This is a topic that I have wanted to write about for many months and it deals with the fact that after retirement from sports many former athletes end up getting fat and fatter. Off the top of my head I could roll off many names, but I am not going to. You know who they are and they know who they are. You see them on TV still involved with the sports industry as coaches and management. They come from all sports: baseball, football, hockey and even figure skating. Probably the fattest sports category would belong to football. One would think that being former professional athletes it would encourage them to maintain a healthy lifestyle and to exercise long after retirement but this is not the case.
It appears that after retirement from pro sports they feel that it is no longer a requirement for them to exercise and eat properly. Maybe their stressful and demanding jobs preclude them from ever having to or wanting to exercise? Maybe they are just plain lazy. I don’t think so. In my opinion, everyone should and can find time each week to exercise.
Of course there are a few examples of former athletes who after retirement still exercise and one of them who comes to my mind is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Years after pro bodybuilding competitions he still works out and looks great. And that is what exercise will do for you. You continue to exercise and live healthy throughout the entirety of your life regardless of whether you are paid to do it. It should be an integral part of your lifestyle. Many people in real life maintain jobs and families and look better after 40 years of age than many of these former professional athletes and they have never received a dime to do it.
So regardless of your past occupation and your age, exercise should continuously be an important part of your life and lifestyle.
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