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A prescription for life: exercise is a vital component in aging healthily.

Publication: American Fitness
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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"Next to a leisurely walk, I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in by face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air give me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart The...

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...sing."

Helen Keller, Story of My Life

I can't write a prescription for any medicine more powerful than exercise. Here's why.

When I speak to audiences around the country, I take a gallon of milk with me on stage. Why a gallon of milk? To make a point, because 70 percent of women and 25 percent of men in the audience will not be able to lift that full gallon of milk--weighing about 10 pounds--by the time they reach age 70. After age 30, as far as our muscles are concerned, we are truly...

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