Best foods in the morning

When is your first meal of the day? There’s an old saying that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and that’s true — even if “breakfast” doesn’t happen until noon or 1 o’clock. At one time, back when I was...

Think about it

I read an article the other day about improving one’s relationship with food. For heaven’s sake, you mean there’s another relationship I have to work on? I didn’t even know I had a damn “relationship” with food! OK, sorry, I’m...

Importance of exercise

I’ve talked about it before … The importance of exercise — and especially strength training — as we get older. Just in case you don’t believe ol’ John Henry, I ran across this article today from the National Academy of Sports...

Sunday funday

Today I went to pole vault practice. When I first started learning to pole vault nearly five years ago now, regular weekly practice was Sunday morning. With the summer heat bearing down every day right now, Sunday morning is still a great time to practice. I thought...

Flexibility

I started learning to pole vault for the first time in my life right around my 60th birthday. It’s a long story, but what I wanted to talk about today is … in pole vault, it is common for someone to video a person’s jumps. That way, the vaulter can...

Better breakfasts

Yesterday, I talked about ways to increase protein in your diet, especially for seniors. Doing a little research on this subject, I came across some information on the importance of what you eat for breakfast. Not so much whether you eat breakfast or whether you skip...