PLAY WHY MOVEMENT ISN’T A CHORE AT THIS AGE— IT’S A PRIVILEGE SERIOUS ABOUT
Words by Elizabeth Campbell | Photography by Adam Kaz
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or decades, society’s message to women over 60 about physical activity was limiting— encouraging them to “slow down” or exercise purely as a duty to fend off aging. Today, that narrative is being upended. A cultural shift over the past few years shows older women embracing movement not as an anti-aging mandate or chore, but as a source of joy, freedom, and personal power. In place of self-denial and fear, there’s a growing celebration of what women in their 60s, 70s, and beyond can do with their bodies—for themselves. The result is a new, uplifting conversation around aging and movement, led by the very women once told to take it easy. Not long ago, fitness culture often ignored or patronized older women—if they appeared at all, it was usually in the context of gentle chair exercises or “anti-aging” tonics. Now women over 60 themselves are rewriting those expectations. Rather than exercising to shrink back and play it safe, as was once prescribed, they are trying bold new activities and proudly testing their limits. The message from these trailblazers is clear: you’re not “finished” at 60 or 70—far from it.
Crucially, these women are not pursuing movement out of a grim obligation to ward off years, but out of a desire to feel fully alive. By joyously breaking the mold, older women
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