The Boston Herald has a nice article about a local health center, the Village at Duxbury, where some 90-somethings are picking up exercise for the first time.
Frame is 97 and Sykes is 98.
''I didn't do any exercising ever until I came here," said Sykes, hard at work on the Nu-Step cycling machine. ''The wonderful thing is it makes me feel better. I think it's why I'm still around."
At Dartmouth College a lifetime ago, he played for the tennis team and later in life he was a golfer at the Duxbury Yacht Club. ''But I don't play golf anymore because I can't see where the ball goes."
Frame says the workouts allowed him to regain his strength after heart surgery. And with the strength came a freedom. ''If I wasn't strong enough, I would have had to move into an assisted living situation. Working out has kept me more independent."
But do not ever say these fitness enthusiasts are doing well ''for their age." Just say they are doing well, no matter what their age.
It is great to read this article about a group of seniors who are very active in exercise and fitness. Exercise fights muscle atrophy and is also good for the heart and circulation.
