JONATHAN TURLEY

20 Responses to “Meet Johanna Quaas: 86-Year-Old Gymnast”

1. 1 Woosty's still a Cat 1, March 30, 2012 at 6:18 am

   me too!
   cause she’s cool beans….
2. 2 headelfmaster 1, March 30, 2012 at 7:36 am

   Me too….
3. 3 Anonymously Yours 1, March 30, 2012 at 7:38 am

   You say 86…. Wow….
4. 4 eniobob 1, March 30, 2012 at 8:04 am

   Makes me want to increase my (2) mile walk to (3).She is the perfect example of the commercial that says”A body in motion stays in motion”

   GREAT!!
5. 5 Bdaman 1, March 30, 2012 at 9:52 am

   Eniobob this one is for you
6. 6 idealist707 1, March 30, 2012 at 9:55 am

   Guess she started 80 years ago, and never stopped. Such grace and control.

   Eniobob, how often? Not competing, just admiring.
7. 7 eniobob 1, March 30, 2012 at 10:00 am

   idealist707

   “Eniobob, how often? ”

   Every other day,then do lifting of 40 lb dumbells for 15 minutes,finish off with cup of Yogurt and can of Nutrament,Yogurt and Nutrament every day,
8. 8 eniobob 1, March 30, 2012 at 10:02 am

   Bda:

   FANTASTIC!!!!!!
9. 9 rafflaw 1, March 30, 2012 at 10:07 am

   Wow. My back hurts just watching it!
10. 10 Otteray Scribe 1, March 30, 2012 at 10:11 am

    Is Professor Turley sending us aging widebodies a subliminal message?
11. 11 TalkinDog 1, March 30, 2012 at 10:31 am

    What is that in dog years? We have a 12 year old who still fetches bones but wont fetch a tennis ball. We call him SmartDog and SmartDog is learning the Dogalogue machine and says he will contribute to this blog when he has something good to say. He is still cussing about that slut who threw the puppies. That was his bark at the end of the last comment we made here at Stanley’s dolphin training studio where our dog pack meets to discuss national security.
12. 12 Dredd 1, March 30, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Is there life after agility?
13. 13 Jennann 1, March 30, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    I just put this video up on my high school alumni facebook page as a challenge to all my classmates. We all turn 60 sometime this year and at a minimum we need to prepare for our 65th reunion.
14. 14 idealist707 1, March 30, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Eniobob,
    Got started as a rehab patient, and continue as non-patient with physical therapy machines. Although some don’t require equipment.
    Push ups, pull-downs, push-forwards, push-downs, sit-ups with knees bent and feet flat, curls, stand-ups, stairs, stationary bicycling, leg-extensions against weights. All adjustable for weight and body size. Good stuff.
    My bird legs are getting better. Plus walking every other day.
15. 15 commoner 1, March 30, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Geez my 80+ year old granny is healthy enough, but her osteoporosis leaves her in pretty bad shape mobility wise. An 86 year old who can do all that stuff is simply amazing.
16. 16 eniobob 1, March 30, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    idealist707;

    So you know that feeling when you push your self out the door and you complete that goal you have set for yourself that day to complete your routine and you walk back in the house and that feeling you get,PRICELESS!!
17. 17 lottakatz 1, March 30, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    Dredd: “Is there life after agility?”
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    If there isn’t I’m dead already
18. 18 anon nurse 1, March 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    I don’t want to take anything away from Johanna Quaas, but…

    http://www.wimp.com/circonvolutionimprobable/

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    lottakatz 1, March 30, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    Dredd: “Is there life after agility?”
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    If there isn’t I’m dead already

    , lottakatz.
19. 19 lottakatz 1, March 30, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    Anon nurse, just lovely, thanks for the link.
20. 20 leejcaroll 1, March 31, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Idealist, glad the therapy took. Thats a lot for anyone, much less someone who was first forced into it by circumstance.
    anon, dizzy just trying to watch it but amazing.
    And I’m going to share this link. I guess at 59 I shouldn’t be making those ‘oooff” sounds anymore when I get up from the couch.