Fun and Fitness for the 40-Something

I came across a promotion from 24-Hour Fitness where you can get a free 30-day membership. With the holidays ramping up, it might be a good time to give it a try. You may even enjoy it!

One publication had the guts to ask the question a lot of us asked back in the day: Do we really need gym class? You can read the shocking findings in the article “Majority of Americans never use physical education after high school.” An excerpt:

“According to a recent poll, nearly 85 percent of all Americans admitted that, since entering the real world, they have found very few reasons to utilize the concepts they learned in physical education. In fact, most high school graduates claim that despite their gym teachers’ insistence that this knowledge would come in handy later in life, they have still never used bending, breaking a sweat, or coordination.”