pishtosh.

See how polite I'm becoming?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miumxGLk1_8

Oh, "age" isn't your problem?
Oh, OK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb0DeyX3oAA

Don't like weightlifting...icky sweaty old gross gyms, bleeecccch!

Oh. OK. How about rowing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zML2DlAebxg

Don't like being wet, scared and cold? You're much more "refined" than that.

Oh. OK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KRWM0cUsKQ


Use it or lose it. Want to be able to go hiking with your grandkids when you're 80? Then you'd better start moving your body NOW....in your 40's and 50's and 60's and keep it up. Like Winifred says, if you feel a little ache and you settle down in that chair, you might not ever get out of it again.

What's the #1 indicator for confinement in an age (not disease-related recovery) nursing home? What's THE single thing that is shared by folks in those places? Is it cardiovascular...like their blood pressure is too high? No. It's leg strength. They can't stand up and walk. Mobility is everything. So what are you going to do about it, to do everything you can to make sure that is not YOU?

No Excuses.

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