41-Year-Old Qualifies for Olympics

Dara Torres is a 41-year-old mother who has had surgery on her shoulder and her knee in the past 8 months. She’s not someone you would think just qualified for the Olympics. Her fifth Olympics.

Torres will be competing in the 100 meter freestyle and 50 meter freestyle. While qualifying she overcame competitors half her age. Torres uses resistance training and focuses on her core. This strength training is what she and her doctors credit to her success. Most professional athletes are finished by her age, but she presses on.

Joel Stager, and exercise physiologist at Indiana University said, “It shows us what we can do. It’s just that most of us don’t.”

Via Sierra Blogging Post and CNN

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1 comment July 10th, 2008