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Did you know thatJazzerciseis still going strong?

at a dance studio near my house recently.

Maybe it was the step touches, the cha-chas, the sassy wrist movements.

woman sweating in the gym

associate professor and co-director, Sport and Performance PsychologyGraduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver

But the fact that I was having fun was written all over my face.

Later in the strength portion of my class, my muscles were wearing on me.

Bicep curling and overhead pressing on the beat for the duration of a J.Lo song is hard!

Woman walking on a treadmill at the gym.

The answer, I hope, is yes.

Seeing older ladies out-bicep curl me reminded me of that reality.

I should be so lucky to be aerobically lifting weights for decades to come.

Full body female athlete in sportswear using rowing machine during fitness workout in gym.

One of my classmates, Colleen, told me that shes been coming to Jazzercise since the 80s.

It gives her energy and makes her feel accomplished, she says.

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associate professor and co-director, Sport and Performance PsychologyGraduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver

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That overall decline makes it even harder to start exercising once you stop.

Healthy female training in the gym, performing a hip thrust.

So how to ensure exercise outlasts all your other relationships?

But Jazzercise also showed me that the secret ingredient to a lifelong affair with fitness is joy.

Personally, I couldnt picture myself doing an intense HIIT or cycling class for decades.

A young black woman doing post-run stretches in the park on the road amidst green grass and trees.

The prospect just sounded so dour.

That sounds like a way of growing older I can get behind.

As such, the importance of joy in exercise has never been clearer to me.

Finding activities that are exciting and that you enjoy is whats going to help you stick to it.

Of course, what you enjoy in your 30s may not be what you enjoy in your 50s.

Because thats a relationship with exercise worth looking forward to.

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