It's hell getting old.

So my day job consists of teaching dance and group fitness.  You would think this would keep me in great shape.  It seems all it does is remind me of what I can no longer do.  Joints are getting creakier, muscles stay sore longer, and I get winded much easier.  I keep thinking I can turn back the clock with diet and exercise, but as a dancer you spend at least 20 years of your life abusing the hell out of your body...and there's just no cure for that.  I wish I could go back and tell my younger self to take better care of myself, but it's not to be.  Young dancers out there - take heed. You will need those knees and that back your entire life.  Don't abuse them.

G