At the gym the other day I decided to ask a friend how old she was, I didn't think she would mind. She said she was 69. I told her she would be my inspiration (now that I am 56) to keep going. She said there are a lot of people her age at the gym. She will just keep on going and of course limit things to what she can reasonably do.
In my exercise class the same day, this lady was talking to a friend and turned away to reclaim her spot. 'Oops, I just tripped on a flat floor' she observed incredulously. I thought that was funny, middle-aged humour if you will. Then afterward I was on the treadmill doing a bit of a cool down, and spoke to another friend in her sixties. I told her she was lucky she decided not to attend the aerobics class that morning. It was a particularly brutal session with all these 'burpee' jumping movements. She said 'I think they are trying to get rid of us older people'...and I had to laugh. They always give us options we can take on the harder moves and of course you just do what you can.
In my exercise class the same day, this lady was talking to a friend and turned away to reclaim her spot. 'Oops, I just tripped on a flat floor' she observed incredulously. I thought that was funny, middle-aged humour if you will. Then afterward I was on the treadmill doing a bit of a cool down, and spoke to another friend in her sixties. I told her she was lucky she decided not to attend the aerobics class that morning. It was a particularly brutal session with all these 'burpee' jumping movements. She said 'I think they are trying to get rid of us older people'...and I had to laugh. They always give us options we can take on the harder moves and of course you just do what you can.
