Health and Wellness

During your working years, you may have relished the few hours you had in the summers after work to be outside, get fresh air, and enjoy the summer weather. Unless it was a weekend or a vacation, you might not have had the time to do the hobbies you enjoyed and take advantage of all that a nice summer’s day has to offer. But now that you’re in retirement, you don’t have to wait for your ration of time to enjoy life each week. You have the freedom to do the activities you once gazed [...]

For much of your life, you’ve focused on your career, your family, and the future. Now is the time to shift your focus onto yourself. With more free time to pursue the things you love and perhaps some new activities, you can “reinvent” yourself in this next phase of life after many years of hard work. Here are three ideas for reinventing yourself in retirement. Exercise and Recharge Find a sport that you are passionate about that gets you outside and moving. This can be a way to stay or get in shape in retirement [...]

If you’ve been watching tennis, you may be interested to know that about 12% of U.S. tennis players are between 45 and 55, and 11% are 55 and older.[1] There are many sports that you can enjoy and excel at in your 50s and beyond. Plus, regular exercise could help you stay active for longer and combat heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.[2] Here are three tips on how to be a lifelong athlete. Warm-Up and Cool Down  Warming up before activity and cooling down afterward can help prevent injury and may improve performance. [...]

You don’t necessarily have to spend a fortune to create a home gym if your gym is closed. We might think it’s too late to get back into shape by the time we’re retired or pointless to carve out time for physical activity, but this isn’t true. Incorporating more physical activity into your day could be a good way to spend your free time in retirement or during the coronavirus shutdown. For starters, regular exercise could help you stay active for longer and combat heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.[1] Exercise may even help [...]

Did you know that there are places in the world where there is an unusually high number of people living into their 90’s and even 100’s? These populations are known for maintaining good health well into old age and are called “blue zones.” It’s not that they have special technologies, or the best doctors, or special genes – it's thought to be their lifestyle. "Blue Zones" are found all around the world. The Italian island of Sardinia, Okinawa in Japan, and Loma Linda in California were the first to be identified. You don’t have to [...]

We’ve all heard that exercise is good for us, but it can be hard to commit to when our normal routines are disrupted. Over the course of a career spent working countless hours and long nights, we may have gotten somewhat out of shape, and this trend is likely to continue if we’re stuck inside more than usual. We might think it’s too late to get back into shape by the time we’re retired, or pointless to carve out time for physical activity, but this isn’t true. For starters, it could help you stay active [...]