Countdown To Fifty

Menopause Manopause aka andropause.

Apparently this a very real affliction that strikes men as they cruise through 40 on their way to 50. I thought my better half was just jerking [Read more →]

I know the category says ‘guess who just turned fifty’ but Henry Winkler turning 62 and being eligible to apply for social security somehow just does not feel right, you know?

Courtesy of my fabulous trainer at Whole Body Fitness I was treated to another hydrostatic body composition test today at Fitness Wave. For those unfamiliar this is a test that requires you to strip down to your bathing suit and get into a 7 foot long/3 foot deep “pool”. You are hooked up to a grid below that attaches to a scale above.

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Years ago I used to hear folks complain that their eyes were going (especially reading distance) as they got older.

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Over the last 3 years I have been waging the cholesterol wars. Starting in 2001 I learned that due to crap eating habits and family genetics I had borderline high cholesterol. [Read more →]