Being Old at the Gym Is the Best

Forget “leg day.” Every day is “whatever feels good day.”

The author at V-Tone Fitness in Rogers Park, Chicago, IL, USA

In my 30s and 40s I was a gym rat. I would get up as early as 5:00 a.m. to exercise hard, driven by the fear of becoming fat. With free weights and restricted eating, I desperately worked to stay slim and conventionally attractive (even years after becoming a wife).