Speaking from my early 50s (53 next month) ... harrumph ... er, where was I? Oh. Yes, well, I wouldn't exactly say levels out (though the hot flashes do decline and eventually fade away, heh heh). It's more like adjusting to what you have. Sort of like adolescence, in reverse.
There was article in this morning's paper that seems to apply. Quote:
"Sure enough, come Saturday night at The Oaks retirement home in DeWitt, there was Izzy out on the floor in front of his guests. Izzy pumping ten pound weights; Izzy standing from a chair using only leg power; Izzy dropping his drawers, then pulling them on from a standing position; Izzy rolling on the floor; Izzy dancing. The man knows how to throw a party. Izzy Warshaw is 103 years old."
Izzy, it seems, retired at age 70 but works out twice a week at the gym (he's working on developing an exercise video)and his favorite exercise at the home is to walk up the stairs as fast as he can. He never smoked cigarettes but acknowledges a cigar or two in his day, takes 2 baby aspirin a day, a vitamin supplement, and fish and garlic oil tablets. He keeps his mind active memorizing lists of names (state capitols etc.) backwards and forwards and dances whenever he hears music. There's a great pic of Izzy cutting a rug, right leg thrown hip-high in the air, with a young lady about 70 years his junior.
So remember when you have those aches and pains - keep active, and you, too, may be a high-stepping strutter in your 100s.
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