Tuesday, July 28, 2015

KEEPING TRIM AND FIT..... PAYS OFF

FOR  THE  SUMMER  I'M  IN  MY  TRAILER  IN  A  FRIEND'S  YARD,  IN  THE  LITTLE  TOWN  NEXT  TO  CALGARY  CALLED  COCHRANE.

SO  FOR  THE  SUMMER  I'M  SWIMMING  AT  THE  COCHRANE   INDOOR  POOL  -  25  METRES    LONG.

TUESDAY [TODAY]  IT  IS  "SENIOR"  [65  PLUS]  SWIM  FROM  NOON  TO  1  PM.

I  HAD  JUST  DONE  A  FAST  BREAST-STROKE  SWIM  OF  ONE  LENGTH;  STOPPING  AT  THE  SHALLOW  END.  THIS  LADY  I'D  NEVER  SEEN  BEFORE,  AND  HER  NEVER  SEEING  ME,  SAID,  "WOW,  YOU  SWIM  LIKE  A  40  YEAR  OLD!"

I  REPLIED,  "WELL  THANKS,  I  WAS  THE  HIGH  SCHOOL  BREAK-STROKE  CHAMPION;  AND  I  KEEP    MYSELF  FIT."

"OH,  SO  YOU'RE  NOT  GOOD  AT  THE  CRAWL  STROKE?"

"NO,  NEVER  WAS  GOOD  AT  IT"  WAS  MY  REPLY.

SHE  SMILED..... THE  CRAWL  STROKE  WAS  HER  STROKE,  AND  THE  WAY  SHE  DID  IT,  I'D  BET  SHE  WAS  SUPER  FAST  IN  HER  TEENS  AND  20s.

SO  KEEPING  TRIM  AND  REGULAR,  VARIOUS  EXERCISES,  GIVING  YOURSELF  VARIETY,  PAYS  OFF.

NOW  I  DO  HAVE  TO  WORK  AT  KEEPING  TRIM,  KEEPING  WEIGHT  OFF;  THEY  SAY  FOR  MOST  PEOPLE  65  AND  OVER  THAT  IS  THE  CASE.... WORKING  AT  IT,  AS  THE  OLDER  WE  GET  THE  EASIER  IT  IS  TO  PUT  ON  WEIGHT.  AND  PROBABLY  SO  TO  SOME  DEGREE,  BECAUSE  OLDER  PEOPLE  DO  NOT  EXERCISE   ENOUGH AND  WATCH  THEIR  DIET,  SO  ON  GO  THE  POUNDS.

YES  FOR  MOST  OVER  65  IT  DOES  TAKE  A  CONCERTED  EFFORT  TO  KEEP  TRIM  AND  BE  FIT.

BUT  IT  IS  SURE  WORTH  THE  EFFORT;  I  JUST  DO  NOT  THINK  OF  MYSELF  AS  "OLD."
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