There is a 77-year-old woman in Brookyln that’s stronger than you. Her name is Constance Tillet, she does CrossFit and… we’ve really gotta get back in the game, don’t we?
After years of avoiding exercise and struggling with diabetes, heart failure, high blood pressure and arthritis, Tillet’s son suggested CrossFit. Now, according to CBS News, Tillet is down 50 pounds and taking only a few pills a day, a vast improvement over her previous 60 pills per day.
“People love seeing her. She lights up the room when she comes in,” gym owner David Osorio said.
Osorio has been training Tillet for 10 months and their work dovetails with new research (which also dovetails with common sense): According to a National Institute on Aging study, doctors who followed about 1,600 seniors over a two-year period learned that regular and moderate exercise meaningfully reduced the risk of disability in the elderly.