In 1990, Jim Palmer was accorded baseball’s highest honor by his election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He received 92.6% of the 444 ballots cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Of the eight pitchers elected in their first year of eligibility, he received the third highest percentage of votes. Jim Palmer is the only American League Hall of Fame pitcher to win the Cy Young Award three times as well as four Gold Glove Awards. A powerful persona in sports, Jim maintains a strong presence off the playing field through a variety of business, charity and personal interests.

Trevor W. Pryce (born August 3, 1975 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets in the National Football League. Pryce played college football at the University of Michigan before transferring to Clemson University. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round (28th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

Before there was Zumba, Tae Bo, Spinning or even Step Aerobics, fitness video pioneer Cathe Friedrich recognized the need to provide a simple, flexible, affordable and motivating way for Americans to exercise and stay fit. Nearly thirty years and over 170 DVDs later, thousands of people have credited Cathe Friedrich for helping them to transform their bodies and their lives with her videos and TV appearances.

Pharmacists have become a very important part of the most sophisticated health care team ever assembled. Of course, they still prepare medicine to fill your prescriptions. But Pharmacist Butch Henderson is a great example of how today’s pharmacists are doing much more. They will council you on how to use your medicine correctly, they help prevent overdoses and dangerous drug interactions by tracking the amounts and combination of drugs you may be taking and some pharmacists are even educating people on how to incorporate essential vitamins, nutrients and supplements into their daily regimen to achieve a healthier lifestyle.

Think about it when you get into your forties and fifties – there’s such a strong emphasis in our country about getting prepared for retirement. I like to call them “freedom years.” But how about the lifestyle changes we all need to make to stay healthy and fit? I know many folks who get into their fifties and look in the mirror and they aren’t sure who they’re looking at because they’ve gotten so out of shape! how to bring balance into your boomer years and beyond is this week’s YOUR LIFE STORY.