Here are (12 Reasons Fly Fishers Need to Exercise Now) some highlights of what is not taught in school or anywhere else. You cannot buy, synthesize or prescribe the most potent preventive medicine available to man. How you use exercise to improve your flyfishing is also crucial to your life. Use the contact form […]
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Make retirement a flyfishing rebirth. It’s a big shift for some, impossible dream for others but, It doesn’t have to be that way. Give it some thought. What is easy to grab, the low-hanging fruit? Take a walk, watch the sunrise, contemplate and think. After you return, take time to read this post. It’s alarming […]
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Would you join a Virtual Fitness Program for Fly Fishers? There’s a lot of talk about longevity these days and it’s a worthwhile topic. For us here at Fly Fisher Fitness, you could call it a subcategory. We agree with most of what is purported. We admire those ‘centenarians’ from the now debunked Blue Zone […]
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Society is wrong about aging. Jokes, negativity and stories on how bad aging is are the norm. I lived in Florida. I got the message. The reality is aging is a biological process that is shaped and influenced by society; people who know nothing about biology. Everyone I know keeps their distance from all […]
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A personal essay. How I beat aging and chronic disease through self-education and boots-on-the-ground effort. Early Experience: Beat Aging and Chronic Disease In the beginning my wildlife biologist career mandated collateral duties in law enforcement and as a wildland firefighter. Thus, required fitness testing and medical professionals signing off and approving me “fit for arduous […]
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To Fly fish More-Override Aging! Nature has programmed our body to age. It is innate, slow and steady but the signals are soft and easily overridden. Your DNA is still connected to Nature. It’s “listening” for signals from the environment to grow or decline. Everything you do, your choices and lifestyle send coded messages to […]
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Welcome to Fly Fisher Fitness Welcome to Fly Fisher Fitness! Fly fishing demands a high level of stamina, power and coordination. Too often we develop enough wisdom and skill to be masterful or just when we have the time to fish longer and harder, our health wanes and we begin to deteriorate. We are here […]
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Getting older does not mean coasting. In fact, it’s the opposite. What’s you plan? We can coast when we’re younger because we have youth on our side. But after 50, the best strategy is to have a plan. If you coast without a plan the relentless pull of aging will dominate. It will start slow, […]
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It is possible to age well. Your later decades can be full of vigorous flyfishing and free of suffering. We have a lot of power and influence on how we age but there are some aging processes where we have no say. Fortunately, these are mild (gray hair and wrinkles) not life-sustaining mechanisms. Everyone knows […]
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There is natural medicine hidden in plain sight. Remember, all medical interventions effect other organ systems, sometimes to great lengths. Living better, quality of life through prevention of disease will not come from medicine. Hint, you cannot buy, synthesize or prescribe the most potent preventive medicine available to man. The natural medicine hidden in plain sight […]
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