I've been going to write a blog on how discouraging and unmotivating it is to continue hearing the drumbeat of this society as to how the world is ending now that I'm older.
My writing would have just been another pointless venting at how we're programmed to fail so I found this nifty little quote online that pretty well sums up how I feel about getting older or aging or whatever in the hell you want to call our condition.
Enjoy!
"I train people in their 60s who can kick butt," says Robert Reames, a Studio City, Calif.-based Gold's Gym Fitness Institute expert. "If you're a 65-year-old in good shape, you can accomplish what an average 25-year-old can accomplish."
Okay goddammit!
Go kick butt and shut the hell up about getting older:)
Swift Sammy
- Sam
- Windy City, Midwest, United States
- Pssst! That's me in the white hat with my friend Larry. We ran a marathon once in San Diego over 20 years ago in the spring of 1998 and boy was it hard work! Whew! Haven't seen Larry since then so I hope he's okay. Guess he's a former friend. I'm a disturbed farm boy who somehow ended up in journalism and now I'm running from it all. Veteran of 6 marathons, many 5ks, 10ks and roughly a dozen half marathons. Am doing yoga on a daily basis and am a certified yoga teacher. My preference is Vinyasa power yoga. Author of one book "The Addict" which could have been called a diary of a damn fool and am researching my second book as I run and do yoga. Nearly all of my research is done internally, which is the most mysterious place to dwell.
4 comments:
Sam...you are priceless! (and absolutely right!) I'm gettin out of your way!! ;)
As the baby boomers age, it is going to be "cool" to be older. So hang in there!!
Pssst--I just got my AARP card. I'll wear it around my neck at my first Ultra in February!!
Kick butt hard out there!!
Just tellin' it like it is! Love ya!
You said it Sam! I wouldn't go back to 20 for nothing. I'm in better shape now and I'm not so flipping dumb. The world doesn't belong to the dumb and the young! Getting older doesn't have to be so negetive. Hang in there Sam! I've been thinking about you.
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