Today's blog post is dedicated to my sixty-something good friend (you know who you are) who confessed that since taking on a few house sitting jobs with added dog walking chores, her endurance has increased amazingly. ;->
We used to think loss of mobility was an unavoidable side-effect of aging. Look again at today's actors, singers, dancers and other public personalities who look better in their fifties-sixties and yes, seventies, than most of us did in our thirties-forties.
What's up with this? Don't they know they are supposed to get old??
Research shows that immobility increases with - well - not moving. A sedentary life style leads to immobility. Who knew?
Which came first, the immobility or the sedentary lifestyle? Are you sentencing yourself to life in a chair by choosing to spend too much time there?
More importantly, how late is too late to reverse the curse of years or (oh my!) decades of sedentary living?
There is an old joke I'm sure you have heard...
A poignant New York Times article explores the issues and comes up with good news.
Please take a look... (Just click on the title.) And I hope you will come back here to post your thoughts.
We used to think loss of mobility was an unavoidable side-effect of aging. Look again at today's actors, singers, dancers and other public personalities who look better in their fifties-sixties and yes, seventies, than most of us did in our thirties-forties.
What's up with this? Don't they know they are supposed to get old??
Research shows that immobility increases with - well - not moving. A sedentary life style leads to immobility. Who knew?
Which came first, the immobility or the sedentary lifestyle? Are you sentencing yourself to life in a chair by choosing to spend too much time there?
More importantly, how late is too late to reverse the curse of years or (oh my!) decades of sedentary living?
There is an old joke I'm sure you have heard...
Patient: Dr., Dr., It hurts when I do this! (Moving arm about.)If a sedentary lifestyle is what is robbing you of your mobility I heartily suggest you "don't do that."
Dr.: So, Don't do that.
A poignant New York Times article explores the issues and comes up with good news.
Please take a look... (Just click on the title.) And I hope you will come back here to post your thoughts.
Personal BestResearchers find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought.
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