Birthday Milestones - Celebration or Dread!

I don't like getting old - but it beats the alternative !
 
Turning 18 is usually celebration time!  Turning 21 - it's time to roll out the barrel and  have a barrel of fun!  
   What about some the more ancient celebrations?  Sometimes the jubilation is less and the feeling of advancing age and pending mortality takes the edge off of the birthday party mood. You can say 40 is the new 30 or 50 is the new 40, but do we really fall for that line of positive spin?
   However, there may be a plus side to this ageing business. Birthday milestones may prompt lifestyle changes regarding physical fitness! When someone realizes that they have reached a certain numerical milestone and fear being worn out and decrepit, they just might seek out a Fitness Trainer. A Fitness Trainer with knowledge of the nuances of physiological ageing will have an advantage over some barely certified or non certified muscle head calling themselves a Fitness Trainer. People want to feel young again.  They want to believe that you can guide them to the warm waters of the Fountain of Youth.

   Skeptics will say that you can't turn back the years. Ageing is an irreversible force. There is a certain point at which the human organism stops improving and begins an inevitable descent. Certain chemicals and hormones produced by the body begin to decline taking the various interacting physiological systems down the slide to immobility, incontinence, disrepair and dysfunction.
   Sure that happens. It is also true that a knowledgeable Fitness Trainer can prolong the physical quality of life in an active individual. A skilled Fitness Trainer can even IMPROVE the the fitness, mobility and well-being of a sedentary time wary client!  This may not be the Fountain of Youth but can a Sprinkling Mist of Youth be so bad?

 Keep in mind the following points:

• People that have been sedentary can actually show great improvements in fitness - even more than those who have always been active. 
• Aging clients who always been inactive will lack the 'muscle memory' of those who were quite active at one time. They may be tentative at first.  Fitness Trainers will need to spend special time and care on exercise technique with them. 
•  Warm ups and cool downs should be important parameters of the exercise program.
• Functional flexibility and postural exercise should be emphasized with such aging clients.

   As for your own concerns about the ticking clock - helping your clients succeed in achieving their fitness goals will keep you feeling young.  After all,  isn't it it about time someone took a serious crack at Methuselah's longevity record? We are competitive beings, are we not?

In the words of New York Jets Super Bowl champion and legendary football quarterback Joe Namath

"I can't wait until tomorrow because I get better looking every day!" 

Until Next Time,..........Keep Fit

Little Bobby Strong

I think this most recent one was number 29...or was it?
I can't remember ! 

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