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    Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors
    Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors
    Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors
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    Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors

    By Vincent Bossley

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    A series of fun exercises for all of us folks entering the advancing years category.

    These exercises can be practiced anytime and most anywhere with absolutely no or very little equipment. Those that do, require only minimum cost items and then that is only a matter of choice. The author has compiled and written this book with this specifically in mind and to encourage people to carry out these exercises outdoors and in the fresh air where possible. In fact, the idea is not to go anywhere near a gymnasium at all. Staying fit and healthy well into our advancing years is the aim of this book and to reap the maximium fun and joy of life as we go along
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateOct 17, 2012
    ISBN9781452327167
    Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors
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    Vincent Bossley

    Vincent Bossley is a publisher and sailor and lives on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. He has is own website http://www.sailboat2adventure.com. for cruising sailors, sailors planning their lifetime adventure, armchair sailors, virtual sailors and in fact anyone who has ever dreamed of sailing the oceans of this beautiful planet of ours. You can find him and his ebook 'Sailing Adventures in Paradise' in wich he relates his four year sailing odyssey in the South Pacific Islands.

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      Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors - Vincent Bossley

      Fitness and Exercise Fun 

      for Baby Boomers and Seniors

      Vincent Bossley

      C O P Y R I G H T

      Copyright © 2010 by Vincent Bossley

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      Table of Contents

      The Beginning

      Spring Love and Health

      Deep Breathing and Lung Workout to Change Your Life

      Three Secrets for Keeping Our Legs Nimble and Trim

      Healthy Walking for Fitness and Fun

      Three Secrets to Strengthen Our lower Back

      Buff Your Butt in Two Minutes Daily

      Massage Neck and Shoulder Pain Away in a Few Minutes

      Massage Your Face and Neck for Young and Alive Skin

      Massage Scalp Thirty Seconds Daily to Stop Hair Loss

      Balance

      The Great Exercise Body Ball

      Breathing and Core Muscle Activation

      Miscellaneous Exercises

      Nutrition Fluids and Diet

      Well Being, Games and Other Interests and Activities

      The Finish (and Beginning for You)

      The Beginning

      You know, when you are still in your mid to late fifties you are feeling pretty good with yourself. If you have led a reasonably active life and followed a moderately healthy diet, your physical being will still be in good shape and you are probably looking forward to enjoying your life for many years into the future. This is as it should be and fortunately for most of us this is how it works out. Statistics tell us that we are living longer than ever before and supposedly more healthily. The only problem with statistics is that they never tell you the full story and I wonder how much of that longer life is propped up by the enormous amounts of drugs and medications that are consumed by all of us these days. Having said that, I believe that if we take a few precautions and exercise on a regular basis there is no reason that we cannot meet these criteria and have a happy, healthy and fulfilling life well into our senior years.

      This of course includes a healthy regime of a balanced diet, hydration and nutrition.

      These three areas are a completely full subject of their own and it is not within the purpose of this book to delve into them. We are interested in exercise and fitness.

      All of this sounds sensible and perfectly achievable, which it is, but what if something happens to disrupt this plan? Here again medical statistics show us that once we have turned sixty a serious motor accident or heavy fall can exponentially affect our whole body system resulting in recovery times much, much longer compared to a younger person in their twenties for example. This is what happened to me. Five years ago on an overseas trip I fell and fractured my left hip. I considered myself to be reasonably fit and had followed a good diet with regular exercise for many years. I was appalled at the effect this accident had on my system. Following the operation (pin and plate) whilst away, on my return home I went in to hydrotherapy treatment twice weekly. I cannot tell you how painful this was initially, but it was the best because the nurses forced me into doing the exercises in the water, which I am sure if left up to me, I would never have done at home! It also brought me in contact with other folks who had similar or even worse injuries than I had. As in all things it became easier and less painful as time went by and I was able to finish the hydrotherapy treatment after three months.

      Crutches are of great assistance during this time but after a month or two you are desperate to get rid of them. They get caught up in all sorts of the wrong things and can be as much a liability as an asset. However, one cannot be without them during that initial period until such time as walking is possible again. Your main concern during this time is to get strong enough so that you can get back to and carry on your normal life again. Having reached that point you consider that everything from here on will be fine and apart from limping there would be none or very little after effects.

      Wrong! It transpires that

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