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Health, fitness and growing older


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What health and fitness advice is there for ME? 

Do you ever feel like there is a lot of wellness inspiration and information for much younger men and women and also for much older people, but maybe not so much for those of us who are not quite either of those?


Young couple, very fit, agililty and strength
Fit couple
 I don't fall into this category of fitness.
This is something else.

Senior couple walking, fitness as an older adult
Senior couple



But neither to I fall into the category on the left - I am not quite that senior.













Is it just me who thinks there no middle ground of health and fitness practices between the ages of 30 and 60? And I am talking about photos, health goals even exercise regime for those of us who are not the 20 or 30 year olds with rock hard abs, nor are we in the 60 plus age group...yet.

I started thinking about this when my friends asked me about my regime after I posted out my fitness photoshoot. See that post here


It seems that a lot of advice is tailored to either end of the spectrum but there is a dearth for those of us who are in relatively good health and want to continue to be so and improve.

In the coming weeks I will be blogging more about some of the challenges of growing older and trying to stay fit and injury-free at the same time. I am refining my blog, and hope to write about the things I have done in my life and what I've learnt.  I'll be starting with my goals in the my next post, stay tuned!

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