Henry Hawk 77 isn't done but he shows us how to finish well

Henry Hawk working with Robert

I know a lot of people have negative ideas about the Internet. And there are a lot of bad ideas, but I have to tell you that I really enjoy surfing the net for health, news, travel, things of interest, other people's experiences and a lot of times there's the untold story of someone doing good. Such is the case with the story of Henry Hawk A 77-year-old fitness instructor from Arkansas. From the article Henry has a fitness routine that keeps him fit and he teacher two classes to help others in their fitness. As you can see from the picture Henry practices what he preaches. 

He has goals for himself as he gets into his 80s. He doesn't consider himself old. 

For me the story stands out with Henry how he helps others who would have had any spinal injuries where they have difficulty moving. There is a short movie called true athlete about a rising star Lucas Verzbicas. There was a patient that Henry work with name Robert in the film who was a quadriplegic. With the injury it was recommended that they would let them die. Henry has worked with him and he's made progress. 

http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/bodywork/in-stride/The-Unlikely-Athlete-Changing-Lives.html

Another story was of the lady Emma Jean Smith A bright lady in her 60s who could barely get out of her wheelchair with assistance he used a technique of negative resistance where two people would hold a weight adapting what could move by Emma with as the weights she could.  The weight was brought down and not lifting weight up. Within two years Emma could walk unassisted between two tables. 

The people here are real people who experienced slow progress but here it is active man is trying to help them in their recoveries. I know firsthand how much rehab can help us with our injuries. We should never give up and we should seek the best help possible. If we are outside professional help because the inability to get insurance or pay the cost then we should be doing our best to check out ideas that we can do. Of course we all need to follow some medical opinion but if we can move it's a better alternative. 

To me Henry Hawk is a brilliant example of finishing well. Walking with the fat man by the very principal involves a philosophy of continually working on ourselves even in retirement. We can save the rocking chair until after we are gone. As your read Henry’s story part of his day is committed to fitness. The matter who we are there's always something that we can modify that gets us moving in keeps is healthy. There's not one idea here but many. Thanks Henry for your story and example, keep walking! 

(Strength training for us or older has real positive results when we consider modifications and building ourselves up. We can see progress of how we've gotten stronger. Modified push-ups off the countertop, Wall, stairs; squints where we put her back against the wall, put two hands lightly on the counter look straight ahead with your back straight and squat, stand up from a chair or bed are great way to do squats; lunges assisted again by our friendly counter can really build up the muscles to get off the floor; in some type of core exercise to strengthen your abs and lower back are four types of movement that really help us.)