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BEYOND BOOMER ENERGY

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Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Beyond Boomer Energy

How many of us in the Fitness World have often asked ourselves why we weren’t getting the results we wanted although we were certain we were doing all the right things. If this sounds like you, I can understand, feeling the same way many times. As a Coach and competitive athlete for over thirty years I am always looking for that “edge”. I am continually studying everything in nutrition, strength and psychology (Human Behavior) looking for that edge for myself and my clients. A few years ago as I was working with my Coach on an electrolyte problem I was having, I swerved into an area that grabbed my attention and changed everything. Being Alkaline. With my business focus being challenged populations, primarily those who I call “Beyond Boomers”, those who are beyond age 65, actually the averge age of my clients is 80-85. I needed to have a solid grasp of this concept before I would feel confident to share with these special populations.

My Plan

As a competitive Triathlete I proceeded to get myself alkaline. I used a very simple plan. I drank lots of water. But not just any water. It had to have a PH of at least 8.0. I also had to have a way to measure whether it worked. So being a good scientist I proceeded to eliminate my supplements that I had been using as buffering agents during training and replaced them with the water. It worked! I felt better. I was stronger and I was able to recover quicker from my workouts. I now felt it was time to share my knowledge with my clients.

My Clients

The first goal I have with a new client is to get them to start moving. After that is accomplished and we are establishing a training program or new activity, I then look at their nutrition. Now I need to remind everyone that I work with very challenged individuals, many having suffered very traumatic injuries, brain and spinal cord. For this article I am going to focus on Beyond Boomers which again their average age is 80-85. An important and often overlooked fact with this group is that as we age we lose taste buds. But we don’t lose our taste for sweets, which is why a lot of our Beyond Boomers have a difficult time with nutrition. The food has to taste good. I believed I had found at least a partial solution to the problem. I had a place to start. Plain old water. Let me make a couple points here. First it is very common that our Beyond Boomers are challenged when it comes to hydration. They just need to drink more. Second, remember it has to taste good. The goal was to introduce a more alkaline water. Most water is acidic which means it is less than 7.0 on a scale of 1-14. Although this will help with hydration, it won’t allow for maximum health. This is the goal, maximum health and performance. Just by drinking a more alkaline water anyone could quickly start to feel better and have increased energy, as I experienced in my own training.

The Science

How is it possible to achieve increased energy and strength through alkalinity? Some of you have probably been aware of the importance of keeping our bodies more alkaline, which has to do with your bloods PH. Ideally we need to be at 7.3 on that scale of 1-14 which I previously had mentioned. Your body will do whatever is possible to maintain 7.3 PH. This can weaken you. This is where drinking water that is alkaline is important. A more alkaline water can solve two problems at the same time. Proper hydration and being alkaline. Next, remember how I shared with you about those taste buds. The water must have a good taste to it. So to this point if we can get people to drink quality water we can begin to positively influence their health. If you want you can test your own PH with special strips from the Drugstore or a Health Food store. This gives you a baseline, but the real test is the results.

Benefits of Being Alkaline

Some of the benefits that are gained from drinking alkaline water and being alkaline are

* Increased Energy

* Increased Strength

* Improved Metabolism

* Improved Immunity

* Improved Fat Loss

* Feeling Better

* Improved Bone Density

Although all of these points are huge with Beyond Boomers, it’s important for everyone. Who would not want the benefits presented here?

Results from Being Alkaline

Let’s Look at these benefits and begin to appreciate the results of having more energy, such as providing you more time to do what you enjoy. Just think how important this is for our Beyond Boomers. With improved strength from having less muscle fatigue you are able to exercise more often, at an increased intensity because of being able to increase the time or resistance of your program. This then relates back to being able to do what you enjoy more, such as golf or other activities, at higher levels of performance. Which will then create a positive, emotional relationship to exercise and you will feel better.

Strength

Because I believe that being strong is the most important fitness component for Beyond Boomers. (I really believe it applies to everyone). I want to highlight this benefit. By being strong this population’s entire world opens up. They have no limits and now can find a purpose and go after it with physical certainty. Lastly by creating a healthier body with stronger bones and muscles, people have less health issues, which creates an incredible psychological boost. Being sick or injured is not fun at any age, but is devastating at this age.

Summary

Although many in the mainstream medical community may have problems understanding the concept of alkalinity, there has been good research that we should investigate for ourselves, as I did, by such individuals as Dr. Neil Solomon, Dr. Sang Whang, Dr. Alex Guerrero, top Endurance Coach, Joe Friel and many others. Remember what we in the fitness and athletic community are most concerned with is performance. When you can measure the effects on your own performance as well as others you coach, it becomes an undeniable and powerfull component of your peak performance program.

Arnie Fonseca, Jr
Wellness Coach
Exercise Physiologist
Founder of Your Awesome Life Now.com
Founder of Total Recovery
arnie@yourawesomelifenow.com
602-390-9144

Categories : anti-aging, Elderly, Exercise, Exercise Over 50, Healthy Products, Life, Nutrition, Over 65, Stength and Fitness, Traumatic Injury

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Love Is In The Air!

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Monday, February 14th, 2011

I recieved this wonderful message today from Robert A. Rohm Ph.D. and owner of Personality Insights, Inc.

Tip: Love is in the air!

Today is Valentine’s Day here in the United States. People everywhere are making plans to enjoy this day with the person they love. It is a wonderful experience to be in love and to enjoy life with another special person. I hope today will be a very special day for you!

If you are married and like most people, you married someone different from yourself. Perhaps you have heard the old expression, “Opposites attract.” That is very true. Unfortunately, opposites also attack! Why is that? In ancient Greek mythology, it was thought that the gods feared humans were too strong so they tore us in half at birth. Then, whether born male or female, we spent the rest of our life looking for our “other half” in order to be complete. Apparently, even hundreds of years ago people were marrying their opposite. The reason we are attracted to someone different than us is that we are subconsciously looking for someone who is strong in the very areas in which we are weak. I have discussed this phenomenon with several psychiatrists and it seems to be a universal principle. The problem is, after we find someone to be our other half, we begin trying to make them more like us. And, that just doesn’t work! I believe we really need to change the way we look at love.

Most country music is about how love has gone wrong. Hollywood marriages don’t last very long and end up on the front page of the tabloids. In fact, almost everyone has experienced a spoiled relationship at one time in their life. It does not have to be that way! I may be the eternal optimist and a foolish romantic, but I really believe that it is possible to be in love and to enjoy a relationship with another person.

From a young age I heard that in order to be happily married, you need only to find the right person. Having lived many years, I have come to the conclusion that is entirely false. I believe that marriage is not about finding the right person, but rather about becoming the right person. When you focus on your own behaviors and the way you treat the person you love, it will not be long before things begin to change. None of us have the power or ability to change another human being. We cannot make someone do what we want them to do. But, we can make ourselves do what we need to do in order to become the kind of person who is worthy of being in a good, healthy relationship. Perhaps a humorous story will help.

Did you hear about the man who was sick of his wife and wanted a divorce? He went to see an attorney in order to get some advice. The attorney asked the man if he really wanted to hurt his wife badly in the divorce. The man replied, “Absolutely!” The attorney said, “Then here is what you should do. For the next thirty days I want you to go out of your way to be nice to her. Send her flowers, call her every day, take her to her favorite restaurants, take her to movies that she likes, and go shopping with her. Do everything in your power to show her how much you love and care about her and want to meet her needs. Then, after thirty days, when she is madly in love with you, that is when we will file the divorce action. It will totally catch her off guard and will hurt her deeply.”

Well, when the man heard this, he was delighted. He thought that was great advice. So, without any hesitation, he went into action. For the next thirty days he poured his time, effort, attention, money, resources, and everything else into his relationship with his wife. They went to movies, plays, concerts, out to eat, took trips together – it was incredible! He showered her with kindness, love, gentleness, and words of encouragement daily. At the end of thirty days, the attorney called and asked if he was ready to file the divorce action against his wife. The man replied, “Are you kidding? Why would I want to divorce this woman? She is the woman of my dreams! I am so in love with her I can hardly wait to see her every day. Why would I ever want to divorce someone as wonderful as this?!”

Although that is a humorous story, it does press the point I am trying to make. You see, when the man changed the way he was behaving towards his wife, everything changed. He no longer focused on what she was doing wrong; rather, he focused on what he could do right. In other words, when he became the right kind of person, the situation began to change. He also learned the truth found in the principle, “Where your treasure is – there will your heart be also.” I honestly believe that is the key to a happy marriage and a happy relationship. It is not trying to control another person or force them to do what you want them to do; it is simply making yourself do what you should do in order to demonstrate love to the other person.

I once heard a definition of love and I certainly agree with it: Love is giving of yourself to another person in order to meet their basic needs without having any expectations in return. When you give of your time, effort and attention to another person in order to meet their basic needs, then real love will begin to happen. The key is in understanding their personality style and understanding the things that make them happy, expecting nothing in return. It is the same principle of “give and it will be given unto you.” Notice you must give first before anything comes in return. And sometimes that takes time.

Love is perhaps one of the most misinterpreted concepts in our culture. If you watch television and movies, love is always equated with a physical relationship. Yet, I believe much more is included in a romantic relationship than just the physical aspect. I have seen a mate sit by the side of a loved one in the hospital, holding their hand, rubbing their back, or putting a cold washcloth on their face in order to help them feel better. Although that is not everything that love is about, I certainly think it is a good picture of real, true love because they are meeting another person’s basic needs and not expecting them to do anything for them in return. That is genuine love at its best!

Okay, enough of my rambling on the topic of love! If you get one concept or idea from this Tip that will help you be a better person, more worthy of being in a healthy relationship, then this Tip will have done its job. Focus on what you can do to make things better without any hidden agenda toward the other person and watch what happens! There’s a lot in life I do not know, but there are a few things that I do know, and this is one of them! I hope you will take this concept to heart.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Tip: Love is in the air!

Have a great week! God bless you!

Robert A. Rohm Ph.D.
Personality Insights, Inc.

Categories : anti-aging, Exercise Over 50, flexibility, Healthy Products, Over 65

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FINISH STRONG

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Sunday, February 13th, 2011

A great topic these days seems to be health and wellness. Everywhere you look people are interested in looking and feeling better. The wellness industry is a 200 billion dollar business and it’s only getting bigger. Most experts believe the wellness industry, will more than double in the next 5 years. As a specialist with anti-aging and wellness I can attest to how important being active is to the whole aging process. When I first address the issue of wellness with someone I help them focus with awareness, then we develop strategies while dealing with any underlying issues. Then we start moving! There is some really awesome information about aging that we all need to be aware of. First many have shown that a year of exercise can give a 70-year-old the brain functionality of a 30-year-old, improving memory, time management skills, planning, dealing with abstracts and of course multi-tasking. Wow! That alone should have all of us running to gym, or just moving! When I developed, “A Fitness Experience” over 20 years ago, we were just learning the awesome benefits of exercise and anti-aging. We can’t deny the obvious any more. Over the years I have seen remarkable progress from those who practice “A Fitness Experience” at least twice per week. As this wave of folks are turning 65 this year, if you want to make a difference with yourself or someone you care about, you need to spread the word about the importance of exercise. This will become more and more important with each passing year. Starting today let’s begin a fitness revolution for everyone!