Left: Anthony Jenkins
doesn’t let age get
in his way.

Above: Boomers
(and a stray
teen) in action
Exercising Boomer Style
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR
Much to my chagrin, I learned recently that I am an alterkaker.

I was at the Kaiserman JCC taking the twice-weekly Boomer
Bootcamp class, when I began my usual exaggerated grumbling
about a particularly disliked exercise. My role is class clown, or
maybe class idiot, depending upon who you ask.

Instructor Jernell Mapp, who knows to not take my protests
seriously, pointed out that since I’m the youngest person in the
class, I shouldn’t have any problem completing the exercise.

I glanced around in mock shock, then slowly realized she was
right about the age part.

“Nobody here is younger than 50?” I asked incredulously, met
only with heads shaking “no.”
18 MAY 18, 2017
So even though I’m not technically a boomer — baby boomers
were born between 1946 and 1964, while I was born in 1966 — my
participation does make me an alterkaker.

That said, I’m glad I’m an alterkaker because Boomer
Bootcamp has become a community on to itself. A community of
alterkakers, but a good community nonetheless. As they (who is
“they,” anyway?) say, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

So that’s what I’ve done.

For an hour at 6 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday, Mapp
puts a group of 12 to 20 participants (and growing) through
its paces.

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