If Not Now, When?

THIS ISSUE: How to Prevent Heart Attacks

Table of Contents:

1) Editor's Note
2) Food for Thought
3) Feature Article: How to Prevent Heart Attacks
4) Teleclasses
5) Question & Answer
6) Our Services

Editor's Note

Hi,

This issue, I'm switching to a delivery date of the first Wednesday of the month rather than the first Monday. I hope this change will make reading this newsletter a little more convenient for more people. I got some feedback that the first Monday might be a bad day since many people have to make all their plans for the upcoming few weeks. Let me know if this works better for you.

Just think, this is the last month of summer. Here in Arizona we've had a pretty mild monsoon season so far. The torrential rains haven't been too bad at all. Hardly any local roads have been washed over with thick sand, gravel, and silt.

Things are quieting down for me as far as travel goes. I was up in Denver two weeks ago for my martial arts national tournament. I always enjoy going to those because it's like old home week for me. I've known most of the senior black belts for over 20 years and most of the junior ones have been around at least ten years now. I don't know all of the non black belts, but some of them are becoming familiar faces. It was great visiting with everyone and making some new friends.

In this issue I'm writing about preventing heart attacks. I hope you find the information useful.

Reminder - I still have a few spots open in my on line fitness coaching group.  Just go to  my coaching site to check things out.

Good luck, keep exercising, and remember – "If not now, when?".

Best Wishes,

Tom Manfredi


Send any comments you may have to tom@fitness-after-50.com

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Food for Thought

Feature Article - How to Prevent Heart Attacks

As most of us know from newspapers and TV, as we age, we become more prone to heart attacks. After menopause, the extra protection that women had from certain hormones is gone and they are just as susceptible as men.

The good news is, there are things that we can do to help prevent heart attacks from happening. Or at least lessen the chances.

What we need is to do aerobic exercise (walking, jogging, biking, swimming) regularly, slim down, and control cholesterol. As an exercise physiologist, most of my focus in the past has been primarily on exercise and its benefits. I don't think there is any doubt in anyone's mind that regular exercise goes a long way toward helping you keep your heart healthy and strong, while positively affecting weight control and cholesterol levels.

But, exercise alone won't give you all the help you need. We need to do some other things to improve our odds in preventing heart attacks. And most of these things have to do with following a consistent, healthy eating plan. I hope you notice that I didn't say "diet". That word has come to have too many negative connotations. It generally implies an event; something that is going to last for a limited time. You are setting yourself up for defeat if you think of the way you eat as a temporary thing that you can change to lose weight and then go back to the way you we're eating before. That pattern is what causes yo-yo dieting; lose weight, gain it back, lose weight, gain it back, etc.

Here are some things you should plan on including in your healthy eating plan forever: