When I was younger I took my ability to move, jump, dance, climb, and everything else for granted.
I’d run up the stairs in my house. In fact, the house I owned in my 40s and 50s, and 60s was a tri-level. None of the stairs had banksters. I ran up and down them never thinking about this.
In my 70s, I had to retrain myself to hold on when walking up and down stairs. In fact, my house is now one level. No stairs. So when I do climb stairs my leg muscles know it.
This past Christmas I went to wrap presents sitting on the floor. I moved about trying to get comfortable and realized it wasn’t going to happen. So I tried to get up. And the word is tried. It took several minutes and I realized I wasn’t going to get up without leaning on the coffee table. When did this th happen? I used to just pop up!
So, the little things that I used to do without thinking I now have to think about. I also have started doing more exercises like getting up and down in a chair without using my hands. It helps.
As I get older things change. I’ve slowed down but if I stop, the saying goes if you don’t use it you will lose it. So I make sure every day I do workouts to keep my body as fluid as I can.
It’s challenging. Sometimes it’s painful. But I want to make sure I stay active in my senior years so I do what I need to do to stay in shape.
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