Tips For Aging Anglers We all get older. It’s the long-term quality of life as we age that dictates our experience. Better quality of life with age means the ability to fly fish with vigor for longer. Purpose: Here at Fly Fisher Fitness, we work to get at the roots of the aging conundrum, the […]
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Three Forces That Push Back on Aging. Researchers are now calling aging a disease. The details are, it’s a single disease; what begins as an unnoticeable (microscopic) decline in bodily processes and systems expands and cascades downstream, growing into chronic diseases. Older adult chronic disease is a consequence of involuntary age-related decline resulting from this […]
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The one thing to fight aging…. It should be at the top of your priorities!!! Functional medicine tells us that many ‘diseases of aging’ have the same root cause and addressing the root cause halts further progression and helps reverse course. Our responsibility for aging well is attending to major root causes. Not through prescriptions […]
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The right amount of exercise always comes up. A recent study suggests that running 50 minutes per week can lower your risk of premature death from all causes. That’s good to read, but not everyone wants to run. Some people can’t run. What are the equivalents? How about looking at this from another angle? A […]
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Build a Physical Activity Habit. It’s the most important thing you can do in the mature phase of your life. This is the time to use the wisdom you have amassed to do the most good. Kids want to go fishing with their parents and grandparents. Every youngster needs a fishing mentor. You have a […]
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You are responsible for fitness. The fly fishers I talk to (most over 40) tell me about their weight gain, back pain, ‘tennis elbow,’ shoulder issues, hand cramps, reduced stamina, and balance. They all have ideas and opinions why these conditions occur, but few look at or mention the obvious facts. Muscles tend to shorten, […]
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Most fly fishers I talk with have one thing in common. They are not hardcore flyfishing because of physical deterioration. How do I know they are declining by just talking? Well, they all share their ‘specific’ issue that limits their ability to fly fish the way they would like—hardcore, for extended periods. Thing is, they’re […]
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Prevention is the best medicine and exercise is the best option for preventing decline. This is how we override the gravitational pull of aging and reduce the progression and severity of chronic disease. The mainstream approach, doctor visits and medicine can’t compare. Leave the Herd–Prevention is the Best Medicine Synthetic medicines and surgery will treat […]
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A personal essay. I developed a fly fisher dream while enjoying the outdoors. I monitored birds at multiple feeders and followed birds to find their nests starting at age seven. I tinkered; insects in jars, chipmunks in box traps, I even recovered a young crow that fell from its nest. On one Cub Scout outing, […]
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As you prepare for flyfishing season you’re thinking, true north, otherworldly; a place where time stands still, stress evaporates, nirvana. That’s how you imagine it from afar. The actual concrete version involves reality--wading in cold hazardous water can make flyfishing a stress generator, especially if you’re out of shape. You’re geared up but are you [...]
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