Welcome to Long Life Fitness newsletter. Whether you're just now thinking about getting starting on a journey to long life fitness or have been following one for some time, this is the place for news, information and a consumer advocacy approach to fitness, health, and wellbeing.

Some believe that the fitness revolution began in the early 1970s. We believe that it really begain in the late nineteen century, in those days when it was called physical culture. The fitness revolution has grown like wildfire ever since, even though many of the ideas about training, diet, and equipment haven't radically changed in the past one hundred years. While time-proven equipment and some notions of training and diet still work just as well now as when they first became popular, others do not.

Long Life Fitness monitors the pulse of fitness training and is dedicated to bringing you up-to-date information you can apply to enhancing your life. We offer a concept in fitness and longevity that advocates physical training, stress management, nutritional wisdom, and dis-ease prevention/treatment as complimentary aspects of fitness rather than as competing ideas. We believe in the training the whole person as integrated body/mind, and challenge you to empower yourself to train in ways that enrich your entire life.

The best way to experience a happy and healthy life is to be mindful of every thing you do!

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that bodybuilding is barely one hundred years old?

Its history is one of old black and white images, improving over time as lighting and posing matured? "Bodybuilding's Mythic Hero: Reclaiming the Image" sizes up the image of the bodybuilding hero and compares it to the image of the bodybuilder today.

Did you know that Johnny Gibson was Mr. Tucson.

He was Mr. Arizona. He fought The Battle of the Bulge and the Invasion of Normandy. He fought cancer and won. He served as consultant For "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers." He is 82 and still competing. He is The Father of the Arizona Irongame. You can read about this real life bodybuilding hero in "Johnny Gibson, Father of the Irongame."

Did you know that many people today prefer the privacy and flexibility of working out in a home gym, but that there are some serious caveats one should adhere to when purchasing home gym equipment? "The Home Gym Frontier: Cheap is Not the Bottom Line" recommends some of the basic equipment to include when furnishing a home gym, and discusses some pitfalls of buying equipment.

Did you know that many people suffer from rotator cuff injuries from working out, and that there is an article called "Rotator Cuff Repair" that lays out a personal program for rotator cuff rehabilitation? This article has been very popular and is well worth reading. It is strongly suggested that you print this article out so you can give it the attention it warrants. Caveat: this is not easy reading nor is it meant to be. Exercises are illustrated on the final page.

Sensei Ken O'Neill,MA, ISAA Certified Fitness Trainer & equipment consultant, can be reached at 512-771-3184.

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