If Not Now, When?

THIS ISSUE: Something Every Mature Woman Needs To Know

Table of Contents:

1) Editor's Note
2) Food for Thought
3) Feature Article: Something Every Mature Woman Needs To Know
4) Teleclasses
5) Question & Answer
6) Our Services

Editor's Note

Hi,

As usual, I like to talk about the weather. Here in Arizona right now, that is quite simple – It's HOT !!!! We have finally hit our summer stride. We have been experiencing daily highs around 105 – 112 degrees with the nights “cooling” down to 85. And, for the 4 th of July weekend, our air conditioning went out! That was fun. Now, we are getting ready to get into our “monsoon” season. That means lots of rain and humidity. So our standard line of “it's a dry heat” goes right out the window.

I have two trips coming up in the next few weeks. The first full weekend of August, myself and three of my aikido students are heading out to northern California for the bi-annual national tournament and seminars for the Tomiki Aikido of the Americas organization which I belong to. This will be a first for two of my students, so they are very excited. I have been to many of these events, but I still enjoy attending them. For me, it's like a family reunion. I have known many of the regular attendees for well over 20 years. We “old timers” are the senior black belts in the organization, and we always enjoy seeing what the new crop of students and young black belts look like from around the U.S. I also enjoy acting as a judge and referee for the various events.

My second trip, is in the middle of August. My wife and I are heading home to Chicago for the birth of our fifth grandchild. This will be our son's third child and his first girl. She is due to present herself some time around the end of July. That's why we have scheduled our trip for mid August, so we'll be sure she's there.

This month my main article addresses a study that explores the relationship of walking a reduction of the frequency of strokes in mature women. I hope you find it useful.

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

Best Wishes,

Tom Manfredi


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Food for Thought

Feature Article - Something Every Mature Woman Needs To Know

Are you a woman 54 years old or older? Do you exercise regularly? Are you thinking about starting an exercise program, but you're not sure what kind of exercise is best for you? Here's a hint - try walking.

Why walking? Well, there are many reasons why walking can be beneficial for your health. A recent 12 year follow-up study of over 39,000 woman with an average age of 54 has found that those women who walked for two or more hours per week had a significantly lower risk of stroke than non-walkers. And those women who walked briskly* had an even lower risk of stroke than the women who didn't walk.

Here are some of the statistics from this study (published recently in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association) :

When being compared to women who didn't walk;

Women who walked two or more hours per week had: