Smiling at the memory of being asked to serve as chairman of the board of City of Hope, Jack Suzar confides, \”They caught me in one of the weakest points of my life.\”
Attention mouse potatoes: There is more to physical activity online than the baseball scores at www.ESPN.comIn fact, there are a host of sites devoted to fitness, providing health advice, exercise tipsand even some interactive options that help you plan and optimize your workouts. As with allthings online, what you find depends on what you are looking for.
Maybe it\’s no Sports Club/LA in its luxury and beauty, but the Elite Sports Center at Tel Aviv University is one of the best sports clubs in Israel, with facilities and services that may make even the premier sports club in L.A. a little envious.
Maybe it\’s a stereotype, but Jewish people have always been considered smart. Not just by others but by themselves, too. We pride ourselves on making education a priority for our children. We encourage them to study, to go for the extra credit, and we imbue them with the value of education that they will pass on to their own children. But there\’s a type of education that we – and many other Americans – have been ignoring, that may have a direct impact on brain power: physical education. According to new research by neuroscientists and educators, physical exercise \”may boost brain function, improve mood, and otherwise increase learning,\” writes Dolores King for the Boston Globe.
Jodi Kalicki\’s transformation from overweight single mother to fitness expert began late one evening as she sat in front of the television set sipping Coca-Cola and munching Cheetos in her mother\’s Reseda apartment.
Recent surveys have shown that many older Americans are not taking advantage of established methods of protecting their health and lives, including those paid by Medicare.
How do you decide where to begin? Start with knowing what\’s important in order to achieve good health and what\’s not.
Some people take lemons and make lemonade. Selma Schimmel took a diagnosis of cancer and turned it into a vast support network which has changed the lives of thousands of people.
The other day, an older client said to me, \”I\’ve reached that point in my life where the only thing I want to exercise is caution.\”
Just because we\’re getting older doesn\’t mean we can slack off on exercise. You can choose to be 20-years-old or 50-years-young. The difference is often in how well we take care of ourselves — and that means exercise and eating right..
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