While I was at the gym this afternoon, with my small dumbbells (it's hard to move up in weight!), I noticed an elegant, older woman in a sparkly violet T-shirt and violet yoga pants hoisting a barbell up and down rapidly. As I did my curls and squats, I counted her doing three sets of twenty lifts of 30 pounds. She was fit without looking hard. I guessed she was about 60, which means she was 80

. I don't gawk at people at the gym, but I often find someone around my age to use even temporarily as an inspiration

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