Fit After Forty: Staying in the Game

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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/18/2008 on latimesblogs.latimes.com [flag]
When I was a kid, you rarely saw men or women over forty doing anything more physically competitive than racing to beat someone to a cab. Or see who could finish mowing their lawn first. Or power walk to the corner convenience store for a pack of cigarettes. Now gray is the new black—at least in the hair of athletes around the country. And many of these middle-aged athletes aren’t content ... [link]

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Published 4/18/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on aging gracefully as an athlete: "The one thing younger players never expect is for the older player to have greater stamina. To be able to run around the court, and keep running, while others start to slow down and drop their defenses. Although the over-forty player may have lost some quickness and power that he will never get back, he still has the ability to increase stamina. Through an exercise program that stresses cardiovascular workouts (see my blog on cardio exercises), the over-forty athlete will soon be able to outlast ...