Golf Retirement Communities a Big Hit with Boomers

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According to baby-boomers-life.com, retirement community living is a popular option among baby boomers.

Many senior golf retirement communities offer a country club resort lifestyle at a very affordable price. Baby Boomers coming to age 55 are eligible to join one of these active retirement communities - one of the perks of this generation along with a few gray hairs and accumulated wisdom!

Retirement communities range from extremely luxurious to quite modest, so there are many choices. Of course there can be changes in latitudes and changes in attitudes as well. Depending on the location, a retirement living community offers a world of recreation activities including golf, tennis, swimming, boating, skiing, cycling, kayaking, spa treatments, educational opportunities, and a wonderful social life.

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If the idea of driving your golf cart down the street to hit a few balls at the range sounds appealing, then a golf retirement community might be in your future!

To view, or even plan a “test drive” stay, at a retirement community that offers golf course style retirement living, visit www.TrilogyLife.com.

Trilogy retirement communities offer active adult lifestyles for baby boomers on the move!

Active Adults Can Reduce Risk of Injury From Exercising

Active Adult Living

If 40 is the new 30, and 50 is the new 40, and 60 is the new 50, that leaves even more opportunity for baby boomers to live their fit, active best!

After all, the baby-booming 42- to 60-age group is accustomed to leading active adult lifestyles, and they’re not going to let 10 years here or there stand in the way.

Unfortunately, the increases in activity and exercise are being accompanied by increases in injuries. Not good, and for the most part, avoidable.

It’s a fact that as we age, our reaction time increases, our joints become less lubricated, and our muscles and tendons become less elastic. But, baby boomers can reduce their risk of injury associated with such factors, by ...

Taking Care To Warm-up & Stretch

Cardio and resistance workouts should always begin with a 10 to 15 minute warm-up. You can warm-up with various activities — marching, walking, jogging, swimming — the key is to simply move at a low-level of intensity and with smaller range of motion movement. Once you feel your body temperature rising and your muscles becoming warmer, it’s safe to begin stretching. Perform static, non-bouncy stretches, for all your major muscles and you’ll have better prepare your body for whatever cardio or resistance training activity you choose.

Exercising Regularly, Moderately & Consistently

Weekend warrior exercising or on-again-off-again exercising can be really hard on the body. The greatest benefits come from consistent exercise. You will build your endurance and lessen your risk of injury by exercising regularly, at moderate levels of intensity that are mindful of the fact that Rome truly was not built in a day. If your goal is to experience greater weight loss, or an improved fitness level, you can always increase you’re the duration, intensity or frequency of your workouts. Just do so gradually, and never by more than 10 percent each week.

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Using The Right Equipment

Whether you’re walking, jogging, or riding a bike, make sure your shoes and equipment are those best suited for your activity and body type. Proactively selecting the best and safest equipment can save you the pain and aggravation of a sidelining injury.

Cross-training/ Balanced Approach To Exercise

Try a balanced variety of workouts. Cardio, resistance, and stretching routines each serve a unique purpose. You will achieve the greatest degree of balanced fitness when you get a bit of all three.

As a rule, stretching should be part of every workout. Cardio activities — 30 minutes, three to five days a week — and resistance training to hit all major muscles groups twice a week on non-consecutive days.

Start With A Visit To Your Doctor

Discuss your fitness plans and get a good once over from your physician before beginning your exercise program. Try to find a doctor who actually exercises and who — from experience — can guide and motivate you toward your desire to live a healthy, active adult lifestyle.

Post contributed by Eugenie Jones, M.B.A., ACE. Eugenia is a workplace performance and lifestyle training expert and can be contacted at eugeniek@comcast.net.

Active Adults Improve Overall Fitness Through Strength Training

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As reported by RetirementHomes.com, people of all ages and fitness levels, particularly women between the ages of 65 and 75, may benefit from strength training, according to the New York Times.

A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine asked 155 women who were active adults to break into two groups. One team did strength training exercises on a weekly basis, and the other did toning exercises.

After a year, the researchers found that those who were in the weight-lifting group improved their overall fitness levels by between 10.9 and 12.6 percent, while individuals in the toning group actually experienced a 0.5 percent decline, according to the news source.

In light of these findings, active adults might consider incorporating strength training into their daily routines as part of a healthy active adult lifestyle.

The Mayo Clinic reports that strength training on a regular basis will help preserve muscle mass and bone density, help maintain a healthy body weight and could even reduce a person's risk of insomnia.

Many active adult communities today incorporate amenities that support active adult lifestyles such as gyms, yoga and other exercise classes, golf courses, pools, etc.

Visit www.TrilogyLife.com and learn more about Active Adult Communities.

Stargazing for Active Adults at Your New Home in La Quinta, CA

Here’s something for the Active Adult Night Owl!

The Astronomy Club of Trilogy at La Quinta, founded in 2008 by Trilogy community member Mike Wagner, is an informational and social club that helps people learn about the objects on view in the night sky, and by extension about the earth’s place in the universe.

Star gazing get-togethers are held every four or five weeks. Meeting dates are adjusted to take advantage of special events, like eclipses, meteor showers, or comets. A typical meeting is held on a Thursday evening close to the new moon. During a new moon, the moon isn’t visible, so the sky is darker and the stars can be seen more easily.

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Get-togethers are held at the driving range at 8:00pm (8:30pm in the summer months). This time may also change to take advantage of a sighting of the International Space Station or other interesting phenomena.

Stay tuned for upcoming events…In the next few months, Mars will become visible overhead, and the Beehive Cluster will fill the telescope eyepiece with its 1,000 stars. Then, in April, Saturn will become visible again. This will first appear in the east, and will be higher in the sky each month through the summer.

The Astronomy Club is open to all Trilogy La Quinta members (there are no dues). Interested members and guests are invited to come to a star gazing session to learn about the night sky, solar system, Milky Way galaxy, and the earth’s place in the Universe.

For an in-depth interview with founder Mike Wagner, visit Trilogy’s online magazine at http://www.mytrilogylife.com/?section=sec-connection&aid=37410&pagenum=1

Healthy, Super Foods to Cook in Your New Home

Active Adult Living

There are several foods that have such truly powerful effects on our health and longevity that perhaps they deserve to wear monogrammed capes. These multi-tasking foods provide multiple disease-fighting nutrients, satisfy our appetites without excess calories, and are easy to include in our daily menu. Incorporating a variety of these super foods into a balanced diet is a simple and delicious way to be proactive about your health.

• Eggs - a delicious and nutritious way to fill up on quality protein, as well as 12 vitamins and minerals, such as choline, which is good for brain development and memory.
• Nuts - an excellent source of protein, heart-healthy fats, high fiber, and antioxidants. With so much goodness in such a small package, they make a satisfying, super-food snack.
• Quinoa - one of the healthiest whole grains on the market. High in protein (8 grams in 1 cup cooked), fiber (5 grams per cup), and a naturally good source of iron, Quinoa is as delicious as it is nutritious.
• Edamame (or whole soy beans) - a satisfying source of insoluble fiber, which helps lower cholesterol, and soluble fiber, which fills you up and helps rid your body of waste. They're also a low-fat source of protein, carbohydrates, magnesium, potassium, and heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
• Low fat or fat-free plain yogurt - higher in calcium than many other dairy products and contains healthy doses of protein and potassium. It can also be enriched with probiotics to aid with digestion.
• Salmon - a super food because of its omega-3 fatty acid content, which helps to protect heart health. Salmon is low in calories (200 for 3 ounces) has lots of protein, is a good source of iron, and is very low in saturated fat.
• Broccoli - a rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, and bone-building vitamin K, and it has plenty of fiber to fill you up and help control your weight.
• Sweet potatoes - a member of the dark orange vegetable family are packed with vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and potassium.

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For delicious recipes that use the above Super Foods view Celine Todd's article in Trilogy Life Magazine.

Glitzy Golf Club Slated To Open in February - Arizona

Resort Retirement Communities - Arizona

Trilogy, a division of Shea Homes, Inc., is ready to unveil a glitzy country club at its Encanterra community in Arizona.

La Casa, the 60,000-square-feet, $30 million clubhouse and recreational facility designed by architect Bing Hu, will open officially on February 13, 2010.

Hu has designed numerous clubhouses and multi-million homes around the globe, but he’s particularly delighted with La Casa’s outcome at the gated Encanterra community in Queen Creek.

“This is a world class facility,” said Hu, founder of H&S International in Scottsdale.

Though Hu might be a bit biased, Joe Passov, senior editor for Golf Magazine, was sufficiently impressed.

“The entire clubhouse really did far exceed my expectations,” Passov said. “I’ve seen roughly 1,500 country club clubhouses around the world, and of the really impressive ones, at least half of them are strictly monuments to ego and money losers to boot.”

La Casa is an intimate affair with cozy niches and a stunning view of the Superstition Mountains beyond the Tom Lehman-designed 18-hole golf course. There are several restaurants, including a private dining room surrounded by glass in the midst of the commercial kitchen. The Vault is a personal wine cellar for members. Also included is a spa, athletic club, sports shop, wedding venue, resort swimming pool with dining cove, lap pool, tennis courts, beach volleyball court and outdoor amphitheater.

“The rambling, Hacienda-style spread impresses me not just from a southwest aesthetic, but from a functionality standpoint,” Passov said.

Hu credited Shea Homes for providing him the latitude to put together a top-notch country club.

“(Shea) is really committed to quality. This club can compete with any club in the nation,” Hu said.

Hal Looney, president of the Arizona division of Shea Homes Inc., said research is where it all begins.

“We did a lot of research about baby boomers so we could understand what the consumer needs,” Looney said.

At first glance Encanterra might look like a retirement community, but it’s open to all ages. Even so, 75 percent of the buyers have been from cold climates and many of them are part-time residents.

Since fall 2008, 130 homes have been sold. Another 30 are in escrow. Shea is a long way from build out, however, which is 2,400 homes.

Prices start around $200,000 for some models and go as high as $750,000.

Anyone who buys a new home at Encanterra automatically has a social membership at the club, which includes everything but golf. A limited number of golf memberships will be available to nonresidents. Maintenance of the club is funded with homeowners association fees.

Post information provided by Jan Buchholtz of the Phoenix Business Journal.

Now’s A Great Time for a New Home at Redmond Ridge, WA!

Reduced rates on new homes at Trilogy Redmond Ridge make it a great time to purchase a home in an Active Adult Retirement Community. And, you can even save $68,000+ on many new home models!

Seattle is just 20 minutes away where you’ll find cultural events, pro sports, universities, restaurants and shopping. And the world-class wineries and microbreweries of Woodinville are close as well.

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Redmond, surrounded by 500 acres of protected wetlands and forest preserve, is known as the bicycle capital of the Northwest, and with 12 miles of trails surrounding your new home, there are plenty of opportunities for running and hiking, too.

If water sports are more your speed, you’ll have a ball at nearby Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish where you can sail, kayak, canoe and fish.

And no experience in the Seattle area would be complete without taking in the stunning mountain surroundings—whether you hike, bike, horseback ride or go for a scenic drive. Why not hop on the ferry to Victoria, B.C where the breezy mountain air is a perfect match to your outlook? Did we mention skiing?!!

For a look at designer new homes at reduced prices, visit Trilogy Redmond Ridge.