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” It’s a huge relief to know that mom is in a safe, caring
place. I no longer worry if mom doesn’t answer the phone
or doesn’t return my call right away. In fact, it’s become
nearly impossible to get a hold of her because she’s taking
advantage of everything The Hearth has to offer.

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They meet for just half an hour, doing
some resistance training on machines or
step ups, like the lying leg press, which
she demonstrated by sitting back in her
chair and lifting her legs with ease, push-
ing up into the air.

“Do I do it perfectly? I don’t think so.

But I can tell the difference that I can
do more weight now” after four years
of practice.

But her preferred classes “contribute
both to making me feel good physically
and mentally,” she said of the social ele-
ment. “You see all these articles saying
you should be exercising, so you might as
well do something you like.”
Growing up in New York, she walked
everywhere, since driving was relative-
ly not an option in her generation.

Exercising at the gym has added a
couple healthy elements into her life-
style. “First of all, it means that unlike
some of my friends, I have to get up
and move every single day. So I do.”
While some older adults center their
exercise on taking brisk walks around
the neighborhood, Novack said she
walks for the sake of transportation.

Although she drives, she tries to
walk or take public transportation as
much as possible.

“Some of my friends already say, ‘It’s a
flight of stairs, let’s take the elevator,’” she
said, but she has no problem tackling a
few flights on her own.

For her younger relatives or friends,
Novack has noticed how busy their lives
are. Fitness isn’t a high priority on their
lists, or they simply don’t have the time.

She keeps kosher, so she tries to main-
tain a healthy diet when she can — not
too far from the Mediterranean diet —
and rarely eats meat aside from chicken.

But she’s not afraid to take a few excur-
sions to the dark side (i.e. chocolate).

“Because my mother pushed vegeta-
bles [growing up] without our knowing
that she was pushing vegetables, I used
to get a carrot, lettuce and tomato every
single night at dinner. I thought the great
American meal was that everybody had
a carrot,” she laughed. “It turned out to
be because my father did not like cooked
carrots but he liked the raw carrot.”
There’s been clear progress, she said,
especially with balance. Her personal
trainer advised a few years ago to try to
stand up from a seated position without
using your hands or holding onto any-
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thing — it’s more diffi cult than it sounds.

She looked around her synagogue,
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, and noticed
other people were holding onto the chair
in front of them to stand up.

“Specifi cally at synagogue where
there’s always a pew in front of you,
everybody holds on. I began to do [the
exercise]. It’s a small thing, but it improves
your general abilities.”
She off ered the advice her friends, who
didn’t even realize they were holding on
to something to stand.

“It wasn’t that you couldn’t, it’s that
you didn’t,” she said. “Th at kind of thing
has been very helpful.”
Novack suggests easing into a new
exercise routine — and make sure it’s
something you like to do — and see
where that takes you.

“Starting by doing something you like
and then working up,” she added, plus in
the group class setting, “it helps to have
the other people and because of the music.

“It just makes it a more pleasant experience.” ●
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