Fitness after 65 is no one-size-fits-all endeavor

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Fitness after 65 is no one-size-fits-all endeavor

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fitness-65-no-one-size-fits-endeavor-103841481.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/80HaHNOQv86beM7GzWGXSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-08T130226Z_2_CBRE9370TKM00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carol Johnson, 80, works out on a treadmill at a recreation center in Sun City" align="left" title="Carol Johnson, 80, works out on a treadmill at a recreation center in Sun City" border="0" /></a>By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's ageing population is posing special challenges, fitness experts say, because it is difficult to design effective workout routines for people with such a wide range of abilities. For one 70-year-old, the goal may be to run a marathon, for another it's getting out of a chair. &quot;If you are teaching 10-year-olds, it's perfectly reasonable to do an activity that everybody would participate in,&quot; said Dr. Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, an expert on aging with the American College of Sports Medicine. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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