How my mother and I ended up bending and bonding together

I am hoping that working out with my mother and other seniors will help me snap out of my exercise slump.

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The writer hopes that working out with her mother and other seniors will help her snap out of her exercise slump. “One last time,” says the skinny young trainer. From a corner of the basketball court, I watch as one of the students raises her right leg off the ground before slowly lowering it.

Good job, I cheer her on quietly like a proud parent, except that it is my 68-year-old mother whom I am keeping an eye on. Already a subscriber? Log in Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month $9.90 $9.



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