You're Never Too Old!

Today at the fitness center I was talking to a member when an old friend of his walked up. They hadn't seen each other in a while, and one said, "You're still working out!"

The other man answered, "I'm too old to quit exercising!" 

That phrase just about knocked me over due to the power of it's hidden wisdom. So many people think just the opposite of that. They think that once they reach a certain age, exercise is a lost cause. Certainly exercise can't help them at their age, they think.

Wrong!

Exercise can help at any age. In fact, I would even say that the older you get, the more important exercise is. As you get older and the activity of daily life decreases, it becomes necessary to schedule regimented movement (we call that exercise).

The same can be said for balance. The older you get, the less you use your balance. But that disuse allows your sense of balance to deteriorate. That is why it's so important to do exercises to improve balance after age 60.

Then when you're doing your balance exercises and someone asks you why you do them, just tell them you're too old not to.