I read the book "Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond" by Chris Crowly and Dr. Harry Lodge. It was a funny, easy to read guide to health. Much of it was common sense. Here are Dr. Lodge's 7 rules:
1) Exercise 6 days/week for the rest of your life.
2) Do serious aerobic exercise 4 days/week for the rest of your life.
3) Do serious strength training with weights 2 days/week for the rest of your life.
4) Spend less than you make.
5) Quit eating crap.
6) Care.
7) Connect and commit.
I liked their suggestion about kedging, which is defined as moving a ship by hauling on a rope which is fastened to an anchor which has been dropped some distance from it. When the wind has left your sails and you need a kedge to get you moving again, take an exercise vacation (biking, hiking, cross-country skiing) or enter a race or find something/ANYTHING that will keep you going. Plan your kedge for when you are becalmed by life.
"Do one thing every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt
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