In addition to aerobic exercise, most programs should include at least some light weight lifting. Recent tests have shown that senior citizens who participate in some type of strength training or weight lifting program, have fewer broken bone, have more flexibility, are in better overall health, and live longer, there must be a message there. If you are starting a weight lifting program or strength training, it is very important that you follow correct form find a coach, or invest in a book or video to show you proper technique. Shop at Mega Fitness - Exercise Equipment Superstore! for books and videos. Or for a complete web-based program for women, check out very popular Denise Austin Fit Forever site.

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ACE Get You Moving The American Council on Exercise (ACE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting benefits of physical activity and protecting consumers against unsafe and ineffective fitness products and instruction. For more information on ACE and its programs, call (800) 825-3636, or go to their Web site.

Which is best, aerobic exercise or weight training? Whether you're trying to lose weight, get into shape, or just stay healthy, both types of exercise are important for different reasons. Aerobic, exercise conditions your heart and lungs, helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and improves your endurance. Weight, or strength, training helps prevent loss of muscle, and helps build new lean muscle that burns more calories by improving and keeping your metabolism going. Loss of muscle occurs naturally as you grow older. With strength training, you'll stay strong, and maintain good posture.

Tips for maintaining your exercise program:

Try to get in 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three to five times a week, and 20 minutes of weight lifting two or three times a week.

Set aside a convenient, consistent time. Some people prefer early morning, an added benefit of early morning workouts is they tend to burn more fat calories. Others find that evening works best.

Do exercises that you enjoy, walking, swimming, biking, weight lifting, circuit training etc. are all great for your weight loss program.

Stick with it... it takes 21 days in a row of doing something, to form a new habit.

After you've reached your weight loss goal, keep up exercise program, this will enable you to easily maintain your weight loss, with added benefit of a healthier and less stressed you.

“To Your Health”

Jim Newell

Jimmie Newell is the webmaster for http://www.To YourHealth101.com, a health & wellness website, featuring editorials, tips, information and links addressing many of the health issues of today.

"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of immune system nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in intestines it works just like a medicine.

"Modern medicine is constantly trying to do same thing through far more complicated methods, people who pick their nose and eat it get a natural boost to their immune system for free."

He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by time they have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti social.

He said: "I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well."

And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their neighbour was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get benefits it offered.

So perhaps next time you see a driver picking their nose you should give them a thumbs up too because we now know they're just trying to improve their own health. Perhaps we should all pick our noses as we drive along. Perhaps Burton's Queens Hospital will be a quieter place because we'll all be much healthier (yes I know I could go into dangers of having one hand up your nose and not on steering wheel but I'm just not going there!). Perhaps this will catch on and as we drive along picking our noses we'll try to spot odd person who is NOT picking too. Perhaps there'll be a Burton on Trent Picking Club. Perhaps pickers will get cheaper health insurance ........

and then again .......perhaps not (or should that be perhap snot)!!!!!!!!

Chris Towland