No One is Getting Too Old for This

(warning, possible rant ahead)
I guess the next "big thing" for fitness is body weight training.  yee haa.  whatev.  I read comments on articles about fitness, and how "us older people can't do these things" or how "Senior Stretch" is the perfect class for them.

I'm going to tell you something kind of harsh, kids: it ain't the years, it's the lack of miles!!!  As soon as you tell yourself you can't do something, guess what? you won't be able to do it!  Many seniors (and normal middle aged folk, too for that matter!) tell themselves they can't lift heavy things, that they can't so a squat, that they can't function on a healthier level.

Bullshit.

Don't take it all at once, start small, but push yourself at regular intervals!  Make yourself grow, or you won't grow.  The opposite of growth is stagnation, and stagnation leads to failure and failing health.  What did you do today? did you challenge yourself?  or did you simply get by?  Are you letting life walk on you, or are you walking with life, and guiding it?

When I work with people, I need to be gentler with my seniors on these subjects, as they are a different generation, but that's only an excuse for a very small slice of our population pie chart. 

Everyone else?  Are you going to let the GOONS tell you how to live? Are you going to sit back and let life happen to you?  Do something, even if today it is very little, tomorrow can be more, and likely will be.  It's the difference between surviving and living.  An incredibly wise man I know once said, do something, even if it may be the wrong thing, because it's better than doing nothing.  If you're doing it wrong, get help, ask questions, learn how to get it right.

I'm probably one of the most broken trainers on the face of the planet, and I get told that maybe I'm too old for some of this stuff.  I know what happens when people stop.  I've seen it.  So I'll take my rickety knees and hips, rotten feet and shoulders like glass and take them to go move.  Maybe I'll do some body weight training, it's part of my routine already, there's a challenge today, and I think I'm up for it.