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Letting Go of Old Baggage

October 26, 2016 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

When I was 12 years old, I bought my very first major electronic purchase: an AM clock radio.

At that time, it was the high-tech equivalent of today’s driver-less cars. (Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration…) Until then, my alarm clock woke me to a concert of cacophony: a clanging, banging, rattling, ear-splitting blare. Now, due to this marvel of 1966 technology, I began my morning to “Boss Radio’s” Robert W. Morgan playing hits like Monday Monday and Ain’t Too Proud to Beg. If that wasn’t enough, another new-fangled benefit of this novel invention was the introduction of the snooze alarm. Life couldn’t get better than this.

How things change.

Arising late or missing an appointment these days is pret-near impossible due to the combination of alarms and text alerts omnipresent on anything that plugs into a wall or possesses a battery. If you overlooked your appointment, you just didn’t care.

To that end, while traveling, I utilize alerts with an addictive fervor, establishing reminders on my computer, which sync with my mobile device and watch. Not only I am aware of the status of my airplane, but also should the previous leg of the flight be canceled or delayed, I know that too. What can I say? I like to be prepared.

Last weekend I flew from Hartford to San Francisco, with a transfer in Denver scheduled to depart at 11:31.

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Filed Under: Baby Boomers, Exercise, Gratitude, Health, Newspaper Column Tagged With: aging, air travel, diet, exercise, habit change, health, healthy heart, heart attacks, lifestyle change, quality of life, thankfulness, travel, weight loss

Video: Piano Stairs – Making Habit Change Fun

February 1, 2016 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Question: Will more people change their habits and take the stairs if it’s a fun thing to do?

 

Watch and see.

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Filed Under: Exercise, Habits, humor, Uncategorized, Video Tagged With: changing habits, exercise, fun, video

Funny Gag Video: Overweight Man in Exercise Class

May 4, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Might as well start the week with a laugh.

Normally, I don’t go for “manufactured gag videos,” but this one, especially when the second half of the video arrives, is hysterical.

Filed Under: Exercise, humor, Video Tagged With: exercise, exercise gym, gags, humor

Video: 100 Years of Fitness in 100 Minutes

March 31, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

This is a short video showing one woman do the fitness routines of each decade for the last 100 years.

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Filed Under: Exercise, Video Tagged With: exercise, exercise program, video, zumba

The Fitness App Explosion: For Better or For Worse

March 13, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Back when I first started losing weight, we didn’t have fancy-schmancy apps.

caveman-with-boneWe wrote down what we ate on cave walls. You couldn’t figure out the carbs or proteins in a Wooly Mammoth by looking it up on the internet. No sirreee Bob! Kids today have it too easy.

Okay, maybe a slight exaggeration, but one of the more significant changes in health monitoring is the explosion of fitness apps of every stripe. As of last year, there were more than 45,000 fitness-related apps in the app store, giving one the ability to monitor how far he walks and with what intensity, calories consumed and burned, even heartbeat and sleep patterns, all from the convenience of code in your phone.

This trend is in its infancy.

In the not too distant future, we will look at Fitbits and other wearable trackers in the same manner as we would observe a woman wearing a bustle today. Tomorrow’s apps will be woven into our garments, creating smart clothing and “wearable tech.” At any moment, one can be aware of everything from blood pressure to the amount of salt in her sweat.

Having that type of data available 24/7 will provide countless benefits.

Not only will it allow one to adjust his or her patterns for enhanced health, but also we will be able to predict incidents such as heart attacks BEFORE they occur, giving one the ability to go to the doctor in advance of collapsing on the street. Medical information could precede the trip to the hospital, so that upon arrival, potential treatments could be tailored to the specific circumstances in advance, saving precious time and lives.

Privacy issues yet to be worked out, that’s all well and good. However, all is not rosy in “app-alachia” as there are some pretty silly fitness apps available currently, providing insights and assistance into all facets of one’s physical, mental, and emotional health. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Diet, goals, Health, humor, Newspaper Column, Relationships Tagged With: apps, exercise, fitness, health

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