over 55 and in shape?

[Ann1964]

I just turned 50 in June & this thread is so motivating.

[suzy]

Originally Posted by Alta-tude

I look in the mirror and say, "That's my mother's face!!!"

I haven't been able to see my face in the mirror for a while now. My mother won't move out of my way!

[bjones]

Another 57 year old here! Quite a popular age on the forum! I've always been very active-when younger it was tennis, swimming, roller skating, skiing, hiking-mostly outdoor stuff. I got into videos when I was working from 7am to 7pm and it was too dark to do anything outside. I started with Cathe and the Firm and haven't looked back since!
I too have had to introduce a lot of physical therapy maintenance work into my daily routines. Just comes with age I guess. I do Cathe heavy wts (and boy do I have some muscles underneath the fat layer) and her HIIT routines, but I rest way longer between intervals than she does. I like HIT because the hi impact is so short it doesn't bother my joints the way steady state high impact did. I also do yoga twice a week and walk daily. Swim 3 days a week, but that is my Zen workout not really exercise. Just relax in the water and swim very slowly. Love it! I've cut back on step because its hurting my feet and stiffening up my knees and hips. I was having to foam roll and tennis ball roll out trigger points constantly. Still love kickboxing and that really loosens up my hips wonderfully.
Beth

[FirmDeb]

Love this thread. I'm 49 so reading all of the posts here have been very inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

[mizach]

I love this thread!

[videofit]

I didn't even start exercising until I was in my early 40s, thanks to the Firm. At the time, I had Volume 1 and after five minutes, I was panting and sweating and thinking, man, I am really working hard, this is great! Then Susan Harris said, "Now that we've finished the warmup..."

That was my wakeup call!

[dianestjohn]

Originally Posted by videofit

I didn't even start exercising until I was in my early 40s, thanks to the Firm. At the time, I had Volume 1 and after five minutes, I was panting and sweating and thinking, man, I am really working hard, this is great! Then Susan Harris said, "Now that we've finished the warmup..."

That was my wakeup call!

LOL!!! That's happened to me with so many videos, notably barre workouts where they call the part where your arms are worked so hard they are about to fall off, the "warmup"... also in many kundalini workouts, there's a "warmup" set before we get to the "third chakra kriya", or whatever, and after the warmup set I realllllyyy just want to rest in child's pose for the duration. Mantra Girl, I'm looking at you and your "beginner's" workout

[Vintage VFer]

Originally Posted by bjones

Another 57 year old here! Quite a popular age on the forum!

There are plenty of folks over 55 here. Check out my recent Age Poll:

http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=203686

[rad]

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[Vintage VFer]

Originally Posted by rad

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Rad, your posts are always too long.