Images Dated 6th April 1980

Physical Fitness: For all those who dismiss fitness fanatics with a languid gesture of

Physical Fitness: For all those who dismiss fitness fanatics with a languid gesture of indifference there are a group of men and women who are living proof of simple but very effective methods of staying young and healthy. Joan Johnson daily dumbel work out makes her amazingly fit in spite of her 75 years. Herry Uoton is 62 but his belief that there's no such thing as the ageing process, coupled to a desire to stay fit, keeps him employed as a professional dancer, Hundreds of people have their favourite elixirs apparently, including carrot juice, yoga in large doses and more eccentric panaceas for old age like karate, smiling and youth pills. Whatever the cure, it seems that the nation is taking to the idea of keeping fit in a big way. Harry Upton demonstrates what can be done with determination. April 1980 P013707

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