YOU CAN GET OLD WITHOUT FEELING OLD

 

You've heard the old cliché you're only as old as you feel. This is a question for everyone who may be reading these words. How old do you feel? This question is mainly directed at someone who is in their late 50s, 60s and 70s, and beyond. Do you feel older than you are, or do you feel younger than you are? I would venture to say, the ones who feel older than their age would be in the majority. What can you do as an individual to reverse this trend? What steps can you take to make sure this doesn't happen to you? As you get further into this book you will find the answers to these questions.

We as a population have gotten into a pill popping and drug taking habit. If you have a headache there's a pill, if you have a backache there’s a pill or a drug, if your leg hurts there’s a pill, and there are other pills and drugs for all of your muscle pains and all of your joint pains. There's not a single area of the body; where there is not pill or drug that does not claim to give relief. It makes you wonder how people got by before they had all these pill, drugs and medications. What's really scary about taking all these pills and medications, after you have been taking a medication, pill or drug for a few years? You find out about an FDA report concerning some of the side effects of these pills and drugs which are very harmful and sometimes fatal. The only problem with that scenario, when we are made aware of the negative side effects about a drug or a pill, the damage has already been done. There are many drugs which were recalled and taken off the market after being responsible for causing many deaths and thousands of medical problems related to these drugs. If you would like to see a complete list of drugs which were proven to be harmful and in some cases fatal; after they had been on the market, go to www.righthealth.com.

Individuals, who have been taking these drugs, would find out about the medical problems and deaths caused by this drug; after sometimes taking the drug for years, having put themselves in extreme danger for years. There has to be a better way. I've always believed that a good daily exercise regimen was better for you than all the drugs and pills and medications in the world and certainly much safer. I know that when one exercises properly; which means getting life-sustaining blood flowing to all of your organs, joints and muscles; it can do wonders for your physical health. Just as getting blood oxygen to the brain can do wonders for your mental health. Healthy exercise for the body and the mind is the greatest substitute for drugs, pills and medications. As you will see later on is this chapter; I will recall my own experiences about taking pills and medication for pain. I'm speaking directly to all of you out there, who when you have the slightest indication of an ache or pain anywhere in the body, you reach for the nearest painkiller or medication available. Many of you have repeated this scenario hundreds or thousands of times. I, for one do not believe it has to be this way. With proper exercise, your body’s own mechanisms and recuperative powers can many times do the same thing safely and permanently. The Exercise For Life Program can allow you to get off of the painkillers, medications and pills which you have practically become addicted to. I am also saying to you: “You Can Get Old, Without Feeling Old”. I can hear you saying to yourself: ‘this all sounds good, in fact it sounds too good to be true. How can I get to this wonderful state of body and mind you are talking about?’ I want you to understand, it will take a change of attitude. I want you to think about what you must be willing to do; to improve your physical fitness and mental well being. I am sure; I know where you want to be. In this case; it’s having a fit and healthy body and a mentally alert mind. I know this can be achieved, it is going to take some mental toughness and self-control, and I will tell you how you can become mentally tough and have self-control in another chapter of this book. Once you begin The Exercise For Life Program and you experience the life saving and life giving benefits of this program, it will help maximize your mental toughness and add to your self-control. 

 

I know all of us have thought about our own mortality, I know the question of when we will die and how we will die are just part and parcel of the landscape of having lived on this earth. We all know that every living human being will die at some point in time. What control do we have on the process of our living and dying? I say we have a great deal of control. I'm speaking about a cause of natural death. No one has control over accidental death. Accidental death is just a fact of life. We all know that accidents are going to happen; they are unforeseen incidents and almost always beyond our control. We are going to concentrate on deaths by natural causes. A death by natural causes; is an area of our lives where we can exert some measure of control. We have the ability, by the way we manage our lives, to add years to our lives, or take away years from our lives. The cause and time of our own natural death is left mostly in our own hands. 


 I ask you this question again, what control do we have over the process of our living and dying? I say we have a great deal of control. It is entirely in your hands, it is entirely up to you.

 

I repeat, ‘You can get old, without feeling old’. All of the actions and circumstances I have mentioned in this chapter show the trials and tribulations I went through to achieve the physical and mental state I desired. I had the unshakable belief; just because you are aging into your 60s 70s and beyond, your body does not have to deteriorate and your mind does not have to lose its edge. It is now time for you to get serious about your health and what you can do to improve it.  I believe you can acquire the mental toughness and the control to be able to do these exercises. It is up to you to make sure your body will become physically fit and your mental well being will be excellent. I say emphatically “You Can Get Old, Without Feeling Old.”

THIS IS MY MOTTO AND MY ADVICE FOR YOU

 

Exercise for longer life

Exercise for a healthier life

Exercise for a more mentally alert life

Exercise for the rest of your life