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“Pax, why isn’t the scientific Body For The Ages Online Wellness “type” Program common knowledge?”

That is a question I hear all the time.

It’s simple. No one has created a program based on a synergistic effect, like the Body For The Ages Online Wellness Program: bringing together cardiology, exercise physiology, kinesiology, nutrition, pharmacology, and a programmed total commitment type of effort based on psychology…and delivered collectively and concurrently under one “umbrella” for the good of the patient.

The Body For The Ages Online Wellness Program relies on a synergistic affect: Best described as 1+1=3.

I’ve been in the medical profession for a third of a century, and I’ve never (not once) seen or heard of a meeting, where all these disciplines were brought together under one roof to collectively (and Synergistically) coordinate a wellness program for patients, Never!

The Body For The Ages Wellness Program reverses that non-functional professional format of only “my profession, or no profession”, which yields sub-par healthcare.

You see our health care is not a dysfunctional system.  It’s worse.  It’s a non-system.

I used to think that I was quite fit, afterall I am a great gardener, played tennis for 40 years and could beat just about anybdy at the Club, in doubles!  Also I used to snack on doughnuts and other bad foods just to feel better, and the pounds crept on.  But now, after becoming a member of Body For The Ages and having  the awesome inspiration Pax Beale and using his method of  Weight Resistance Training I no longer snack mindlessly on ‘comfort’ foods and really know now what great fitness and real weight loss feel like.  It feels great!  I workout regularly, eat well and have taken off 26 lbs.  Since this is the only body  I am going to have I have decided to love it and the fact my friends tell me how great I look helps.

So living well is the best revenge at any age and I am 82.  I have always had a gym to work out in , but now.  I have the most important  ingredient  -  Motivation!  Make the commitment!!

Weight training is more art than science.  Aerobics is no more than putting one foot in front of the other to make certain you don’t fall on your face.  To ensure maximum exposure to the art of building a body of your dreams, change trainers periodically.  No one trainer has all the knowledge of the sport’s infinite number of techniques.

Having been active in the field of medicine for a third of a century, I can tell you the art of weight training is not commonly known to medical professionals.  To exacerbate the problem, most know not, that they know not.

If you are rehabilitating from a medical condition or physical injury, consider the following.  You are not interested so much in how a muscle works, but how to work the muscle.  At BackPax (”peaceful backs” in Latin) Medical Center, the medically-oriented back rehabilitation clinic I founded, we gave up on physical therapists and instead hired registered nurses and nurse practitioners.  Not only were these nurse professionals more open to creative ideas about rehabilitation, they were generally more involved in their own back health and general fitness programs.

The nursing profession couldn’t be better represented by anyone other than my colleague, best friend, tower of power, and wife, Sophie “Super Soph” Taggart…Ms. America, Ms. World and Ms. Universe.  I think if you looked up “commitment” in the dictionary you would see her picture.  Yeah, I’m biased, but the credentials and the body warrants it.  Actually, “Super Soph” is a step above the level of a registered nurse, as she is a registered nurse practitioner.  The latter in many cases can prescribe drugs and diagnose medical problems, just like a licensed medical doctor, while the more common registered nurse does not have those options.

The typical physical therapists’ inherent deficiency, besides not knowing the art of the game, was that they wanted to control you, rather than train you.  This is a sensitive area with me.  When I scanned client results at BackPax I found, without exception, that individuals who were allowed to take responsibility for their own rehabilitation garnered infinitely superior results.

For some inexplicable reason, in my vast travels from one gym to another throughout the world, rarely do I see registered physical therapists as members, but the gyms always seem to be loaded with registered nurses and nurse practitioners

Some credentialed exercise physiologists and kinesiologists in licensed medical environments are quite knowledgeable about rehabilitation through weight-resistance training, but currently their work in this field is not routinely reimbursed by insurance companies.  They are frequently regulated to monitoring treadmill stress tests, while weight-resistance training authority reverts back to the ill trained physical therapist.  Nevertheless, given the option, I would choose an exercise physiologist or a kinesiologist with weight-resistance training experience over a physical therapist or medical doctor any day.

The best personal trainers are those that are independent business professionals (not employed) in the gyms, and the best personal coaches are likewise independent contractors in fitness-oriented health centers, not the hospitals.  Period.  End of report. Many personal trainers are not even college graduates, but a lot of them are so dedicated they have taken any one of a host of available educational weight-resistance training programs and become certified trainers.  A registered physical therapist degree or a medical shingle hung on an office wall does not represent a person qualified to teach the art of weight-resistance training.  I can’t say it with enough emphasis: If you are a stabilized heart rehab patient, and are allowed to exercise, get out of the hospital rehab center as fast as you are medically able. (Note: I emphasize only if you are a stabilized heart patient).

Find yourself, a personal trainer, or personal coach, and turn your rehabilitation into a fun wellness lifestyle…and yes, even an anti-aging lifestyle.  Stop feeling sorry for yourself.  Don’t think you are going to find a medical professional who will solve your rehab problem, once you have stabilized from surgery.  Don’t think the solution is only a prescription for a drug.  Don’t think of every breath as your last.  Ultimately, we all have a last breath.  Move on.  Get yourself a personal trainer, or preferably the more broad-based, multi-faceted personal coach, who knows the art even better than the science of weight-resistance training, and who will coach and encourage you. Understand results are your responsibility and involve your practicing the Total Commitment Motivational, Wellness Philosophy, then you will experience a real anti-aging, rejuvenating lifestyle.

After reading about the post debate polls, I found a link to this article describing ways for people to reduce their health care costs.

http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/10/02/4-ways-to-save-on-healthcare-no-matter-who-wins-the-election/

Not only do I find some of the suggestions disturbing (splitting your medication in half!?!), they miss one of the most important things one can do to reduce their healthcare costs: improve your fitness.

Pax has developed a program to help you reduce your heart risks, and lose weight. Both obesity and heart problems can lead to expensive doctor visits and medication. It helps you by providing a specific method of training, a nutrition system, and inspiration.

So if you really want to reduce your healthcare costs, build the body of your dreams, and have fun doing it, check out bodyfortheages.org.

For members of the nation’s workforce, it can be difficult to conjure motivation to hit the gym after putting in a long day’s work.  The convenient temptations of vending machines, takeout lunches and sugary, caffeinated drinks loom within arms reach.

I know personally that the thought of physical activity can be unappealing.  However, when I think of the relief that comes from working out (the mental wind-down, the increased energy, the sense of accomplishment) it motivates me to head to the gym even on my most sluggish days.

For some lucky professionals, it appears as if employer-funded access to fitness and wellness may become a nationwide blooming trend, gaining attention most recently in the town of Jackson, Michigan according to the New York Times article below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/business/smallbusiness/01HEALTH.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin

Now isn’t that a refreshing thought?  A mutually beneficial scenario in which productivity increases, company insurance costs potentially decrease and employees gain a better quality of life at no charge.

These proposed incentives provide the framework and resources for health betterment.

Unfortunately, employers can’t offer you motivation.  We have a gym here at Body for the Ages headquarters. I used it sporadically, until I started myself on the Body for the Ages Online Wellness Program.  Now I use it every work day.

If you find that you still need an extra push to get yourself on the health/wellness/self-improvement path, Body For The Ages offers a course of action for improving your fitness level, overall health and waistline through a comprehensive nutrition system, work out and lifestyle plan coupled with inspiring motivation and achievable results.

For more information, please visit us at BodyForTheAges.org.