Retirement Planner: An active, healthy lifestyle is a wise investment

In 1966, I was accepted by the University of Vermont medical school at about the same time Bernie Sanders was arriving in the state. Medical school appealed to me in part because I was a hypochondriac, but I had also paid my dues as an undergraduate having to endure tough courses like organic chemistry, and I couldn't bear to have that ordeal go to waste. As it turned out, I decided to go to the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business instead, so here I am. Be thankful that I'm your retirement planner and not your physician. But as your planner, I can't emphasize enough the importance of good health as a primary ingredient of a successful retirement. It's more important than money.

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Damian J. Sylvia

Retirement Income Solutions

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Retirement: The payoffs of an active lifestyle

Some people are planning ahead for their physical fitness in retirement just like they plan for their financial fitness, says one of the country's top national diet and exercise experts. And that's as it should be, he says.

If you start a few years before retirement, says James Hill, executive director of the the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Aurora, Colo., you'll be ready to go when you do retire; most people can make a lot of progress toward getting in better shape in a matter of a few months.

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Damian Sylvia

Managing Partner

Retirement Income Solutions, LLC