What's Possible at 84

[Revvell]

Hoping these come out ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT93nGLtQ_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_bENObxfU&feature=channel

Enjoy!

[contessa20]

That woman puts me to shame. What a beautiful, vibrant and healthy soul she is. I want to be her when I grow up. :D

[Revvell]

She hangs with us every Monday evening. Never says "I can't". What's interesting is, she's becoming more coordinated as she matures. Pretty cool, eh? :) Shows what's possible for us.

[something beautiful]

Thank you SO much for posting these! What an inspiration she is!

[iwuvmydoggy]

lol how cute is that?

i wonder where she gets all of her equipment, because i don't have any of it, yet! lol

[cara4art]

Wow! This should shut the nay-sayers up who say that women just deteriorate and can't do anything with age! Not that lady, and I sure wanna be boppin' like her when I'm 84(22 years away in my case).
Sure, she's getting more coordinated as she goes along because she's doing something about it - way to go! Thanks Revell for sharing these!

[Revvell]

Various places including Torque Athletic and Iron Woody Fitness.


lol how cute is that?

i wonder where she gets all of her equipment, because i don't have any of it, yet! lol

[Revvell]

You're welcome. Glad you're enjoying her.

[iwuvmydoggy]

Various places including Torque Athletic and Iron Woody Fitness.

thank you! :) i'll look 'em up!

she sure is spry! she reminds me of that one fellow that was water skiing at that age! lol who says you can't do something?

i sure hope when i'm that age, i'll still be my cheeky and spry self. :D

[Draginvry]

she reminds me of that one fellow that was water skiing at that age!

Not only does he water ski, but he does it without skis.

[T-Bird]

Thanks Revvel!

I can't wait to show this to my mom, who is starting to have mobility problems due to her knees at 85.

After seeing my changes these last 6 months - with her continued decline - she is finally ready to make some changes.

I now have her and dad (92 on August 6) on wheat grass juice. I bought them frozen cuz they won't be able to take on the growing juicing thing. At least not yet......

I gave them some lettuce and kale from my organic GSA box, although they did cook the kale - better than a can of green beans anyway.

I sure hope they can see some progress, and spur themselves on to more changes!

[T-Bird]

oh - and mom expressed interest in trying a green smoothie.


Yay!

At the next gathering, I'm bringing the vitamix!

[Revvell]

Thanks Revvel!

I now have her and dad (92 on August 6) on wheat grass juice. I bought them frozen cuz they won't be able to take on the growing juicing thing. At least not yet......



Good on ya! I wish my mother would have chosen to live with me. She'd be a healthy thrivin' 97 right now. (Died of malnutrition 3 years ago)

Wheatgrass juice is GREAT for joints! I'll be VERY surprised if they don't see/feel a difference.

Keep us updated please.

[rawfigure]

this is great, what fun !

[Ilse W.]

Great motivation to get moving. Thanks for posting this. I've been meaning to look for kettlebells (?) since you posted about your own success with them several months ago.

[Revvell]

Glad you're enjoying the vids. She's a marvel.

[sprouts2go]

Is she RAW or SAD? She looks awesome. I am not that flexible!!!

[Revvell]

Is she RAW or SAD? She looks awesome. I am not that flexible!!!

She was raw before raw was ever known. She'd be called "high raw" now.

She's turning 85 on Aug. 12.

[SweetTangerine]

She makes me hopeful. I love skip and smile and the end of #2. That certainly a smile to my face.

[Revvell]

She just turned 85, Aug. 12th. Friends took her out to a favorite veggie restaurant and presented her with cash, Amazon and Vroman (fave book store) gift cards and soccer balls. lol

[RawHealthyBeauty]

Wanna Z really is truly inspirational!! Seriously!!
This really makes feel much better about my future at that age.
It even makes me look forward to it now! Thanks!

[freshlight]

these are beautiful!! thanks for posting them. Love the music in the second one. What a playful girl,-WOW! I remembered the times when I was out and playing on my own as a kid..hey, what happened? Why don't I do that anymore? Sure the people would stare but so what? It's FUN!

[Revvell]

Sure the people would stare but so what? It's

They might even want to join in! How fun would that be?

That's why I go to class every Monday evening.... to play with the other "kids", Wanna, being one of them.

There are 3 of us 60 years old. Wanna is, of course the oldest. She's been going to the class for 25 years (as long as it's been going on); Jo's been going for about 24+; I've been going for 23+ and my teacher's been teaching it for 25+.

[Revvell]

I found in class last evening that Wanna had taken a pretty bad fall Sunday. She was playing tug-of-war with someone 20+ years her junior and fell over knocking the wind out of herself. People were there to support her in getting her wind back. She continued with the weekend play and showed up last evening with some minor bruising and back pain yet, she participated in much of what we were doing.

Just saying this to show what persistent movement can do. Most any other 85 year old wouldn't have even BEEN playing tug-of-war, never mind getting up without having broken any bones. She even fell on the arm she did break last year.

We were laughing last night about IF they'd had to call for emergency services (they were up in the mountains) the techs would probably have asked how she did it. Um, playing tug-of-war. HAH!

She's one of my inspirations.

[rawrawks]

Sorry to hear about her injury.

Funny I was just thinking yesterday how the way we eat affects our physical performance.

On my hike Sat, my daughter and I ran most of the way down. She is half my age mind you. Two days later, yesterday, we were training a bit together and she was wiped and aching. Said last night she hurt all over.
I was able to move freely in our trianing and actually felt waaaay better after it.

I am going out today. Inspiration Rev,,thankx.