Health
Most health advice assumes you’re already healthy. This one starts from where you actually are.
The fitness industry is full of people with six-pack abs telling you to “just join a gym” and “push through the pain.” They’ve never spent a week in hospital. They’ve never lost the ability to stand up from a chair. They’ve never had to learn how to walk properly again.
I have.
This section is for people who need to get moving - not because you want to look good in a mirror, but because you want to get off the floor when you fall, keep up with your grandkids, and stay independent.
Start here:
Then: OK, I did the Arm Thing. Now What? →
Then: Don’t Fall →
Then: Get Off the Floor (When You Can’t Kneel) →
Then: Move Your Body →
Then: Strength After 60 →
Then: Seven Supplements in Six Days - The Label Test →
Then: How’s Your Balance, Really? Three One-Minute Tests → - Falls Prevention Awareness Week is coming (Sept 21-25). These three tests tell you where you stand.
Then: The Grip Test - the Strength Check Your Doctor Never Runs → - Falls risk is not just balance. Your grip strength tells you more than your annual checkup does - here is the one-minute test.
Then: Fall-Proof Your Home → - A room-by-room walkthrough that finds the fall hazards in your home.
Then: Four Minutes a Day: The Shortest Strength Routine → - Four exercises, thirty seconds each - the smallest routine that counts.
Then: The Pills That Make You Fall: The Medication Check Before Falls Week → - The four drug classes that raise fall risk - and how to check yours.
Also this month: The One-Afternoon Autumn Checklist → - Before the heat goes on: one afternoon prevents winter’s costliest emergencies.
Also this month: The Emergency Kit When You’re Not 30 Anymore → - September is Preparedness Month. Most kit lists skip your pills, your glasses, and your plan - this one starts there.
Also this month: The Fall Shot List → - Which vaccines to ask for this autumn, when to get them, and what Medicare actually pays.
Free download: Daily Exercise Checklist → - Print this and tick off each exercise every morning.
Just Start
Before routines, before targets, before any of that. Just get out of your chair.
Read more →OK, I Did the Arm Thing. Now What?
Still standing. Still no gym. Here's what I do next.
Read more →Don't Fall
The most important thing you can learn after 60. One simple exercise, two minutes a day.
Read more →Get Off the Floor (When You Can't Kneel)
The toe lean stops you falling. This is what you do when it doesn't. No kneeling required.
Read more →Move Your Body
Walking, swimming, cycling, rowing - and one we left out on purpose.
Read more →Strength After 60: The Two Exercises That Cover Almost Everything
Two exercises - one push, one squat - that keep you strong and independent.
Read more →Seven Supplements in Six Days: The Label Test That Catches Junk Before You Buy
FDA flagged seven products in six days. How to spot junk before you buy.
Read more →How's Your Balance, Really? Three Tests You Can Do in the Kitchen
Three one-minute tests that tell you where your balance really stands.
Read more →The One-Afternoon Autumn Checklist - What to Do Before the Heat Goes On
One afternoon prevents winter's costliest emergencies. Here is the list.
Read more →Fall-Proof Your Home: The One-Afternoon Walkthrough
A room-by-room walkthrough that finds the fall hazards in your home.
Read more →The Grip Test - the Strength Check Your Doctor Never Runs
A ten-second grip test, plus two exercises that rebuild hand strength.
Read more →Four Minutes a Day: The Shortest Strength Routine the Research Just Backed
Four exercises, thirty seconds each - the smallest routine that counts.
Read more →The Pills That Make You Fall: The Medication Check Before Falls Week
The four drug classes that raise fall risk - and how to check yours.
Read more →The Emergency Kit When You're Not 30 Anymore - What Changes After 60
Most kit lists skip your pills, your glasses, and your plan. Here is yours.
Read more →The Fall Shot List - Which Vaccines, When, and What Medicare Pays
Which fall shots to ask for, when to get them, and what Medicare pays.
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