Overtraining Is A Common Pitfall of Older Athletes As They Try To Regain Their Youth

jeff noel's Hometown, Walt Disney World

If Baby Boomers compete in athletics, they are likely involved in Masters or Seniors competitions. All in good fun with a generous competitive spirit. Anything to keep their motivation to exercise consistent. And sometimes, it pays to slow down and smell the roses flowers. Becoming blinded by success can lead to ruin. The paradox is we have no idea what we’re capable of, until we push our limits.

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jeff noel’s Hometown, Walt Disney World

jeff noel's Hometown, Walt Disney World

At Disney’s Contemporary Resort, jeff noel was standing in the shade on a hot, humid Central Florida afternoon, and the flags and monorail caught his eye for no apparent reason. Just weeks before the 2007 Masters Track & Field World Championships in Italy, noel’s workout included six repetitions of the Contemporary’s 14 flights of stairs, all two-steps at a time, with two sets at three steps at a time. Two weeks later, from overtraining, noel became injured and couldn’t go to Italy.

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Midlife Celebration Will Celebrate The Final November Week With An Atypical Theme

jeffrey noel Has Used This Midlife Celebration Photo Before

jeffrey noel, Midlife Celebration’s founder, has been wanting to experiment with an atypical theme. noel takes copious photos from his worldwide travels. Many pictures never make it to The Blog Whisperer’s Blogs for different reasons. Starting tomorrow, expect the photos to come first and the commentary second.

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Setting Your Bar Low, But Impossible, Is Perfect

Can you begin your walking journey 4 days this week?

This is not a Mid Life Celebration contradiction. If walking four days a week for one week is something you’ve never done, consider it impossible and set out to do your impossible. Then set another impossible goal – to do it two weeks in a row.

By typical standards, this is a ridiculously “low bar” goal. But for you, it may be the triumph of your lifetime. Build on it. Go.

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