Dara Torres is going to the Olympics- for the fifth time.

At 41, she will be one of the oldest athletes on Olympic records, but that has not stopped her from competing against those who are much younger and supposedly better.

So, if 50 is the new 35 as a lot of people are now claiming, maybe 41 is the new 26? Right?

Physiologist Joel Stager who directs a science of swimming program at Indiana University, says it’s all about things that can be achieved, but that others just don’t achieve. 

“Opportunity, motivation and incentive to train hard,” he says.

A lot can be accomplished if we decide not to be couch potatoes and learn to take charge of our own aging.  Then we will be in  better shape for conquering all the challenges of caring for our own aging parents.

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