| Word count: 623 | | | | certificate and the swearingto secrecy of all |
| Character width: 60 | | | | people who have ever seen it. |
| Resource box: 6 lines + web link to | | | | But the second age, the biological one offers each |
| "theseniorslife.com" | | | | of us theopportunity to alter it. It lies within our |
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| Senior Physical Fitness Is A Piece Of Cake | | | | wish. |
| - by Raymond Angus | | | | We can cloak it by covering our outward |
| © Raymond Angus - All Rights Reserved | | | | appearance with anentire panorama of cosmetics, |
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| Senior Physical Fitness has become the yardstick | | | | Or we can mold it and literally reshape it by |
| today bywhich people measure the quality of life. | | | | affecting itsinitial structure and performance. |
| The buzz wordcurrently making the rounds of | | | | The cosmetic approach will require only money |
| many weight training gyms is | | | | and some trialand error. But the remolding of our |
| "no pain…no gain." | | | | true appearance willtake effort, persistence and |
| Obviously, this means that in order to earn the | | | | determination. The effect ofthe latter approach |
| maximumbenefit from any senior exercise | | | | will throw open the gateway to amarvelous new |
| program one has to performenough repetitions to | | | | life style. |
| stress a muscle to exhaustion. | | | | Have you ever met someone whose chronological |
| Is that a fact? Is that the only way to do it? Has | | | | age you knew,but were surprised, perhaps even |
| scienceestablished this protocol beyond the | | | | amazed, at their physicalappearance and conduct? |
| shadow of a doubt? Isit true that if a physical | | | | If you were asked to venture aguess about their |
| fitness workout doesn't createaches and soreness | | | | calendar age you might be wrong by twentyor |
| in your body then the exercises aren'tdoing you | | | | even thirty years. |
| any good? | | | | This could be you in a relatively short period of |
| Behold the real truth! | | | | time. |
| That is a falsehood ballyhooed by the owners of | | | | Three simple steps will lead you there. |
| gyms andspread around by workout equipment | | | | 1. Select the weight you want to achieve and |
| salesmen. A moderatesenior exercise program is | | | | create thedaily meals you need to eat to get you |
| the way to go! If you are asenior citizen beyond | | | | there. Be practicaland realistic about it. Give |
| the hallowed fifty year age, pain isnot the | | | | yourself several months toattain it. Remember, |
| threshold beyond which lies the utopia of | | | | you're changing your life! Do someresearch on |
| physicalfitness. | | | | preparing meals and make it fun doing so! |
| Modern, medical science has demonstrated that | | | | 2. Increase your activities each day. Walk around |
| moderatephysical exercise is the desirable criteria. | | | | the blockonce in the morning if that's all you can |
| A regularregimen of physical exercise, practiced | | | | do, but do iteveryday. Devote a half hour daily to |
| on a consistentschedule over an extended period | | | | your new physicalfitness program. Make it simple |
| of time will yieldwonderous results. | | | | and avoid anything painful. |
| Why? | | | | 3. Check your weight on the scale once a week, |
| Because each of us is the sum total of two very | | | | no more oftenthan that. |
| differentages of life. One is our chronological age, | | | | Plan a simple senior physical fitness program for |
| and the otheris our biological age. The two of | | | | yourpersonal well being. Follow it faithfully. Make it |
| them very rarelycoincide. | | | | yournew way of living. Don't compare yourself |
| The first of our ages, the chronological one, is | | | | with anyone elsein the world. It's your own quality |
| literallycarved in stone. We have one single birth | | | | of life…make it the wayyou want it to be. |
| date apiece andit is unchanging. The only action | | | | Visualize the new physically fit you, and go for it! |
| that will alter it is theburning, or loss of our birth | | | | |