In Santa Marta, a 72-year-old woman promotes a campaign for older adults to play sports

Santa Marta

A 72-year-old woman has decided launch a campaign to promote the importance of exercise and sports training in the elderly population of Santa Marta. Is about María Eugenia GoesPaisa by birth, but Samaria by heart, who seeks Raise awareness among your peers about the benefits that regular physical activity can bring.especially from the discipline known as CrossFit.

The protagonist of this initiative assures that since she began training and exercising regularly at the Power Training Club conditioning center, her quality of life has improved significantly. She feels more energetic, with greater vitality and a clearer mind. Therefore, she is convinced that it is never too late to start taking care of yourself and staying in shape, no matter how old you are.

“What I always say is at least walk. If you don’t like the gym, but it’s because you don’t have that culture, because the gym is the best, very delicious. Here in Santa Marta they run many campaigns for young people, but not for older adults,” says María Eugenia Goes.

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He says that “exercise should be taken slowly when you start, but the body gets used to it and we can perform as well or better than young people.”

María Eugenia Goes He urges his fellow seniors to join his campaign and start exercising regularly. Suggest that they sign up for any type of sports or physical activity that they find interesting and motivates them to keep going. Besides, encourages them to practice sports adapted to their abilities and needsto avoid injuries and improve your physical fitness safely.

This brave woman has become a role model for many older adults who, after seeing the positive results she has obtained in her own life, feel motivated to follow in her footsteps and adopt a more active and healthy lifestyle. Without a doubt, her example shows that It is never too late to bet on health and well-beingand that exercise is one of the best tools to achieve a full and active old age.