Deciding that neither of us are getting any younger, my wife and I joined a nearby (within biking distance) gym.
It's a small place, decent rates, not too crowded, open 24/7, and has a bunch of great machines/free weights. We're giving it a shot, for a month, to see how it goes and will re-up if we like it.
We also decided to see about hiring a trainer to give us a boost which, we found out, the gym also offers. Another bonus!
We go in to meet this guy and he's this short, barrel chested, gray haired guy with pretty impressive biceps, who looks kind of like Tony Curtis in his later days. Very nice guy and extremely knowledgeable. By looking at him, it's obvious he knows his way around the weight room, but I was a bit put off by his methods, at first. He was treating us like we were senior citizens, talking about looking out for straining our backs, joints, etc. The more I thought about it, though, the more I agreed. As I said, we're not young people anymore....my wife is 47 and I'm 48, so I guess it's time to start paying more attention to that sort of thing.
Anyway, we get to talking and I ask his age, assuming he's early to mid 50s, and he tells us.....
72
Let me say that again....
Seventy Two
I think I'll listen to what he has to say with more of an open mind, now.
Wish us luck.
