New video! Today I’m sharing what happened when I started the gym at 58 after a 15-year break… Plus what I’ve learned about working out and building strength after 50!
Have you tried something new later in life, or have you been thinking about trying a new hobby, sport or taking a solo trip? Don’t let your age hold you back! I am always here to cheer you on with my pom poms!
Have a fabulous day!
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Diane in Denmark
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Add Yours →Thanks! Always a wonderful place to go for inspiration and information. I looked forward to hearing from you today
Very inspiring. I’m 75 and have been away from the gym for about a year. Head foot surgery a month ago, and so now I’m chomping at the bits to get back into the gym as soon as the doc says I can. Being immobile for a few weeks has seemed like a lifetime and now I really feel soft and out of shape.
Thank you! This was inspiring! I have a problem with my hand and I’ve been trying to find a class where they adapt the movements for me. Now I found one starting in May! Can”t wait!
Brava you, Diane, for making the most out of your gym experience. The neighborhood YMCA* is my happy place, and at 70 years old, I’m still adding weights to the leg press and working to develop speed on the treadmill. It is NEVER too late! And one of my favorite expressions is: If you hate starting over, stop quitting! Just go, have fun, and stay healthy.
As I start this new decade, I want to explore even more new adventures: a fun book club or writers group, another trip to Japan, more time with my sweet grandchildren. I’m still too young to slow down now. Cheers!
*Readers in the US probably know that many health care policies pay the monthly membership fees for seniors to join the Y. It’s a free pass for lifetime fitness! That and my library card make my heart and my wallet sing. 😍
At seventy-one, I’ve been back in the gym for almost two years. My main goal is functional fitness at this point. I have old injuries from my military service along with advanced arthritis. In my late fifties, still working as a civilian, I was morbidly obese and stressed as I worked and helped my elderly parents. At sixty-two, after retiring but still caring for them I lost 100 pounds and worked out at home.
When I returned to the gym I spent the first six months at a seniors gym, as I was a senior with lots of hanging skin and felt embarrassed to enter a ‘real’ gym along with wanting to be safe. I moved to a ‘real’ gym and was interested in senior classes there, but started working with a trainer instead. I work primarily with weights to improve my overall strength and resilience, in exercises that work around my old injuries and bone-on-bone knees. Nobody bats an eye at my hanging skin; we’re all there doing our own thing. I’ll be working out for as long as I’m able. I feel better in my body and my soul.
Diane you always hit the point !
I used to go to the gym but was finding it more and more difficult to stand the loud music in my ears. (Menopausal tinnitus ? )
I switched it for small classes of Pilates instead (8 people max) and that was game changing.
Now… downsizing is also on the menu and in order to prepare our place to be sold, I was wondering what to do with my wedding dress too !!
I can’t wait to hear ideas about that in your next video !
I am doing my physio exercises after breaking my hip, and being careful to not overdo it! It’s been good!
Hi Diane, daily push ups and after 8 weeks my back and neck pain was gone. We are strong girls 🙂
I took up horseback riding at age 60!
I started back at the gym last year at 69 after not going for 10 years and I love it. Am 70 now and can do more full push ups and planks than women half my age. Strength training is my priority and I have done 1-1 and small group personal training sessions. Its been a blast. You owe it to yourself to stay strong!!
I know what it’s like to start a new gym- I walked to my local gym back in 1999 and was the only female surrounded by big bulky body builders. Talk about feeling intimidated! I almost turned around and walked home- but the owner quickly reassured me and got me on a plan suited just for my size. Before long, I was a regular on a first name basis and was one of the guys 🤓 Today, my weights are at home and I’m able to do 36 full body pushups a day💪 I’m not afraid of gyms or weights- but I could NEVER do what Diane does… It takes far more courage and bravery to put myself on a You Tube video and allow the world to see inside my private home… That terrifies me!!! 😱 Elizabeth🩷
We’re never too old to work out, just watch your joints and don’t do anything extreme. Warm up well and stretch afterwards. My workouts are as much for my mental wellbeing as they are for my physical health 😊
I’m 72 and joined a gym for strength training classes 14 months ago for the first time in my life. I can barely believe it myself. I had lost a lot of weight with The Fasting Method people and that gave me confidence. I’m having to limit fasting some so I get enough protein to build muscle. This has been a new and wonderful experience. Diane, you are lucky to have so many choices at your gym. It’s not the same in my small town. I do the same class all the time, but they change up the exercises so frequently I have a hard time remembering them. I do wish we had yoga classes. But I love it!