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Yesterday I read a fascinating anecdote in Robin Sharma’s book “The Everyday Hero Manifesto.” I’ll quote it at length “In one of the most fascinating studies ever performed in the field of social psychology, eight men in their seventies were brought to a converted monastery that researchers had carefully set up to look exactly as things…
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I’m halfway through this mercifully (and appropriately!) short little book by Bridget Watson Payne called “How Time is on Your Side.” And I know that for me, and maybe for a lot of other people who might have similar goals, “not enough time” is high on the list of reasons for health and fitness to…
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I debated whether or not to do this, but decided that of course I have to. If I’m actually going to blog about my fitness journey starting as a 39 year-old dad, I need to get real. And putting a couple less-than-flattering pictures of myself on the internet is actually less scary than the idea…
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Let me just say a little more about where I’m at fitness-wise, and how I got here. I’m in what would be considered pretty average shape for a person of my age in our culture. Maybe even a little better than average, in that I’m not what our society would consider overweight, and I still…
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Hi, I’m Curtis. I’m a 39 year-old father of two. For a while now, I’ve had this idea of a personal project called “Fitter by Fifty.” The idea is as simple as it sounds. I want to be fitter (i.e. healthier, more active, feel better in my body) at age 50 than I do now…
Fitter by Fifty 