ACTION STEP: Hips and Legs

Start Aging Intelligently today, one step at a time. Think of yourself as a Rockette. What do they do? They kick. What do they possess? Great legs, and hips. If they fall, no harm because they have strong and stable padding in muscular strength around their hips. 

Just before you eat,

you will be doing cross kicks for two minutes. Find a stopwatch or an iPhone. Stand up straight, arms out to the side, kick to the opposite corner. That is, kick right leg to left forward corner. Alternate. Kick left leg to right forward corner. Back and forth, for two minutes. If two minutes seems easy, go for four. But here’s the deal: keep your spine lengthened, which means, do not let your chest slump into your stomach in an effort to get your leg higher. Oh, vanity. And the point is to get your leg as high as you can, each time, without compromising your posture. For two minutes. Or four. 

This improves muscular strength, which impacts balance, which leads to not falling, which enhances aging well.

Only then, eat.

This adds a habit you already do (eating) to a habit that you want to form (muscular strength).

Aging Intelligently is a process and a practice.