Gravity Fx Fitness

Are you training for anything specific?  Someone asked me this yesterday as they saw me dragging some of my equipment to the abandoned tennis court where I like to get some outdoor workouts.

“I’m just an old guy trying to stay young,”  I replied.  Specifically, I want to feel youthful, energetic, and strong for as long as I live – and the way that I do that is by working intensely with full body movements.

This keeps my lean muscle tissue at a decent level and thus, my metabolism elevated.  I also focus on flexibility and mobility work to keep my joints healthy and minimize the risk of injury.

There are no guarantees in life but you can be sure if you don’t “work at living,” as Jack LaLanne says, you will probably feel old and rundown no matter what your chronological age.  I’ve had my share of injuries from playing sports and lifting weights with poor posture, but I got to admit, I feel no different physically than I did 15 years ago, and I’m in my 40’s.

So what did I do yesterday to “train for a lifetime?”  I did some more rope work, after some stretching and warmup with the resistance bands.  I also did some stair climbing with the sandbags and some kettlebell swings.

I’ve also been doing plenty of upper body stability work to help keep my chronic shoulder injuries from acting up…. and its working!  Bottom line – there are some things out of your control, but if you don’t work at staying young, you give up your say in the matter.

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