Showing posts with label exercising into old age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercising into old age. Show all posts

Thursday, August 9, 2012

59 and Still Loving Exercise

Jeanne Sutherland of Memphis was in her 20's and anxious to get in shape when the mother of a friend urged her to just do "something" for 30 minutes each day. "That was so do-able. I wanted to get healthy and shape up. That was a realistic way to begin." It was in early 1970s. Before too long Sutherland was hooked.

"Martha Pipkin was my first teacher. Back in those days (her class) was at Idlewild Presbyterian Church. We would do sit-ups to Martha singing the Lord's prayer."

Monday, May 21, 2012

85-Year-Old-Refuses to Give In


Murray Ginsburg started running for his high-school team and has not stopped exercising daily in more than 70 years.

When he turned 75 and his knees began to give him problems, he stopped jogging and switched to 13-mile-long walks in the surrounding areas of his home in Coral Gables.