PS: Hollywood does not use Reflexology on themselves, they see a Reflexology or Acupressure (and Acupuncture) practitioner. Mildred Carter's 3 books on Reflexology all have information on Rejuvenation and also on fixing medical conditions. The Reflexology Workout book contains a rejuvenation workout and workouts for medical problems.

PS: Mildred Carter's book "One Touch Healing" is Body Reflexology.

Hollywood Stars also uses Acupuncture, and my buddy Hollyweed taught me about Electro-Acupuncture; using a Electric Acupuncture Pen ( $6 on Ebay! ) and the Acupuncture points (same as Acupressure points), I have books on Acupuncture. Use the Acupuncture Pen on bad backs, shoulders and injured ankles etc.

I definetlly get what You guys are saying. I just think giving up is not an option. If You're doing self resistance, VRT or whatever else, You can still work hard within Your capabilities. Your kids or some young man at work may call You an oldman but why let that stop You. Anyway there are guys older than us that are still trucking along.

Greg one thing that might aide you to stay younger is Hollywood's love (my friend worked at Paramount Studios) Reflexology and it helps you stay fit. "The Reflexology Workout" by Stephanie Rick is a major aide, as are the Reflexology books by Mildred Carter (3 books, Hand, Foot & Body Reflexology). Hollywood also loves Acupressure & Acupunture; add Facial Reflexology (a form of Acupressure) by Marie-France Muller & Acupressure Potent Points by Michael Reed Gach.

I agree. "The secret is in moderation" especially when we become older. "Gold Rule," for me, is "Do not compare yourself with others, especially younger guys, and do what you can do at your age to keep strength, flexibility, agility, and health for active life." Self-resistance is a right way for me.

Michael - I still believe in pushing yourself to better yourself. I still want to be able to do athletic things as I age. I just have to use caution in how I approach things. As for overtraining - I know a woman a few years older than me that was into distance running and aerobic dance. I've watched her over the last two decades deteriorate. First it was the knees. Then it was the elbows. Then it was the back. Now I see her run in a shuffling pad with knee braces and elbow braces and she can barely move her forearms up. She got addicted to exercise, and now can barely get around.

I'll also throw up the example of Noel Johnson who was one of John's heroes. Noel did a lot to move back to recovering his health the last two decades of his life. But, towards the end, from a picture I found, he looked bad and was lifting weights. Once again, I believe, and I may be wrong, it was the over reliance on marathon endurance training that ultimately caused the physical deterioration.

Atlas on the other hand was healthy looking as he aged. Yes, he was carrying a little weight and loose skin, but he was in his seventies and looked healthy and able to do things. LOL - I also like that look of fierce determination. I guess the sun was in his eyes and he wanted to get this stupid photo shoot over with!

Part of aging well is the luck of getting good genes and a major part is exercise; I too agree with Greg the Charles Atlas Course is the one you want. My buddy is 80 and he and is wife use the "Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth" 5 Rites (and used these for decades), and suspect he got good genes. He uses the paperback with a red & blue cover, always has maybe 10 copies and hands out copies to friends; it is 1989 printing & new, "used like new" copies are cheap.

My opinion on this thing about age may be a little differant, but at the same time, somewhat the same. I agree that we want our blood work, blood pressure, cholestrol good, heart and our joints good. But at the same time I don't think we should not challenge ourselves and give up. What I mean by that is, challenge ourselves within a range that is healthy but challenging for us.

Yeah it's inevitable, we are going to get old. But fight father time with some gusto. Guys like John thinks he's never getting old but believe me father time has caught him. There is a such thing as doing to much and he is an example of that. You can be in really good shape at any age with the right amount of work.

I'll add a denouement to this thread. One of the things that split me from John Peterson three years or so ago was when I got another driver's license for an airflight. I was happy at the difference between the 2008 license picture and the new one. I looked years younger. I made a post about it and aging in general and how as we age we need to learn to preserve energy and we could do so with tension style exercise. At the time I had been ride time for EMT training and had been working with geriatric patients. I saw the benefit of that kind of exercise for older people. John took offense at my post, so I left.

Last Friday I got my license renewed, I was pretty happy I'm still looking younger than that 2008 picture. Most folks I meet think I'm in my forties instead of heading fast toward sixty. I'll take that. And I give credit to the tension style exercise that I mostly perform. On my last physical BP and pulse were in the athletic range, bodyfat was 14% and my blood work was good. I am on no medications. So for the coming year, I am going to try to hold onto to that and do better, and I challenge others to do the same.

I'm not looking to be the super athlete. You have to know your limitations, and I still have a soon to be 58 year old body. There is a lot I can still do, but you have to use caution and I want health and energy to finish out the next 20 or 30 years I have.

I feel the same, " If I were in a survival situation and could only bring one health and fitness book along; it would be the Atlas course. " Self Resistance and Calisthenics could be done anywhere.

whew - we know people who aren't getting older - ain't that the truth. And Bob - one of the false trails I've experimented this last few years was brief workouts. It is a dead end. You do what you can do, but you really need 45-60 minutes. Start off slow to warm the body up, work up into an intensity level that is sustainable for 20 to 30 minutes, and then start tapering off and cool down.

Greg,

Keep on keeping on.

I’m often asked how I’m doing in reference to my job with implied reference to my age. My reply “I’m not getting any prettier and I’m not getting any smarter but I am getting older”. So keep on doing what you’re doing because we both know people that are no longer getting older.

I am with you, Greg. It is a great idea to have a self-resistance workout every morning, I follow this way for >10 years and feel much better after my morning exercises (45-60 min). They give muscle tone, sufficient strength, speed, and good flexibility. If I skip these exercises, I feel as a piece of garbage all day.