 50. Since then, I've read several books about it and have gathered lots of helpful ideas on how to improve the quality of sleep. I imagine there are other fit, strong women over 50 who also struggle with this,...

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Improving Health

Improving Health with Training, Sleep, and Omega 3s

May 28, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Podcast, Sleep, Veggie Challenge

Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 34 of the Fit, Strong Women Over 50 podcast for the Becoming Elli community, Jill and Chris discuss a variety of ways for improving health. Improving Health There's more to becoming like Elli than we like to think. It's not just eat vegetables and get 10,000 steps a day. Jill and Chris cover some of the other aspects of being fit and strong. They discuss: their training this spring problems that arise with sleep and how to avoid them the importance of including Omega 3 fats in the diet their progress on the Becoming Elli 2019 veggie challenge. Training Chris and Jill discuss how they’re training for progress into summer and how they’re dealing with or avoiding injuries. Biking,...

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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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Sleep for health and fitness

7 Ways to Improve Your Sleep

October 13, 2018
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We all know that getting healthy isn't just about eating right and exercising. Getting enough good quality sleep is important. Personally, I feel like sleep deprivation is torture for me. I don't know about you, but I'm always researching articles about how to improve your sleep. Some people can handle 4 -5 hours of sleep once in a while, but I can't. I really need a solid 7 or 8 hours a night to feel right.  I'm also the type of person who likes to wake up early, but not to stay up late. I find that without enough sleep: a sniffle turns into a cold a cold turns into sick annoyed turns into cranky tired turns into exhausted life just seems much harder it's hard to...

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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

BecomingElli @ gmail.com

Northeast Ohio

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