So I was at the gym, and there was this woman. A senior citizen, old as shit. And she was fit. No kyphosis. (Hunchback)

I’m starting to notice people half her age and below looking hunched. Prob from phones—folks will say. Also probably from straight up sedentary jobs. Face it, that’s most of us. We sit to work. Lots of screens. Not enough activity. Recreation can be pretty sedentary too—Netflix, gaming, screens, etc.

But there was this old lady, rocking it at the gym. No hunched over posture, strong balance. Good posture. Hitting the weight machines.

My new role model. I wanna be old as shit and still active. I didn’t see this from my grandparents. My mom died young.

People may work out to look a certain way or identify as whatever the trendy diet/workout thing is. I hit the gym to listen to music and clear my head, also to do something other than yoga.

Spoiler alert: yoga 🧘‍♀️ isn’t enough, but that’s another post.

But I think we forget the lowest time preference lesson of all. We work out to stay well, fit, mobile, to have strength and range of motion as we age.

Now, I’ll be working out so I don’t become a hunchback old lady. Girlfriend has prob been lifting weight and staving off osteoporosis for years. I’m stone cold impressed. And now i have a new goal.