Today is another gym day, and I have to say I’m looking forward to it. Since the gyms closed with the pandemic, we have diligently walked several times each week and taken online exercise classes. Nonetheless, when we got back to the gym, we quickly found that we had lost a lot of ground. Through this experience, I’ve learned that, for real fitness, I have to challenge my body in a number of ways. The gym affords me many ways to work out.
But what is physical fitness? I know I have been fit at times of my life when I’ve had a really good gym habit going on, but my parameters of fitness have changed with aging. I can’t do what I did at 38 anymore, but I feel pretty good despite having two new knees that I’m just now learning to use. My 68-year-old body demands that I use lower weights than I once did. Karen reminds me that it’s not the weight that brings strength, but working each muscle to exhaustion. Good advice, Sis!
There is something sacred about a beginning, whether it be the first strains of your favorite song or getting back to a beloved routine. My intention is to get fit, by which I mean different things from what I meant 30 years ago. At this stage of life, I plan to work every muscle group a couple of times a week so that I can get up from the floor, walk a couple of flights of stairs, and put in a full day of activity without as much as thinking about it. What does “fitness” mean to you?
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