15. After 50, what you don't know about exercise can hurt you: Andy Baxter, Medical Exercise Specialist

Listen to this episode to learn:common blood pressure and diabetes medications that derail your fitness programsarcopenia of aging starts not in the muscles, but in the brainfitness to treat cognitive decline and neurologic disorders, Parkinson, MS, strokeyoga, and the surprisingly high risk of injury why stretching is harmful, and a better way to maintain range-of-motion  heart disease vs lung disease: the very different exercise rehab programs requiredrheumatoid arthritis, why your exercise program is all wrong, and how to fix itwhen to build muscle strength, and when to build muscle masswhy exercise is superior to calorie restriction for managing weightwhy COPD patients must limit aerobic exercise and should build muscle mass insteadDifferent types of exercise as medicine for aging, cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, autoimmune conditions, dementia, osteoporosis, diabetes, lung disease/COPD and much more...Our guest is an elite rower turned Exercise Medicine specialist, author, inventor, and specialist in fitness over 50. Meet Andy Baxter. Besides designing exercise equipment to curtail injury in elite athletes, he runs two gyms locally that cater to those over 50, and works privately with anyone in need of his specialty, "Medical Exercise."Find Andy Baxter at Baxter Fitness Solutions.Read Andy Baxter's book "The Exercise Prescription."Dawn Lemanne, MD Oregon Integrative OncologyLeave no stone unturned.Deborah Gordon, MDNorthwest Wellness and Memory CenterBuilding Healthy Brains

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