07-11-14, 03:15 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: So. California
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60 years old here 2 years until Social Security
I do hardcore workouts most of the time. I'm on Block 3 of Body Beast right now. I do a lot of Cathe (weights and cardio), Turbofire/Kick, Combat. I also do Cathe and Toby Massenburg step. Love Ignite. I love heavy lifting and seem to have better results with that then low weight/high reps. I'm getting more into Fusion type stuff. love my new PiYo set and Michelle's BodyFit 360 is the bomb (to quote my granddaughter) the last few months I have gotten into Barre also. I workout 7 days a week. Rest days make my crazy. I take one a month. I get comments all the time on how in shape I am. Love it! I can't imagine myself not working out. It's in my DNA. My mom did Jack LaLane when I was little. I remember coming home from school and she would be doing hydrants or leg lifts in the living room. She said I would "workout' with her when I was 3.
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07-11-14, 06:41 PM | |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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please share how it managed to go away! and anyone else with that experience!
i'm 51, but pretty much do what y'all are doing (tons of walking, N.E.A.T movement, yoga, instant meditation). i'm realizing how yoga has had such a positive impact on my well being.
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07-11-14, 06:57 PM | |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Another long time lurker of vf that turned 56 this year. I do 10 mile and half marathon races and thank goodness I have no joint issues! Even though BAD knees run in my family. I work out consistently at the gym (spin, yoga, ART method), at home with Cathe. I started yoga a year ago and ART 6 mons. ago and that was the fine tuning I needed to do for more flexibility and increased strength. The core and back strength I get from doing those 2, have made me stronger and able to do more difficult workouts easily. And I gained 10 lbs during menopause and no matter what I did, could not get rid of it. And then a year later, I weighed what I did before I had 5 kids. It was the weirdest thing. Apparently it was the same for my mother because she kept saying just wait a year. I LOVE that there are so many women around my age able to be so fit and active!
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07-11-14, 08:50 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northern California
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in shape at 58
I am 58 and love working out. Can't do alot of high impact or running, but do strength training, walking and cardio. Should do more stretching or yoga. I weigh less than when I was a teenager and enjoy feeling strong. Almost every woman I know my age doesn't exercise on a regular basis. Hopefully, I can keep on keeping on for a long time. No injuries, just occasionally sore joints. Arthritis runs in the family, but I'm not going to be a couch potato like my mother!
One thing I stopped doing is looking in the mirror and comparing my arms or thighs to when I was younger. Now I say "pretty good for 58". This body has birthed 3 children and had other things, surgeries, etc. I am grateful for my healthy body and will work at keeping it that way. Amy |
07-11-14, 11:06 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
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My sister is 56 and Crossfits with me. She kicks my butt in running, but I outlift her.
She has gotten her squat from 100lbs to 150lbs, her deadlifts from 100lbs to 175lbs. She didn't start Crossfit until she was 55.
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07-12-14, 01:18 AM | |
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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I've enjoyed reading this thread!
I'm 58 and I usually work out 6 days a week. I love strength training, Ballet Beautiful, Classical Stretch/Essentrics (and other stretching dvds), barre, and some of Tracy Anderson's workouts. I lift weights 2-3 times a week, usually using Jari's Ripped & Chiseled and Margaret's Sculpture. Lately I've been exploring yoga. I'd rather take a beating than to do intense cardio. I wish I loved intense cardio but I don't. |
07-12-14, 07:54 AM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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I find it interesting that some people feel working out is just a normal part of life and others probably never even consider it. As someone else said, other than VFers, I don't know anyone that works out on a regular basis. Wait, one person.
I've been working out since high school. I don't know what got me started. I had my morning routine of donkey kicks, scissors, sit-ups, etc. On the other hand, my sister is 2 years younger and has never worked out a day in her life - that I know of. My friends don't get why I'd go on girl trips to work out (Cathe trips, Firm trips, fitness conferences). That type of stuff just isn't on their radar. Not that there's anything wrong with that. As I said, I don't know how it happened, but I'm so glad I somehow got started on this path. |
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