当你年过四十,该当如何健身

Retirees Bob and Alex Linn of Vail, Colo., exercise year-round outdoors. In the winter, they ski. In the summer, they cycle through the mountains.
科罗拉多州威尔市(Vail, Colo.)退休人员鲍勃?林恩(Bob Linn)与亚历克斯?林恩(Alex Linn)一年到头都在进行户外运动。隆冬时节，他们会去滑雪。盛夏之际，他们会骑车越过山川。

It hasn't always been that way.
但他们的生活并非一直如此。

Bob Linn, 81, who ran a company that managed hospital computer systems, and his wife Alex, 75, an artist, didn't exercise much until their mid-40s. It just wasn't a priority beyond maintaining their weight. 'When you're young, you don't think about it and you're busy raising a family,' says Mr. Linn. The couple has seven children total from their prior marriages.
现年81岁的鲍勃?林恩曾经营着一家管理医用电脑系统的公司，他和妻子──现年75岁的艺术家亚历克斯──两人在四十五岁之前都没怎么运动过。除了要保持自己的体重，他们从未优先考虑过锻炼这回事儿。鲍勃说：“当你年轻的时候，健身的事儿，你连想都没想过，你整天忙于养家糊口。”加上之前婚姻所生的孩子，林恩夫妇现在共有七个儿女。

Mrs. Linn started exercising in part to avoid surgery for chronic neck pain. The Linns now do Pilates classes, weight training, cardio and modified plyometrics exercises.
在某种程度上，亚历克斯开始进行锻炼是为了避免进行治疗慢性颈部疼痛的手术。如今，夫妻俩在上普拉提课，进行负重训练、有氧运动和增强式锻炼。

Mr. Linn admits his own stamina and energy aren't what they were in his youth, but that can be a motivating factor -- as can working out together. 'It's always good to have a partner,' he says. 'When you falter and you're not feeling up to it, the other one can say, 'Aw come on, let's do an easy cross-country today.''
鲍勃承认自己的体力和精力都不如年轻时充沛，但这也能成为一个激励因素──就像夫妻二人能够在一起运动也能激励锻炼者一样。他说：“有个伴儿总是好的。当你动摇退缩、觉得自己状态不佳无法进行锻炼时，另一半可以说，‘别这样嘛，我们今天就做个简单点儿的越野训练。’”

Since she turned 60, Mrs. Linn has celebrated her birthday each year by riding her bicycle up a steep 8-mile, 2,000-foot climb on Vail Pass to an elevation of 10,662 feet. Mr. Linn makes the Vail Pass climb on his road bike two to three times in the summer with friends.
自从过了60岁以后，亚历克斯每年都会以这样的方式庆祝自己的生日：在威尔帕斯(Vail Pass)山脉一段长达8英里（约合13公里）、海拔为2000英尺（约合610米）的陡坡上骑行至海拔为10,662英尺（约合3.2千米）的高地。鲍勃则会登上自己的山地车和朋友们一起完成在威尔帕斯山的骑行路线，这样的骑行他每年夏季会进行两到三次。

On Sundays, the two cycle or ski to church. In the winter, Mr. Linn hits the slopes of Vail or Beaver Creek ski area twice a week with friends. Mrs. Linn usually takes solo treks on cross-country skis near their home.
周日的时候，夫妻二人会骑车或滑着雪橇去教堂。到了冬天，鲍勃会和朋友一起去征服威尔的陡坡或到比弗克里克(Beaver Creek)滑雪场锻炼，这样的活动每周会进行两次。亚历克斯则会在离家不远的地方套上越野滑雪板独自跋涉。

In January, the Linns took a vacation to Rwanda, where they hiked for several hours in the high-altitude jungle to watch wild gorilla families. 'We wouldn't be able to do half the things we do if not for exercise,' says Mr. Linn.
今年1月份，夫妻二人去了卢旺达度假，他们在那里的高海拔丛林徒步远行了好几个小时就是为了一睹野生大猩猩家庭的风采。鲍勃说：“如果不是为了锻炼身体，我们不可能完成我们现在做到的这些，连一半都做不到。”