Mom's Keys to Super-Aging

My mom practicing her balance
after completing 40 squats.

Meet my mom. Mom is 73 and she can out walk most of my friends. I'm always sharing exercise tips with her and Mom actually does the things I recommend. It started years ago when I suggested she stand on one foot like a stork when brushing her teeth. When that got easy, I sent her a half foam roller to challenge her balance. Balance is a key to preventing falls and broken bones according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Here's a simple routine anyone can follow. 

Mom will be adding interval training to her routine. My friend, Carol Harnett, recently shared this NYTimes article on the best exercise for aging muscles. It describes a study that looked at the types of exercise that have the most positive impact at the cellular level. As we age, the cells in our muscles do not regenerate as quickly. Exercise can help us combat this, but interval training has the greatest positive impact. 

A Day Late and 17 Cents Short

10 Steps to Addressing Pay Inequities

Pew Research Center
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/03/gender-pay-gap-facts/

Yesterday was Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes the date when working women’s wages catch up to what men were paid the previous year or how far into 2017 women have to work (on average) to earn what men earned in the 2016 calendar year. Pew Research Center reported that in 2015, women earned 83% of what men earned. So, the gap is narrowing (you've probably seen the often sited 79 cents on the dollar statistic), but still persistent.