Exercise and Age

Over the years of being in the fitness industry one frequently hears the age excuse from a multitude of people from all age groups. I am always intrigued when I hear men and women say “Well I am over 30, 35, now so I can’t do the same things I used to do when I was 18”.
Of course I will hear from the Older Generation “I am too old to exercise I am over 60 so it’s too late for me now, or the classic “You can’t build muscle once you are over 50 so what’s the point”. Well the point is all of those statements are dead wrong, incorrect, absolutely, positively wrong; did you get the point there?
I will give you a real life example of someone who lives right here in Sunny Isles.
I started training a gentleman back in 1992; he was one of my first clients upon moving to Florida, he was recently retired at age 60 and wanted to start working out.
We trained 3 times per week for 45 minutes per session and then worked our way up to 60 minutes per session. He was diligent, consistent and rarely missed his appointments unless he was going fishing in Costa Rica or Skiing in Colorado.
After 6 months of training year he came back from a fishing trip and gave me a $50 tip when I asked why he said on the trip he outlasted all his friends when fishing. After 1 year he came back from his ski trip and gave me a $100 tip again I asked why and he told me he out skied the son’s friends and the son who were half his age, when they tired he kept going.
After 2 years he came back from a stress test for a new insurance policy he was getting and gave me $500 tip, when asked about this wonderful gift, he told me the doctors were so amazed at his conditioning at his age that they called other doctors to read the results and recommend he receive a discount on his policy because his health was that of a 40 year healthy male, not a 62 year old.
This man is no different than the average citizen walking around but had decided he wanted to improve his health and fitness level.
He had thought there would be no results for him, he thought he was too old but wanted to try. I told him simply this “If you think you are too old than you are, because the mind controls the body”.
Regular people through a series of fun, work, play, and shifting of thoughts can improve or become healthy fit people both physically and mentally, that is what I and my team of trainers do at PerFit, Personal Fitness Center. When you are ready come see me, that is, of course if you are not too old.