Healthy Chinese elders
Posted by Vikas Acharya on December 1, 2016Superb, The Author of this blog really worked Hard, Thanks for sharing, Article Source: martalivesinchina.wordpress.com
One thing about China that never fails to impress me is how physically active retired people are. In Spain, old people are known for sitting in parks, maybe walking around slowly and conversing animatedly, and the only sport they do is playing petanque. Because playing dominoes and cards doesn’t count as a sport, right? Natjan’s post reminded me of this topic when she mentioned the story of Wang Deshun, an 80 year old Chinese man who rose to fame a couple of years ago due to his participation as a model in the China Fashion Week. He is in an amazing physical condition! And even though his case is very unusual, as he is an actor in martial arts films, it made me remember those ladies in the street gyms who can lift their leg up to their shoulders (I don’t think I could do that even when I was a…
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