Fitness, Strength and Wellness for Real Life

Fitness should help you stay strong, active, energized, and fully engaged in life — not just today, but for years to come. I believe in building your Health Retirement Fund through consistent movement, strength training, healthy habits, and realistic fitness strategies that fit real life. For more than 40 years, I’ve helped people improve strength, endurance, mobility, weight control, and long-term wellness through sustainable fitness and healthy living. I personally recommend BODi workout programs because I’ve used them consistently since starting with P90X in 2007, and completing more than 30 Beachbody/BODi programs since then. I continue to run, hike, and strength train 7 days a week while pursuing new “no limits” goals and sharing the strategies that have helped me stay active, healthy, and motivated through decades of consistent training. You can follow my current training and healthy aging journey through my Strava training log, my Running for a Lifetime blog, and the fitness and longevity articles I publish each week.

Featured This Week on Howtobefit.com

Here are a few of the newest articles, resources, communities, and recommendations I'm sharing this week to help you build strength, energy, mobility, and lifelong health.

• Featured Article: Daily Exercises for Healthy Aging
• Featured Category: Mobility & Flexibility
• Featured Resource: Free Healthy Aging Fitness Goals Evaluation
• Featured Community: Take Charge of Your Body for Life
• Coach's Recommendation: Save $60 on the BODi Annual Online Gym Subscription

Follow My Journey

At 75, I continue to run, hike, strength train, and workout 7 days a week. Follow my real-world training, workouts, and healthy aging journey through these resources:

• Running for a Lifetime Blog – See my daily running, hiking, strength, and endurance training logs.
• Daily Training Log on Strava – Follow my current workouts, runs, walks, hikes, and training consistency.
• Polar Heart Rate Training Data – See how I use heart rate training to support fitness, recovery, and longevity.
• YouTube Updates – Videos covering fitness, healthy aging, running, and wellness.

Choose Your Path

The categories below contain the fitness, nutrition, mobility, walking, running, and healthy aging strategies that have helped me stay active and continue pursuing new goals through decades of consistent training. Explore the topics that match your current goals and build your own Health Retirement Fund one step at a time.

Strength Training

Strength training is for building and maintaining lean muscle mass, which is your body’s best defense against aging and injury. It also helps with mobility, which is important for maintaining balance and engaging in everyday activities. I have amassed dozens of strength training posts on my blog to help you to help you to achieve your goals.

Nutrition & Recovery

Nutrition is for fueling your body with nutrient-dense foods to boost energy, improve mental clarity, and support recovery. Ever since doing The Ultimate Reset in 2012, I have been very focused on the importance of nutrition and recovery after workouts. Explore practical nutrition and recovery strategies for energy, longevity, and workout recovery..

Mobility & Flexibility

Mobility and flexibility are so important for maintaining an active and healthy lifetyle. Without them, we are limited to what we can do and our quality of life is diminished. As we age, we have less mobility and flexibility and that is why I have so many posts on my blog to help you in this area. When you visit my blog, make sure to go to the Mobility and Flexibility Category to see the posts.

Walking & Running

Walking and running are two of the most effective lifelong fitness habits for healthy aging, mobility, cardiovascular health, and longevity. I have been running for almost 60 years and I have a wealth of knowledge and experience if you would like to contact me. You can learn more about walking and running by going to the selection of posts on my blog.

Healthy Aging

Aging is inevitable, but how we age is something we can influence through healthy habits, movement, nutrition, strength training, mobility, recovery, and mindset. The "Healthy Aging" category on my blog has dozens of posts to help you stay active and independent. Click here to get started learning and applying what you have learned.

Community

Follow me on How to Be Fit With Rich Dafter Facebook page, on Coach Rich Dafter on Instagram, and join me in my Getting Stronger Together Mighty Network group for more ways to help you reach your goals.

My Recommended Next Steps

You've explored the strategies, resources, and communities on this site. Now it's time to take action. Whether your goal is losing weight, building strength, improving mobility, increasing energy, or supporting healthy aging, having a structured plan makes the journey much easier.

After completing more than 30 Beachbody/BODi programs since 2007, my recommendation is to start with a BODi membership. You'll gain access to guided workouts, nutrition programs, and simple fitness plans that help you build consistency and long-term results from home.

Not sure where to begin? Visit the Start Here page.