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After finishing my workout at a neighborhood gym, I frequently treated myself to iced tea at a nearby coffee shop. A couple of my classmates almost always beat me there, and by the time I arrived they would be settled in with their pastries and soft drinks. When I stopped by their table to chat one day, they told me that this was their reward for an hour of exercise. I've made this mistake as...

I’d like to thank Marc Middleton and the whole gang at Growing Bolder for that glowing report in the GBInsider (vol. 132), supporting the story of my pursuit against stacked odds for the title of ‘2009 Body-for-LIFE Challenge Champion’. What a blast to open it up and find that it wasn’t just a dream after all. I'll do my best to live up to what it represents. One reason—the...

At the tender age of 70, Sherman Goodrich has become the world's oldest Body-for-Life Challenge Champion. He competed and won in the 46 and over class. Here, in part, is how it all went down. By way of introduction, my name is Sherman Goodrich and, while I am better known—if at all—as a cartoonist (you can check out my credentials regarding that endeavor at the end of this message), I...

As the old saying goes…"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." A great philosophy for hindsight, and good for a chuckle at parties. In my case however, these words became all too true when I was first diagnosed at the age of 57 with Prostate Cancer. We had to decide on a treatment fast or face the consequences. The procedure of choice was 8 solid...

As though working out on land wasn’t tough enough, try doing it while suspended in mid-air! The NBC affiliate in Philadelphia recently did a feature on the “aerial silks” class at the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts. My yoga-teaching artist daughter, Sarah Muehlbauer, is one of the students. You can watch the video. Sarah is the one in the purple tank top, dangling from two white...