The Summer National Senior Games

The Summer National Senior Games
June 3-18, 2005

The Summer National Senior Games – The Senior Olympics is held every two years and is an 18-sport competition for men and women 50 and over. The 2003 Summer Games were held in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

To take part in the 2005 Summer Games, an athlete had to qualify by competing in local and state competitions held in 2004 by the 50-member state organizations. Learn more about qualifying in your state for the 2007 Summer Games that will be held in Louisville, Kentucky.

The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) is dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles for adults through education, fitness, and sport. The NSGA strives to assist adults 50 and over in achieving greater value and quality in their lives by staying healthy, active, and fit.

Scientists study older athletes

Senior Olympics opportunity to examine aging and exercise

Plenty of research has been done on young athletes, but little is known about marathoners, swimmers and softball players over age 50. That’s about to change.

Over the next several days at the Senior Olympics here, researchers plan to learn a lot from these aged physical specimens, perhaps gaining new insights into aging and exercise.

CNN.com
June 9, 2005

Forget rest – Ironman persists in retirement

On the 2,633rd day, he rested.

That’s what you might expect from Cal Ripken Jr., baseball’s “Ironman,” who played in a record 2,632 consecutive games.

But, after 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, the future Hall of Famer hasn’t slowed down since retiring in 2001.

TERRY MASSEY – SPORTS COLUMNIST
Myrtlebeachonline.com
June 11, 2005

The Great American Detox Diet : 8 Weeks to Weight Loss and Well-Being

The Great American Detox Diet : 8 Weeks to Weight Loss and Well-Being
by Alex Jamieson

Here, in response to all the requests, is the detox program that undid the damage Morgan Spurlock –director and star of Super Size Me– did to his body in a month of gorging on nothing but McDonald’s

What would happen if you ate nothing but fast food for an entire month? That’s what filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attempted to find out by making his scathing tongue-in-cheek documentary Super Size Me. A 33-year-old New Yorker in excellent health, he would eat nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days, to gauge the effects on his body. The results were shocking: He gained almost 30 pounds, saw his cholesterol skyrocket, and developed chest pains and dangerously high blood pressure.

The Great American Detox is an everyman’s version of Spurlock’s detox diet. Designed by vegan chef and holistic nutritionist (and Spurlock’s significant other) Alex Jamieson, it is the program that gave Spurlock his health back. While doctors feared the damage might be permanent, Jamieson knew otherwise. She regularly sees her detox diet help clients achieve radical improvements in their emotional, spiritual, and physical health. Now she has written it up for popular use. Filled with mouthwatering recipes, it is a flexible 8-week program for weight loss, increased energy, allergy elimination, and other long-term health benefits.

ALEX JAMIESON attended New York City’s Natural Gourmet Cooking School and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, the only holistic nutrition school in the world integrating all different dietary theories.

Keeping fit may only take minutes

Keeping fit and healthy may not require hours of physical exercise every week, research suggests. Canada’s McMaster University found just six minutes of intense exercise a week could be as effective as six hours of moderate activity.

The Journal of Applied Physiology study showed short bursts of very intense exercise improved muscle capacity, and improved endurance.

However, experts warn it might be too much for people not already fit.

BBC News
June 6, 2005

A Little Gray Hair, a Lot of Game

It wasn’t the feel of the ball or the cheers of her teammates that made Jeanni Winston keep playing basketball. It was the rush she got when her first shot, a 3-pointer, sailed through the net. For a widow in her 60’s who had been a White House staff assistant for John F. Kennedy, this was something new. She had never played sports competitively before and was not prepared for the thrill.

Now, Mrs. Winston, 67, is in the best shape of her life. She drives around her neighborhood in Washington with two or three basketballs in her car, looking for pickup games. At playgrounds, she begs players – from teenagers to men just getting off work – to let her in their game. Sometimes she bribes them with a spaghetti dinner.

By JILL AGOSTINO
New York Times
Published: June 2, 2005