Hakikanin '80s Workout

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Yayin da nake kwance tabarmar yoga na kuma tattara gashina cikin doki, gungun mata uku masu sanye da kayan Spandex da ke kusa suna mikewa da tsegumi. Na huɗu, sanye da ledoji da mayafi, ya haɗa su. "Iya, Lori!" chirps daya daga cikin group. "Kun dai yi idon ku?"

Lori ta yi mata bulala da nods, sauran sun yi murmushi da yarda, kamar yadda mai haƙuri na baya -bayan nan ya bayyana, "Na yi matukar farin ciki da aka yi min aikin tiyata maimakon yin rikici da bifocals na."

Gwargwadon aikin motsa jiki ya fi karkata zuwa colonoscopies fiye da Colin Firth Lokacin da kuke ɗumamawa don Gentle Yoga a Loyola Center for Fitness in Maywood, Ill. Malama Mary Louise Stefanic, 80, ta tattara ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi a cikin shekaru 42 na koyarwa, waɗanda ke zuwa ajin ta don sauƙaƙe kinks daga su. wuyansa, kwatangwalo da ƙananan baya yayin da suke samun nutsuwa a zamanin su. Stefanic ya fara gwada yoga a 1966, yana mai ba da amsa ga tallan YMCA na gida. (Bayan haka, zaman mako takwas yana kashe $ 16; kwatanta wannan tare da $ 32 don zaman rayuwar Cycle guda ɗaya a yau.) Aikin motsa jiki na jiki ya yi sauti gaba ɗaya, amma ya taimaka mata ta zubar da fam 20 kuma ta sake samun kwanciyar hankali da kwanciyar hankali - Halayen da ke ɓacewa sosai a rayuwarta a matsayinta na uwar yara shida.

A yau, aji sau biyu na mako-mako - sa'a guda na yoga mai laushi da shimfidar warkewa - a kai a kai yana jan hankalin mata da maza 30+ a lokaci guda, yawanci shekaru 60 zuwa sama. "Na san mutanen da ke cikin azuzuwan na," in ji Stefanic. "Nasan tsoronsu, nakasasu, har ma da rashin kunya. Ajin nawa ne game da shakatawa da kuma shimfiɗa jikinku ba game da ciwo ba, Ina so in taimake su su saurari abin da jikinsu yake bukata su isa can."

Na fito don ajin Stefanic suna sha'awar ganin dutsen octogenarian Crow Pose. A wannan yanayin, na yi takaici. Ajin bai taɓa buƙatar wani abu da ya fi ƙoƙari ba fiye da Dog Downward guda ɗaya; akwai kwanciya da yawa da shimfida kafafu. Ba zan iya taimakawa ba sai damuwa: "Shin wannan shine abin da zan sa ido, motsa jiki-mai hikima?"

Amma ba da daɗewa ba na gane kyautar halartar aji tare da mata 30 da suka isa zama kakata: Ba kamar yawancin ɗakunan yoga ba, babu kuɗi a nan. Mutane suna fitowa daga Cat-Cow. Haɗin gwiwa yana tashi da huci suna zurfafa. Akwai fiye da 'yan farts. Mutane suna motsawa cikin hanzari, maimakon tilastawa kansu shiga cikin wani yanayi kawai saboda matar da ke kusa da su na iya yin ta (matsalar da sau ɗaya ta same ni a cikin wuyan wuyan wuyan shekara bayan na yi ƙoƙarin riƙe matsayin Plow - ko da yake ciwo - saboda kowa a cikin aji yana da kansa a tsakanin kafafunsa, ma.)

Na sami damar zama tare da Stefanic bayan darasi. Ga abin da tsohon yogi ya ce:

Kuna yin bimbini?

"Kowace rana - ko da wani lokaci ne kawai don numfashi mai zurfi don zubar da duk abin da ke sa ni damuwa. A gare ni, tunani shine gano wannan batu a cikin duniya mai juyayi. Ina da dakin da ke fuskantar Gabas, wanda ke nuna tashin hankali. rana, ji na farko. Zan fara kowace rana da aƙalla minti biyar na karkace a hankali in ƙare tunani na da, 'Yau, niyyata ita ce in zama mai ƙauna, mai gafartawa, mai tausayi.

Yaya abincinku?

"A ƙarshen shekarun 70's daya daga cikin 'ya'yanmu ya kamu da cutar hypoglycemia. Mun kawar da soda, mun daina sayen farin burodi, mun fara karanta lakabin a hankali kuma mun fahimci additives da abubuwan da aka adana.

[A yau,] mun guji farar gari, shinkafa, sukari. Na sayi tulun rabin galan na danyen zuma daga tushe kuma in dafa da man shanu da man zaitun. Mun fi son naman ciyawa da kaji - zamanin da muke da takwas a gida muka raba saniya da alade daga gonar da ke kusa - mu sayi 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari, muna wanke su da ruwa da ɗigon digo. ShakleeH2.

Wannan yana da ban sha'awa sosai! Duk wani rauni?

"Raunana shine cakulan..."mai kyau" cakulan, wato banda Man Gyada da Kofin Mallo, Ina shan giya tare da abincin rana ko abincin dare sau hudu ko biyar a mako tare da amincewar likitan zuciyata kuma na guje wa abin sha mai carbonated. Popcorn da pizza. , duk da haka, na buƙatar giya. "

Duk wani asirin zama matasa a ciki da waje?

"Murmushi. Murmushi yana sassauta tsokoki 17 a cikin kowane kunci, yana sassauta wuyan ku kuma yana sauƙaƙe tashin hankali. Yana rage bayyanar wrinkles.Jin daɗin jin daɗin endorphins yana shiga, kuma yana sanya waɗanda ke kewaye da ku cikin nutsuwa.

Ka kewaye kanka da mutane. Bayar da runguma. Nemo wani abu da zai kawo muku kwanciyar hankali - Ina raira waƙa a cikin mawaƙa, amma kuna iya shiga ƙungiyar karatu ko ɗaukar aji na fasaha. Kuma ku fita waje. Jefa labulen ku kuma gayyaci yanayi cikin gidanku. Bari rana ta dumama ku ta warkar da ku. "

Ba zan iya sake samun kaina ajin motsa jiki ba inda ni kadai ce mai ciki yayin da kowa ya wuce al'ada. Amma koyaushe zan tuna da kalmomin da na ji wani yogi mai gashin azurfa yana rada kafin a fara: "Ka san abin da ke da kyau game da Mary Louise? Ta tabbatar da cewa idan muka kula kuma muka tsaya tare da shi, jikinmu zai zauna tare da mu."

Wasu 'yan mata' 'tsofaffi' 'waɗanda ke zuga mu don ci gaba da samun guminmu:

Angie Orellano-Fisher: Wannan mai shekaru 60 da haihuwa ba ta yi tseren tsere na farko ba har sai da ta kai 40, lokacin da dan uwanta ya kalubalance ta zuwa 10K. A cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata, ta kammala tseren mil 100 na mil 12 da tseren fanfalaki 51; A bara, ta yi keke daga California zuwa Maryland don wayar da kan jama'a game da ciwon sukari na Juvenile.

Ernestine Shepherd: Wannan kakar ta yi ciniki cikin kukis da madara don fakiti shida. Kocin mai shekaru 74 na sirri yana tafiyar mil 80 a kowane mako kuma yana murƙushe dumbbells mai nauyin fam 20.

Jane Fonda: Sarauniya mai zafi da kafa ta cika shekaru 74 a wannan Disamba. Ta busar da mu a bikin SHAPE na kwanan nan na 30th na kwanan nan tare da sifar sa da ƙarfin gwiwa.

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