OK, this one gets filed in the “I can’t believe I’ve revealed this” department of the 70-Something blog.
As a young teenager my best friends and I were very concerned about our development, as in breasts. Someone shared an exercise that we all took to heart, so-to-speak. You clasp your hands with your elbows shoulder-high and push your palms together and apart, while repeating rhythmically, “I must, I must, I must develop my bust.” To the best of my knowledge (and I would love to poll my high school friends on this one), this exercise had no effect whatsoever.
This came to mind as I forced myself to do push- ups the other morning, something that also probably has no effects, at least not on my breasts.
Years after the breast development challenge, I saw a new book touting exercises to prevent facial droop. My older friend and colleague Muriel and I set about trying to defer or prevent the ravages of aging by making faces. It was a complete failure, and I have the wrinkles to prove it. (By the way, if you search “facial exercises” on Amazon’s book site, you get 719 results, which means that some folks are still willing to try.)
The lesson, accept who we are. Warts and all, we still have plenty to work with.
We are the same age, give or take a few months, and I am marveling that you can still do push ups. If I tried really hard I could probably do the "I must..." routine without too much pain and strain.
I've always been curious about those little devices that you depress with your chin. I'm so tempted to buy one and try it even though I seriously doubt it will push the part of my face that has now become part of my neck back up where it belongs.
(I just found your blog through TGB.)
Posted by: AmiBlue | January 16, 2012 at 06:32 PM
Hello,
Thank you so much for your great post. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience with us.
Posted by: self improvement | February 13, 2012 at 02:08 AM