A lot of people realize the importance of making or saving enough money for retirement so that when they are old and without work they could still live leisurely to enjoy life. I believe this is a very good practice. What I would suggest is that they should at same time save enough health or fitness too for older days. What type of exercise or fitness training is not really the issue, subject to their likings. What matters is building a life style that includes an hour of activity everyday, day in and day out. Personally, I like doing different activities on each day that I golf, swim, walk, Tai Chi… to avoid boredom or inflicting injuries of muscles or joints due to repetition of the same exercise. I also believe that if I have a pair of strong legs, at older age, my heart will not need to work so much harder in order to pump blood throughout my body especially pumping blood upwards through the legs. Healthier the legs, easier the heart.

A lot of older folks start disliking the underground because they have to walk up and down to the trains. They start or prefer to take buses or taxis not realizing how much they have lost in not giving their bodies the opportunity to save up more fitness. I hope some of them will change after reading this post.