{"id":4484,"date":"2012-03-02T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2017-04-21T07:35:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T11:35:50","slug":"it-is-never-too-late-for-fitness-to-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/it-is-never-too-late-for-fitness-to-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"It is never too late for fitness to change your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It is never too late for change<\/h2>\n<p>One of the advantages of social media is that sometimes you will stumble upon things just at the right time to inspire you to accept change. The photo below described a woman who, at 68 years old, was competing in the Arnold Sport and Fitness Competition.<\/p>\n<p>In the moment, the photo spoke volumes as I was feeling &#8220;over the hill&#8221; about ever competing. Here I was in my late forties thinking I had missed my window of opportunity, apparently not. The lovely woman in the below photo proves that fitness comes at any age.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to this random stranger for helping to inspire me today.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com\/736x\/92\/ef\/21\/92ef210400170338108fad2d5fb0dc4f.jpg?resize=238%2C320\" alt=\"fitness life change\" width=\"238\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is never too late for change One of the advantages of social media is that sometimes you will stumble upon things just at the right time to inspire you to accept change. The photo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[649],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-4484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-inspiration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fitnessatanyage.jpg?fit=238%2C320&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qEFP-1ak","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1356,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/aging-well-into-your-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":4484,"position":0},"title":"Aging well into your future","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"February 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Aging well into your future I have just read the perfect quote ... \"Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. 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