And You Are HOW Old?
40 years out of high school I found myself in an exercise class called Bay Area Boot Camp. There I was at 6:30 a.m. on a chilly, rainy morning, jogging laps around a duck pond, avoiding duck poo, while wondering what possessed me to get into this class!
With the rest of the women averaging 28 years old, the coach/teacher too, I was self conscious. But I found they were 100% supportive of my attempts to keep up with the class.
Squat thrust? Jumping rope? Sit ups? Push ups? Me? I haven't jumped rope since I was a little kid! I did not know if I could do it five times let alone for 30 seconds to a minute without stopping! Sure it was challenging at first but I did it. Week in and week out I got better at it, jumping longer without stopping!
Jog a mile? Moi? Walk/jog, yes, but after a few months, I too was jogging a mile. Not fast, as I have never been the fastest runner; au contraire, I have always been the slowest runner in any class I ever took, but jogging a mile was something I hadn't done since I was 25 years old, 30 years ago!
Stepping up onto a bench and down again holding hand weights? Yep, did it!
After the first class I was dead on the couch for hours that night, but it got easier and easier and I got stronger and stronger. The body toned, the muscles tightened, and my body looked slimmer.
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Wouldn't it be nice if you could go to the movies and see a picture as good as the one that's coming soon?
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And you how are old? If you can do what a 21-year-old youth full of vigor can do, then you are 21. Number of years you have lived on earth is "irrelevant" sometimes
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