Lance Armstrong: Retired and running, but why?
After winning the Tour de France seven times, Lance Armstrong is certainly worthy of a relaxing retirement. However, that doesn't seem to be in the cards.Since his retirement, the 35-year-old has found himself constantly on the road, promoting LiveStrong Challenges, the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research, joining with Nike and Apple to publicize his involvement in their partnership, and trying to be home to spend time with his kids. Still, his crazy schedule hasn't stopped him from running marathons.
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When it comes to life changes, retirement is certainly a big one. Though retirement means the end of your career, it's also a beginning of sorts. Studies show that it's never too late to start being physically active. In spite of that fact, only about 1/4 of people over 50 get the recommended 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day.
We'd all like to know that we're going to make it to our retirement and still have a few good years in us to finally enjoy some time off. But the sad reality is that many of us won't make it to those golden years, or won't have the health to enjoy it, and in many cases, this is mostly preventable. 
Are you looking forward to your golden years, the time when you can finally stop working and start living your life? 
Does it sometimes seem like the fitness industry is geared towards peppy twenty-somethings with boundless energy and enviable waistlines? Well, we're heading into a time when today's baby boomers will be retiring and starting to focus on their health, and I imagine the face of fitness will be changing too. In fact, 
For many people, thoughts of retirement begin as soon as they join the workforce after college. 
My experience with people older than me is they tend to give me the once over and with a far-off look in their eye, tell me, 'those were the days, when I was young like you'. I visit my great aunt in a nursing home on a weekly basis and encounter many a wheel-chair bound person looking glancing at me with envy, jealous that I can come and go as I please and navigated the hallways and life with the ease of youth and good health. But happiness and youthfulness don't go hand in hand as the following study shows.
Being fit is important, no matter what your age. So if you're thinking that once you get your AARP card you're off the hook, think again. It's just as important to stay in shape when you're in your golden years. 
It's been in the news lately that aviation regulatory agencies have either been raising, or at least considering raising, the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots. The whole idea has sparked some debate, and a new study is out 
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