- Cherie Rohn, 79, took up fencing at 75. She also works out and does ballroom dancing.
- She shared some of her secrets to staying so active at almost 80.
- These include finding an exercise you love and not trying to be perfect all the time.
Cherie Rohn, 79, has a very structured week when it comes to workouts.
On Sundays, she does a fencing lesson. On Tuesdays, she works out “strenuously.” On Wednesday, she does a three-hour fencing session. She takes Thursday for stretching, and on Friday has a ballroom dancing lesson.
The freelance writer and editor based in Fort Myers, Florida, started fencing when she was 75 . She stumbled across online fencing lessons during a lockdown in November 2020, and has been doing it ever since…