04-23-16, 08:25 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: West of Chicago in the Illinois Corn Belt
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If you live or go to the big cities where many older folks live in apts with stairs, no elevators and how fit they are. You see them walking to grocery stores and coming back with bags of groceries and climbing back up those stairs. Many have dogs and you can see them out there 2-4x a day walking the dogs and then back up and down the stairs. My brother lived in Chicago and in his neighborhood there were many older people with this life style. They walk everywhere, carry their bags, climb their stairs, walk their dogs in all kinds of Chicago weather. I have a friend whose folks are in their 90's. They live in the city, walk everywhere, climb stairs, carry bags. I agree that fitness has no age limit. I know folks in their 80's who are more fit than folks in their 30's and this is mostly due to overall lifestyle choices.
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04-23-16, 11:48 AM | ||
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Location: New York City
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04-23-16, 12:11 PM | |
Join Date: Apr 2006
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No disrespect to Margaret Richard, but if the AARP were to add a regular fitness feature, I personally would prefer that they pick a consultant who is both a certified trainer and a licensed physical therapist to write the column and produce videos. Whether we like it or not, as we age our bodies don't always function the way they did when we were younger. A physical therapist is more likely to have a broader range of knowledge regarding what adaptations need to be made.
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04-23-16, 08:13 PM | ||
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I'd love to see Margaret star in the videos. Perfect casting! She'd help with the choreography and be the face (body?) of AARP fitness, appearing on talk shows and at those wellness conventions they have everywhere.
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04-24-16, 05:27 AM | ||
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: I love that dirty water...
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I was watching that HGTV show Fixer Upper last week, and one young family with two kids stipulated they wanted a one-story house because they didn't want to have to deal with stairs. They had two very young children, but you can buy baby gates! Good grief. They were only in their 30's! I hate to sound all judgey, and I get that it's a tough season of life... but wow, it just blew me away that these people were limiting their house search because they didn't want to climb stairs. Anyway, as for Margaret, it sounds to me like she's just promoting herself and looking for a job. I don't know that criticizing an organization is the best way to go about getting hired, but hey, girl's got to make a living. |
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04-24-16, 07:53 AM | |
Join Date: Sep 2008
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I don't think Margaret Richard is looking for a job!
As an instructor who is still doing tough workouts as she approaches 70 but is concerned about joint heath she just expects something better from AARP than that stupid 15 minute workout that uses jumping jacks as a warm up. There are so many great moves out there why include burpees in a workout designed to keep older folks from atrophy? Have you guys even watched the workout? I think her point is, is that the best a huge organization for retired people can come up with? Is that all the attention they think physical fitness deserves? |
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ETA - Thanks for providing the email address for the CEO at AARP. I'll be sending my own email expressing my opinion as an AARP member and will be sure to include my membership number. |
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aarp, aging, cane fu, ernestine shepherd, margaret richard, margaret richard rotation, national institute aging, senior exercise |
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