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...excitement over senior fitness bodes best, of course, for seniors themselves, especially for those 70 and older. According to physiologists, strength and flexibility can mean the difference between independently handling everyday activities like changing a light bulb and sitting on the sofa, scared. "There is no pharmacological intervention that can restore people to youthful levels like a well-designed fitness program," says William Evans, professor of geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. "Seniors have lost the most muscle strength and fitness, and that's largely because of inactivity. With exercise, you can restore a 70-year...
...most to gain from such activity. A particularly astounding 1995 study by Maria Fiatarone, overseen by Evans, showed that with a high-intensity regimen, even the oldest and frailest nursing-home residents, ages 86 to 96, tripled their muscle strength and greatly improved their balance and flexibility. All performed everyday tasks, like opening jars and getting up out of chairs, more easily. Some abandoned their canes and walkers...
Oprah Winfrey, arbiter of moral and literary betterment for millions of American women, devoted a whole show to the benefits of yoga earlier this month, with guest appearances by Turlington and stud-muffin guru Rodney Yee. Testimonials from everyday yogis and yoginis clogged the hour: I lost weight; I quit smoking; I conquered my fear of flying; I can sleep again; it saved my marriage; it improved my daughter's grades and attitude. "We are more centered as a team," declared the El Monte Firefighters of Los Altos Hills, Calif...
...matrimony and child rearing: the cellulite and sinks-full-of-dishes part of family life where there are no "rules" and where couples decide, sometimes daily, to "stick it out." Krasnow believes, and I agree, that a conscious commitment to marriage can help couples transcend the grind of everyday life and create a marriage that is happily imperfect. Especially poignant are her accounts of people who have fled marriages to be with that elusive soul mate of their middle-aged fantasy. Not surprisingly, the soul mates turn into ordinary spouses sooner or later...
...Clara tells of the never-ending process of providing Jessy with the tools of everyday living, she illuminates what it is to be human. Though Jessy has not achieved full independence, her growth and development into her fifth decade are cause for celebration, not just for families with disabled children but for everyone. For all of us can see refracted in the image of Jessy Park our own inadequacies that we labor daily to correct and our own genius for which we seek the best expression...