Denise Austin Quotes

As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.

I think it'd be wonderful if we could train young girls to be active in lots of ways and that they then wouldn't have to age at the same rate that they would if they were not more active. In other words, more physical fitness and not just the sporty kind, but the yoga, which is really important.

You can exercise right through to your 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s.

You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20.

My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.

The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain.

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

Fitness has nothing to do with age.

I row my boat on the river. I swim, ski, walk, lift weights, do yoga and Pilates. I don't want to be a weak, sick 90-year-old.

Walking is the most effective form of exercise.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place.

The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.

Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.

I'm just trying to keep my mind and my body active. The tough part about it is that physically I'm sort of limited.

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

I don't care what size you are or how old you are - once you see the results brought to you by regular exercise, you'll wonder how you survived without it.

Exercise is roughly the only equivalent of a fountain of youth that exists today, and it's free to everyone.

Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

I just stay fit and in shape.

Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.

I like exercise. I like a healthy body.