NOTE FROM TRISH

Sit or get fit? Which one is your retirement goal? 

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Does your retirement vision include a lounge chair and a hammock? Taking it easy? Putting your feet up for some well-deserved down time? After the rush hour years of having and doing it all, that certainly is a seductive image.

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But be careful what you wish for.

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A recent study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that professional women’s sedentary time showed a sharp spike after they retired. The study shockingly cites sedentary time increased — more than an additional 20 minutes each day on average — among women during the first years of retirement! (Interestingly, the same did not hold true for men.)

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That is concerning.

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Study upon study point to the attendant risks of a sedentary lifestyle: higher risk of cardiovascular disease; impaired cognition; loss of mobility to name but a few. And without doing a full Jane Fonda, we know that fitness is imperative to achieving your later life goals, whether those involve retiring or ‘rewiring’. 

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This month’s blog author, Ginger Conlon, founder and head coach of Fit Life Over 50, introduces us to a seven-point plan for getting up off the couch and developing a fitness regimen that is achievable, sustainable and will help you optimize your Primetime years. 

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Get up! Get fit! And enjoy the read!