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Life Treasure Hunt

At age 55 I thought if I am going to be living longer, I want to feel well and be productive. I began to observe what happens to folks as they age, the main thing I saw that seem to me to be common if nothing was done to wort it off was:

slowing down physically and mentally

falling (loss of balance)

joints go

strength goes

wrinkles

I went on a search to increase my ability to a good quality of living until I die so I can wort off as much as I can the above phenomenon. (I was already experiencing issues with my joints before I turned 50; I had to have both hips replaced.) Don’t get me wrong I am not afraid of aging, I am enjoying this part of life. But I want to do things now to have better balance, protect my joints and preserve my mental ability as well as I can. I found foundation training to be a big help for my core strength = better balance, and I began to incorporate the moves into my yoga routine and swimming routine. The moves look awkward but it is unbelievable what muscles the moves get to, I have no back pain any more and much better posture now.

Links to Foundation: Training Foundation Training in 4 minutes / Foundation Training original 12 minutes / Powerful Posture with Foundation Training: Prone Decompression / Foundation Training Anchored Extension

Self-Improvement

What I do 5 days a week to increase my metabolism:

First, I start with my customized pre-workout drink (click here to see what is in it), then 20 min of yoga with foundation training sprinkled throughout. Then off to my local swimming pool, for a mixture of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) which involves quick and very intense bursts of activity. I do the butterfly stoke every other lap down the pool. The alternate lap I do Isotonic & Isometric movements which I made up moves to also be relaxing; they are not your typical in the pool exercises. The moves I created can be done whatever a person’s swimming ability… when I can afford an underwater GoPro I will do a video to show what I have been doing.

I eat when I am hungry, small snack size meals, and I eat at least one food at each meal that raises my metabolism. I feel GREAT and STONGER than I did 10 years ago!

For more details of why I do the above items, see the following articles:

7 Ways to Speed Up Your Metabolism By Jennifer Gruenemay

10 Easy Ways to Boost Your Metabolism (Backed by Science) Info fromHealth Line

Isometrics Can Accelerate Your Metabolism and Help You Lose Weight

5 isometric exercises for people to try  Per Medical News Today

My favorite Yoga and I do this 5 days a week(now for 12 years) and it has a different routine each day! Rodney Yee Yoga

Check out My Ever Evolving Dieting and Increasing My Metabolism Journey

Perspective Challenge

Look over the article links I put in today’s blog. Try to incorporating into your daily routine several if not all the items to increase your metabolism. You may want to jump in and do them all, for me, I chose to take it slow and only add in a few new good changes a week. Let me know if the changes work for you too.

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