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Holy Crap I'm 40: Aerobic Edition
There are some amazing looking women in their 40s. How do they do it? I know that it is important to keep moving, which is ironic because it gets so much easier to hurt yourself as you age. If I bend down to carry the laundry basket upstairs, and I move the wrong way, I hear an unpleasant noise, and my back will be in spasm for the rest of the month. Same thing with exercise-it is important to keep doing it, but you have to be so careful not to hurt yourself. Such a double edge sword. But you really do feel better after a workout. Or just keep telling yourself that...
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityFree Anti-Age Remedy: Mind Over Matter
The reality of what you feel, see, and think are controlled by you…or rather your brain. Repeated thoughts tend to influence our perception. If we always keep feeding our brains with thoughts of getting older, than we may in fact start acting, feeling, and even looking that way!
Debora de CarvalhoPublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Invention Edition
Over the course of 40 years, lots of things happen. Good things, bad things-because when you think about it, 40 years is a really long time. In 1965, when Maxwell Smart was talking on a shoe phone, no one thought that could ever be a reality. And here we are, all of these years later, and people are walking around with shoes on their feet, but with phones, that can do almost anything, in their hands. On a more serious note, in 1952, Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh invented the first effective Polio vaccine. This saved millions of lives. I am kind of hoping that within the next 40 years, someone invents a cure for cancer, or ALS, or one of the, unfortunately, many disease that affects so many people.
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Fat Mom Marathon Edition
When you only have boys, and they ask you to spend time with them, you say yes. Because you never know when they will ask you again. So when my eldest asked me if I wanted to do a half marathon with him, I didn't even hesitate. Well, maybe a little, but he didn't notice. People seem to be in so much better shape nowadays. How hard could it be for my 40 year old self to run 13.1 miles? Pretty hard, so I trained to walk it. And hoped that I didn't finish last and would have people pointing and laughing at me.
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityNew California Company, YZY Global, LLC, Promotes Healthy Living With New Exercise Device
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA— We all know that an active lifestyle plays a critical role in healthy living. In fact, research shows that a sedentary lifestyle can even be deadly. A 2015 study linked sitting for prolonged periods of time to an increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and early death. For the co-founder of YZY Global LLC, the fight against life-threatening diseases like cancer is a personal one.
Nikki Gaskins CampbellPublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Road Trip Edition
The wise Ferris Bueller once said, "Life goes by pretty fast, if you don't take the time to look around once in a while, you might miss it." This becomes more and more true as you get older. If you are blessed to have children, you really want them to like you, because you want them to spend time with you. Yes, this is bad parenting, but when you turn 40 you realize not to sweat the small stuff. Be the best parent you can, or face the consequences-a really stinky nursing home. This is why, for 8 summers, I, along with husband #1(still the only husband) piled in the car with our three male heirs and drove across country to see baseball stadiums. And because I am so practical, and learned from shlepping suitcases on our first road trip, we now pack in garbage bags. Why? Because then they become laundry bags. (Don't knock it until you've tried it!)
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityBenefits of Infrared Sauna Therapy
The benefits of infrared sauna therapy range from anti-aging to pain relief. Infrared saunas have been proven to be a valuable resource to both prevent and fix a wide range of issues. Infrared saunas work more effectively because infrared light can penetrate beyond human skin to produce numerous health benefits. Together, the benefits of infrared saunas compound and create positive effect far beyond what is capable of a traditional sauna. The addition of infrared technology has made saunas an even more effective method of natural healing and has caused a spike in popularity of at-home sauna therapy. The benefits of infrared sauna therapy almost sound too god to be true, but are backed up by science and testing. Read on to find out more about how infrared sauna therapy can improve your health and wellbeing.
David McClearyPublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Denial Edition
It is so important to be young at heart, especially when you are over 40. The glass half full mentality needs to get you through the fact that when you get out of bed in the morning, almost every part of your body hurts. And not in a good way, or because you were out partying the night before. You think you are young, but you look like you aren't. And that is ok.
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityThe Future May Be Limitless
You may have seen the movie Limitless. One pill turns a mediocre writer into not just a great writer, but a financial whiz and an apartment-cleaning maniac.
Matt SwaynePublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Gym Edition
When you turn 40, you become many things-fabulous, fantastic, fearless (or fearful, depending on your anxiety level), but you only become fat at 40 if you were fat before 40. Now fat is a relative term. Even the skinniest people sometimes think they are fat (and I usually want to force feed them cake), but, for some of us, weight has always been an issue. We can still fit into clothes, for the most part, we can still exercise, but we will never be walking down the street in jeans and a tank top for fear of scaring people or getting approached by a plastic surgeon who might say, "I think I can help you with those bat wings." So, it is really all relative.
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Young and Hip Edition
As part of my never ending 40th birthday celebration, my sister and I went to Vegas for a few days. This was the perfect vacation. She and I have a lot more in common than husband #1 and I do (husband #1 still being my only husband, for better or worse or just for the moment). We both love shows and spending money. As soon as we got to the hotel, we upgraded to a nicer room that came with a daily newspaper, free wifi and cocktail hour. Husband #1 does not drink, even after having been married to me for all of these years, go figure.
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in LongevityHoly Crap I'm 40: Chanukah Presents Edition
Things start to change at 40. Your boobs aren't where they used to be, your knees start to make noises they didn't before. You want to sleep late, but you can't because you need to pee. All really fun stuff. But as I have started to physically decline, my role as a mom remains the same. So I still need the same energy, the same enthusiasm and the same zest for parenting. Nope, not so much. I am happy that they still are alive at the end of the day. Truth be told, the reality is somewhere in the middle of those two scenarios, but I do try almost the best that I can.
Banji GanchrowPublished 7 years ago in Longevity