{"id":246,"date":"2008-08-24T18:32:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/wordpress\/?p=246"},"modified":"2015-12-02T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T15:42:08","slug":"youre-never-too-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/youre-never-too-old\/","title":{"rendered":"You’re Never Too Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought this BBC article was extremely cool.<\/a><\/p>\n

Exercise classes keep Flo fit at 100.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Flo Harmsworth is a good example of the old adage, “It’s never too late to get fit.” <\/em><\/p>\n

At the age of 90 her doctor prescribed exercise classes to help combat the painful effects of peripheral vascular disease – narrowing of the arteries. <\/em><\/p>\n

Her legs were aching and, despite having a very active life, she was starting to find it too painful to walk. <\/em><\/p>\n

Now a decade later the centenarian is still taking part in the Royal Free Hospital weekly classes and loving them.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Back when we lived in Ohio, I worked out at the gym operated by the City of Kettering Parks and Rec. Dept.\u00a0 The main facility was in the same building as the senior citizens’ center, so it wasn’t unusual to see older people there, too.\u00a0 A couple of standouts were Millie, who – at\u00a084 years old –\u00a0participated in the regular aerobics classes and jogged on the indoor track; and my “boyfriend” Charlie,\u00a0who still lifted weights at 92.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, most of the older folks I chatted with weren’t like Millie and Charlie:\u00a0they were there because of health problems.\u00a0\u00a0Over the years, I heard a lot of\u00a0sad stories about open-heart surgeries and osteoporosis.\u00a0 Several people\u00a0had disabled spouses, and needed to improve their own fitness so they could be better caregivers.\u00a0 As one man\u00a0put it to me: “If only I knew then what I know now.”<\/p>\n

As Flo’s story proves, you’re never\u00a0too old to get into shape…as far as I’m concerned, being in the gym beats the hell out of\u00a0being in a\u00a0wheelchair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought this BBC article was extremely cool. Exercise classes keep Flo fit at 100.\u00a0 Flo Harmsworth is a good example of the old adage, “It’s never too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,28],"tags":[91,610,1854,808,1455],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10135,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/10135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}