Jopuy
Joined: 17 Jun 2014
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 Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:14 am Post subject: Fitness in Your Fifties |
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Wouldn't it be great to be fit again? Wouldn't it be great if 50 really was the new 30? We read and hear this mantra all over the media - newspapers, glossy magazines, and on every TV interview show and "lifestyle" special. The usual celebrity suspects are trotted out to "oohs" and "aahs" of the studio audience. And, these 50-plus celebs really do look terrific. But then you look in the mirror and the air goes out of the balloon. Whatever you see, it's not the "new 30". Possibly not even the "new 50".
And yet, don't we really want to have a body that looks great and feels great ? to have the energy, the vigor, the vibrancy we had 25 years ago. Don't you look in the mirror and think, "Who is that person? That's not what I really look like, that's not who I really am." Right there, that's the disconnect.
Your self-image is probably how you remember yourself when you were 25 or so, somewhere between 20 and 30. But years have passed, stuff has happened, and gravity, lack of attention, and too many pints of ice cream have dulled your edges, Pure Fitness Singapore, and taken the spring out of your step.
You could put all this together being out of shape and overweight, the decreases in flexibility and stretchability, having health issues, and the cumulative effects of old injuries and you could be pretty discouraged. You could think, "There's too much to overcome. I'll never get anywhere, so why even bother." Or, like so many of us, every few years or so you join a gym, maybe even begin training for a few weeks, and then stop, pulled down by your own inertia, lack of support, and lack of practical guidance.
It just seems like too big a mountain to climb. You think, "I'll never lose 20 pounds." Or maybe, you've lost weight before, have paid the price in time and discipline, and then slowly, gradually, all the weight you took off came back, often with a few extra pounds on top. So you "know" it's all a game you can never hope to win. We give up on ourselves, and as each year passes a little more weight gets added on, and every few years we have to let out another notch in our belts or even buy bigger belts. That is very discouraging.
Or, you get really motivated. Like Howard Beale, the crazy TV anchorman in the classic movie Network, you think, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." But instead of screaming these words out an open window, as Beale advocates to his millions of listeners, you decide to start running. Getting in shape is your new mantra, and you buy new running shoes, shorts, and a tank-top, and go run three miles. Only the last time you did any running was five years ago, and you spend the next two weeks recovering from a pulled hamstring or calf muscle. |
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