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03-03-19, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kansas City
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This old lady is doing pretty well!!
So I was at work Saturday and it has been super busy and we got a little squirrelly and somehow, don't ask me how, I found myself on the floor next to a coworker in her 20s, having a pushup contest.
Now, I am no pushup superhero by any means. I did the 100 pushups challenge once and got to 61 on my toes. But that was in a galaxy long ago and far away. Now I'm lucky to be able to do 16 on my knees (although I go deep and my form is excellent, so I am at least getting the most out of the exercise that I can!) So I started cranking out my knee pushups and my coworker in her 20s COULD NOT KEEP UP. Then I started doing squats, just bodyweight squats, which I can do a LOT of because I usually do them weighted. She said "I'm not even going to try to keep up because I KNOW I can't do that!" 55 year old me just kicked some 20-something butt in a fitness contest! It was SO MOTIVATING, I can't tell you! Like so many of us, I have had to slow down due to health issues, work hours, and other life stresses and messes. And I am OK with that, but still sometimes I feel "less than" I was when I was younger, thinner, and fitter (which is silly, because in so many other ways, intellectually and emotionally and spiritually I am in such a more mature place!) It really motivated me to hit my strength training hard tonight! Success really does breed success sometimes. |
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03-04-19, 12:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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Ha! That's a cute story. You GO SusanP!
 Good for you. Keep up the good workouts.
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03-04-19, 12:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West coast of Canada, eh. ;)
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Woo hoo, you go girl!!!
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03-04-19, 12:41 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Way to go!
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03-04-19, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Connecticut
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You go girl!
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03-04-19, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Fantastic!!!!
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03-04-19, 11:00 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2014
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You go Susan!
Go Susan, Go Susan, Go Susan...! 
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03-04-19, 11:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Northeast
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Susan, that's awesome!
I know you've had to alter and put your fitness routine on the backburner a bit since you began your new career, but isn't it great to know that even though you're not able to devote as much time as you would like to it, your fitness is still with you?  Keep doing what you're doing! 
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03-04-19, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
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Great job! See, we're just getting BETTER as we age...
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03-04-19, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NE Pennsylvania
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That's great Susan! It's motivating for us too knowing that you can outlast such a youngster. Woo hoo!!!
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