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YOU and Water Exercising for Healthy and Happy Aging

The following is from Dr. Mercola’s website about water exercises:

When doing exercises, you may need a change of pace, moving your

workout to the water may rekindle your enthusiasm, while at the same

time providing some unique benefits

You might think you could not possibly get as intense of a workout in the water,

but research suggests otherwise.  Due to the resistance of the water, t just

seems like you cannot work as hard, but in reality, you are.

The water acts as a form of built-in resistance as if you are surrounded

your body with weights, making it simple to increase the intensity of your

workout and challenge muscles that are harder to engage on land.

Also, because water lessens the effects of gravity, you are able to

move your body through a wider range of motion, which improves flexibility.

Even your lungs get a beneficial workout because the water pressure

makes them work harder than they would on land.

Because it is low-impact and easily tailored to your fitness level, anyone

can benefit from water exercise, regardless of age or agility.

If you are overweight or obese, elderly have arthritis, joint pain,

osteoporosis, or an injury that makes weight-bearing exercise difficult or

painful, water may be an excellent choice.  Swimming or walking in water

reduces the pressure n your back and knees.

Exercising in water builds cardiovascular stamina, strength, and flexibility,

helps burn body fat, increases circulation, and can help you rehabilitate

healing muscles and joints.

Research shows that people who water exercise can burn as much body

fat and build as much muscle as those who engage in land-based exercise

programs.

From livestrong.com:

Expect to burn between 400 and 500 calories per hour in a water aerobics

class, according to the Aquatic Exercise Association.  The actual amount

your burn will depend on your size, the intensity of your movements, as

well as water temperature and depth.  In general, faster movements

incorporating the upper a lower body in deep water elicit the greatest

calorie burn.

When exercising in water, you work against 12 times the resistance of air,

according to an article published in “American Fitness”.  Simply kicking and

cupping the water helps contribute to muscle development, which

translates into a higher metabolism and healthier body.

I have been doing water aerobics for about 25 years.  I do 100 – 200 reps

of jumping jacks, leg lifts, jogging, strategies and as fast and as much as I

can and usually in the water for about 1 hour.

YOU and YOUR telomeres

The Nobel Prize in Medicine for breakthrough discoveries in

Telomere Biology was awarded in 2009 to one of the founders of

the company now providing TeloYears.  No other DNA test has

had more prestigious scientific research supporting its

development.

How fantastic to learn how long your telomeres are because  that

is your lifeline.

Dr. Axe.com has the following information on telomeres

Telomeres are segments of DNA at the end of your

chromosomes.  Each time a cell divides, its telomeres become

shorter.  After years of splicing and dicing, telomeres become too

short for more division.  At this point, cells are unable to divide

further and become inactive, die or continue dividing anyway-an

the abnormal process that is potentially dangerous.

Each telomere’ ‘ticking biological clock has the potential to alter us

lives in drastic ways but, interestingly, it is not our age that

determines when the clock will stop – it is the length of your

telomeres

While science still is not 1000 percent sure how telomere length

affects how we age, it is clear that the longer our telomeres are, the

better.  The good news is that there are a variety of lifestyle

changes you can make today to lengthen your telomere.

1. Control and reduce stress

2. exercise regularly

3.eat a range of foods for antioxidant and vitamin benefits

4. practice meditation and yoga

Essentially, this is how our bodies age.  As more of our cells lose

their telomeres and go out of commission, without others to take

their place, the body follows and begins breaking down.  And

telomeres do not leave quietly.  Their shortening process has

been linked to aging, cancer and a higher risk of death

Each telomere’s ticking biological clock has the potential to alter

our lives in drastic ways but, interestingly, it is not our age that

determines when the clock will stop – it is the length of our

telomeres.

Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared the Nobel Prize or

her research on telomeres that people are now recognizing how

important they are foraging.  And people, like myself, find it easy

to follow instructions for making our telomeres longer.

Elizabeth and Elissa Epel, are the authors of “The Telomere

Effect.”

Stay tuned because I will do the test to see how my aging is doing

because I am hoping my telomeres are long and beautiful

YOU and the Fibonacci series

Not unless you are a scientist or majoring in science and/or math

in college, YOU probably do not hear much or anything about the

Fibonacci series.

This series is in everything from the whole universe to the

smallest insect – architecture, plants, humans, and everything

else.

The Fibonacci sequence is named after Italian mathematician

Leonardo of Pisa known as Fibonacci.  His 1202 book Liber Abaci

introduced the sequence to Western European mathematics.

The sequence described in Liber Abaci began with

F1 = 1.

YOU and I and everyone else is made up of this formula.

Everything in the universe-cannot stress that enough because

This series proves that there is a higher intelligence than there

has everything been in all the universe or here on the earth?

When you study the series YOU will realize how simple but how

complicated the universe and all is but the Great One did all this

and YOU have to accept that there is a Higher Power that put this

series together so that everything has the same foundation of the

sequence.

I like the fact that all architecture comes from the sequence – as

YOU and I do and all the universe when you look at the Hubble

and you see all that is then YOU are in awe of what is ALL and

how only a Higher Power or God would make ALL.

The series is a set of numbers that starts with an on or a zero,

followed by a one, and proceeds based on the rule that each

number (called a Fibonacci number) is equal to the sum of the

preceding two numbers.

F (0) = 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 …….

The Fibonacci sequence is related to the golden ratio.  Both the

Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio are used to guide design

for architecture, websites and user interface, among other

things.

We are from all this sequence – as is everything else.

I think my favorite explanation is Michael Schneider – a

mathematician and teacher – explain the Fibonacci series using an

artichoke – he was in the documentary about Egyptian Mysteries

with Johnathan Anthony West – years ago.  But you would love to

watch him explain.

KNOWING where we are from is a good start for the basics of our

being and universe.

There is a lot of ancient history that WE do not know about – if

you will read Zachariah Sitchin – and his books that deciphered

from the Sumerian tablets over decades YOU can start to see the

puzzle being put together and making sense for where we are

right now.

Keep learning about SELF – keep learning and growing and

developing and then YOU will know:

What Does Life Expect from YOU?