I have been in this profession for many years. Many years training, teaching, speaking of health, body, mind and spirit. Many years saying the same thing, although it is true that today it becomes more evident than ever: who takes care of it, lives better. And not only lives more, he lives with fullness, joy, energy and passion. It is no accident that today, with 80 or 90 years, let’s see vital people, parents at advanced ages, hanging from a circus fabric or running marathons. The key is how it was lived. In how it was chosen to take care of the body as a temple and the soul as a burning flame.
Why lift weights? Why walk, run, dance, move every day even for a while? Because that is not just exercise, it is an act of self -esteem. It is to honor this body that was given to us to live, not to get sick prematurely. It is understanding that the body is the vehicle that carries our emotions, our dreams, our ideas. And if we take care of it, answer us. He holds us.
People believe that taking care of themselves is a fashion, an aesthetic obligation or something that only works for young people. Great mistake! Taking care is a commitment to life. It is a sacred pact that we do with ourselves to have an old age with dignity, with lucidity, with autonomy. I don’t want my students to get old in a bed. I want to see them enjoying their grandchildren, traveling, laughing, making love, walking along the beach, climbing a mountain. And that is achieved by training today.
Health does not start in the body, begins in the mind. And is completed in the spirit. Therefore, taking care of what we eat, how we slept, what thoughts we house, with whom we surround ourselves, how much we appreciate, it is part of the integral training. And when all that aligns, something magical appears: vital energy. That which is not bought with pills, which is not inherited, that is not invented. That energy that is built every day with small habits.
Do not tell me about genetics, or excuses. I have seen 70 -year -old men and women who changed their destiny with a couple of dumbbells, with a daily walk, with a change of mentality. I come from an athlete family. My old man was a fighter, and with him I learned since I was a child that the body must be worked on, that force is not negotiated, that sweat is a prize. And I also understood, over so many years training thousands of people, that training is not just physical. It is spiritual. Because every time someone overcome laziness, the excuse, the “I don’t feel like”, is growing inside. It is feeding the soul.
Investing in health is to invest in freedom. In order to choose how we want to age. Not depending on others. In having voice, mobility, dreams. In being a reference for the youngest. In giving example with the body, but also with the attitude. Because there is nothing more powerful than seeing someone old radiating life. It is not magic. It is proof.
Do you want to get well at 80? Start today. Do you want to have strength at 90? I eat better today. Movete today. I slept well today. Because every act of self -care you make today is a future gift.
By Daniel Tangona
