Healthy Aging
Four Key Components of the Fitness Lifestyle
Four Key Components of the Fitness Lifestyle The fitness lifestyle as I describe it in part one of this series is one that brings great opportunities and challenges – all of them positive and worthwhile. There is no “downside” to choosing for one’s health and fitness needs because any energy expended toward this worthy goal [...]
5 Reasons to Live the Fitness Lifestyle
What’s it Like to Live the Fitness Lifestyle? In my own experience as a fitness professional, I have found that people never really get the opportunity to truly live the fitness lifestyle because they were never exposed to the magic of being – and feeling – fit in their lives. The connection that I found [...]
Balance Exercises for Seniors
Balance Exercises for Seniors Everyone from the youngest exercisers to the oldest can benefit from balance training exercises. All functional movements require a working balance system, from getting up out of your chair to walking to dancing to sprinting and everything in between. Good balance prevents injury, improves athletic performance, and eases activities of daily [...]
Benefits of Strength Training for Women
Strength Training: Top Priority in Women’s Fitness Introduction Strength training does so many amazing things for the body that it should be included in everyone’s fitness program, no matter what their overall goal may be. From boosting metabolism by building muscle mass, to lessening the risks of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, strength training, [...]
What is Zumba Gold®?
What is Zumba Gold? What is Zumba Gold All About? Zumba Gold is a fabulously fun fitness program based on exciting Latin and international dance styles. It’s similar stylistically and musically to regular Zumba®, but it’s performed at a lower intensity level to be more accessible to certain people. Zumba Gold is intended for active [...]
Best Ways to Boost Brain Function: Lifestyle, Supplementation, and Brain Exercise
Best Ways to Boost Brain Function: Lifestyle, Supplementation, and Brain Exercise Do you sometimes feel that your brain is functioning at a less than optimal level? Do you feel foggy and scattered from time to time and wonder what you could do to change that? Do you want more focus, clarity, a better memory, and an [...]
Treadmill Training: Running for Results
Treadmill Training: Running for Results It occurred to me today that running for me is “what I love to do” – and also “who I am” – a runner. The reason this is so is because I am very experienced and capable as a runner. I know how to plan, execute and measure my progress [...]
Advanced Running: Establishing the Mindset for Success
Advanced Running: Establishing the Mindset for Success By Nick Prukop Introduction I took my first yoga class in more than a decade today and it wasn’t pretty. I was stiff, ungainly and awkward and had to literally fight the desire to stop! I found out my instincts were right about my body – it IS [...]
7 Keys to Fitness Success
The 7 Keys to Fitness Success: Developing All Your Powers Introduction I have thought a lot about the benefits I have derived from a life of running and weight training and it all boils down to being “the athlete” for life. The seven keys to fitness are a result of my efforts over the years [...]
6 Keys to Aging Healthfully
Healthy Aging: “What Am I Doing Differently Than Other People? My 6 Keys to Aging Healthfully” Introduction As we enter a new year I have been reflecting on my potential life in 2013 – and the amazing possibilities that MAY lie ahead for me. This thought was coupled with an awareness of the many blessings [...]
Setting and Achieving Your Fitness Goals
Setting and Achieving Your Fitness Goals 4000 Miles & Counting: Achieving a Milestone Today I achieved what I once thought would be impossible for me to accomplish – a new two year mileage goal set in 2011 that today became a reality – running 4000 miles in a two year span. I began my run [...]
HEALTHY AGING: The Case for Fitness & Healthy Aging
HEALTHY AGING: The Case for Fitness and Healthy Aging By Nick Prukop – runningnick@sbcglobal.net Introduction In this series on healthy aging, an important principle that has emerged throughout my writing on this subject has been the issue of fitness and the role being fit plays in preventing illness and injury, yielding a fulfilling and vibrant [...]
HEALTHY AGING: “What if….? An Exercise in Healthy Aging”
HEALTHY AGING: “What if….? An Exercise in Healthy Aging” By Nick Prukop – runningnick@sbcglobal.net Introduction This series has introduced the concept of aging from a new perspective that is currently not well known – that of “healthy aging”. I believe that in the future we will be examining the aging process from many aspects that [...]
HEALTHY AGING: “Worry, Doubt & Fear – The ‘Big 3’ Roadblocks to Aging Healthfully”
HEALTHY AGING: “Worry, Doubt & Fear – The ‘Big 3’ Roadblocks to Aging Healthfully” By Nick Prukop – runningnick@sbcglobal.net Introduction As I reflect on the aging process and its impact on the quality of life, I am reminded that what all of us will eventually face as we grow older, is the UNCERTAINTY of what [...]
HEALTHY AGING: “Thoughts & Insights on My Own Aging Process”
HEALTHY AGING: “Thoughts & Insights on My Own Aging Process” By Nick Prukop Introduction After writing 23 articles on the subject of healthy aging I felt it was time to take a “step back” and review for myself – and for you – just what it means to be older – and not old. I [...]
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