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Walking Backwards: A Change of Direction If you try walking backwards, you just might impress your grandchildren. It has become quite a trend on Tiktok. The Chinese have this saying about it: But impressing your grandchildren and other spectators isn’t the only benefit. So what is it about walking backwards that makes it so beneficial?
Better Balance, Better Life: FIT IT IN Right Now How does better balance make your life better? Â Well, you want to stay fit, right? But as you age, your muscles lose mass, so you get weaker. In addition, the balance mechanism in your ears deteriorates, making it harder to balance too. The bad news is
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Hot, Happy FUN in the Sauna:Â Fit It In Right Now All you need for fun in the sauna is to sit or lie on a towel on a bench in a small, hot room, clad all in wood. The heat makes you feel happy. That’s because it releases endorphins. Your muscles relax, your heart beat
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Innovative Intentions: the Solution to Beat Blue Mondays Did you have good intentions to keep your resolutions at New Year? If you made a resolution and you are still doing it, congratulations! Chances are, though, that you have already abandoned it. Quitters’ Day (second Friday of January) has come and gone. Have you fallen into
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On the first Saturday of October, 74 devoted runners and walkers set off round the Informal Parkrun Lisboa course. It’s a 5k course around the Monsanto Forest Park. David and Raquel have organised these runs and walks once a month for more than 3 years. That one was run/walk number 42. It felt a little
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I saw an article about the benefits of going for a walk in the park with Parkrun. I then heard that Parkrun was coming to see the first potential Portuguese Parkrun. What a great idea it would be to join one in Lisbon. The benefits of joining a Parkrun group are enormous. You get out into
Imagine you win the lottery. You’re lying in the sun on a warm beach. You think about walking down to take a dip in the sea. No, no, on balance, you prefer to cool off in the swimming pool. Then you flop back onto the sunbed and a lovely drink appears in a cocktail glass
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Exam Results Season It’s exam results season in the UK. My granddaughter just got her results and has done brilliantly. (The little worm of ageing doubt creeps in — I bet I couldn’t do all that stuff now.) But I’m dancing around with happiness that her hard work has paid off. I am SO proud of her!!
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Two Women in a Boat: Provoking Competition, Disbelief, Amazement and Inspiration Last October, whilst my husband was away, my sister-in-law and I were two older women sailing my beloved boat. (And yes, it is definitely the most beautiful boat in the world even though it’s lots of hard work). Now us two older women have
Bob and his dog: confronting our deepest fears of ageing This is a story about Bob and his dog. It’s a story with a happy ending, but it nearly didn’t turn out that way. There are many people like Bob whose stories don’t have happy endings. Bob’s story resonates with us because it picks up on