To age or not to age?

Our bodies want to move and have strong muscles.

- Arielle Giordano

Did you know that every day, no matter what our current health status, we have a clear choice: we can grow older or we can grow younger. The truth is that, yes, in terms of linear time we all grow “older” every day. But we absolutely have a choice in the “relative” age of our bones, muscles, internal organs, and skin.

You get to decide if you want to spend your days feeling vital, energetic, healthy, and joyful. It’s up to you whether you use your body to exercise, dance, travel, and play in life. Or, you can be confined by joint and back pain, have limited mobility, and lack physical strength—all of which can keep you sitting on the sidelines watching others do what you wish you could do again.

Did you know that after age 35 our muscle cells begin a slow process of dying unless we exercise? Without exercise, a negative chain reaction starts with energy loss, less activity, cell loss, and muscle loss. Suddenly, before our very eyes, we develop the attributes of an “old” person! We find ourselves not being able to do the things we used to do so easily.