BABY BOOMERS CAN CONTINUE TO THRIVE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES - RESEARCH AGREES!

With the right lifestyle changes now, baby boomers can enjoy healthy, happy years ahead. By making simple adjustments now, you can help prevent disease and slow the aging process, giving you the energy and sense of well-being to help you thrive in the years to come. Not all issues are avoidable.

The leading causes of death are preventable.

Coronary heart Disease will claim one in two lives.

Cancer will claim one in three lives.

Baby Boomers Thriving is here to keep you up-to-date on the latest medical research and advances as well as give referrals to selected organizations, products and services to assist you a healthy, manageable aging process.

I have worked with boomers for 15 years. I have seen two boomers the same age: one was still running marathons and traveling. The other was on his second heart attack and required nursing home assistance for months.

It just doesn't have to be this way!

Now that we’re in our mid-forties to early sixties, we’re coming to the age in life that makes us realize the pursuits of our youth are replaced with the true importance that life provides. We turn from quarterly reports and annual budgets to being aware of how significant every second with family and friends mean to us.

In order to enjoy this time, health and youthfulness become of prime importance. We want to enjoy now what we may have taken for granted in the past. With this newfound enlightenment, we want to enjoy every moment that life has to offer. These are times that baby boomers want to be their best and most alive years—and not caught in the cycle of illness or recovery.

We become wise men and women, trying to help our children live life in a way we may not have, but now wish we had; a treasure that represents how we want to live now.

Scott Farmer is an exercise physiologist practicing for over 17 years. After working at the Central Minnesota Heart Center for 15 years where he was on staff as a clinical exercise physiologist in clinical cardiology, Scott founded Minnesota Health Fitness and Sports in 2001. He has worked with athletes from ages seven to 21, written over 40 articles and several books.

In 2007, he launched Baby Boomers Thriving, a website dedicated to the health and well-being of people in their mid-forties to early sixties. He continues to provide smoking cessation classes to the corporate sector, as well as lectures on sports training and lifestyle management to coaches, athletes and parents. More about Scott