Hi Stew love the Skool page so easy to navigate 👍 What kind of fitness standards would you recommend for 50+ population? None of us are former military just people who want to be ready for life😅 Thank you

Fitness includes several components such as cardiovascular endurance, strength training, and mobility/flexibility. These are non-negotiables for continuing to live throughout your later years with your independence and ability to move and socialize still operating normally. Instead of just thinking about living longer, let’s use the start of a new year to focus on getting healthier, so we live better. More than any other time each year, the New Year is a popular time to focus on a “start fresh.” Temporal landmarks like New Year's Day, Mondays, birthdays, or the change of seasons are standard starting lines for many of us when we have a goal to work towards and bad habits to break. A New Focus on Fitness – Science Says Fitness Matters (Even More than Weight) A recent study published in the British Journal of Medicine, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, BMI, and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, shows that, regardless of body weight (obese, overweight, or normal), fitness matters more for all-cause mortality. They measured weight, BMI, and fitness of six groups: normal weight – fit, normal weight – unfit, overweight-fit and overweight-unfit, and obese-fit and obese-unfit. Their findings: The analyses revealed that individuals classified as fit, regardless of their BMI, did not have a statistically significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease or all-cause mortality compared to normal weight-fit people. At the same time, all unfit groups across different BMI categories exhibited a two- to threefold higher risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality compared to their regular weight-fit counterparts. About Body Mass Index (BMI) – Now, you may be saying, but BMI is flawed! Sure. BMI is not the best indicator for distinguishing normal weight, overweight, and obesity because it is simply a height-to-weight ratio that does not account for differences in body fat/muscle composition, age, sex, or other factors. Before you discredit this entire study because of the BMI issue, remember that it measured fitness levels among people of different sizes. Some had more muscle and were considered fit in the overweight/obese group, while others were deemed unfit in the normal weight group. Still, BMI helps place people of differing sizes (height and weight groups) and focuses on measuring each group's fitness. In the end, fitness matters more than BMI, so the goal is to exercise, get in shape, build muscle, and lose fat.

After a stressful month of the Holiday Season, one of the most important things to do is hit the RECOVER button and relax and de-stress. Instead of going hardcore into January goal-setting, take a week or two to de-load, sleep better, eat better, and pull back from the hardcore. OR if you are not into training and want to be, start this week with easy walking, stretching, and the same recovery from the prior month of craziness. You will be better equipped to chase a fitness goal after some de-load, de-stress, and recovery time. That is why I am giving away my Never Quit Stretching Video. Trust me - it is more difficult than it sounds. You will find out just how badly you need to add flexibility and mobility to your life after watching this video! Enjoy - Click the Classroom link above, and you will be able to download the video. https://www.skool.com/stew-smith-tactical-fitness-1847/classroom

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