Over 50, Outdoors

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    Looking for SWF with DRD4 7R allele?

    Looking for SWF with DRD4 7R allele?

    Let’s say you are single. You’re reading over the entries on Match.com and thinking about a partner for life’s Second or Third Act. Are you looking for a profile that says, “Get with me. I’m likely to die quick, but our time together will feel long because I am dull”? No, you are not. You...
    We weren’t going to do a New Year’s list

    We weren’t going to do a New Year’s list

    It is a not particularly esteemed journalistic reflex to concoct lists around January 1. I’ll take a risk and say that it started with doing recaps of the past year: the best of, the worst of, the most this or that. Since then it has spread, mostly because it is a lazy kind of way...
    Afternoon workouts work best. Maybe.

    Afternoon workouts work best. Maybe.

    The popular press has a wealth of information on fitness. But if you are over 50, your reading will often leave you feeling confused or unsure. This is because so many studies focus on younger people and you know better than to generalize. Good health and fitness  guidance for a 12-year-old might not true for...
    Stop loving your couch

    Stop loving your couch

    The time between Christmas and News Years is, unofficially, the National Sweatpants Week. A time for long breakfasts that fade into lunch, naps, hanging out, informal family gatherings–all activities that can be undertaken and are perhaps best undertaken while wearing sweatpants.   But now it’s over. You know you need to get off the couch....