{"id":36331,"date":"2025-04-20T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T19:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/36331\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T19:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T19:06:08","slug":"94-year-old-has-no-health-issues-thanks-to-zumba-classes-3-times-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/36331\/","title":{"rendered":"94-Year-old has No Health Issues Thanks to Zumba Classes 3 Times a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Mary Marson at her Zumba class \u2013 SWNS<\/p>\n

A sporty great-grandmother attends Zumba classes at age 94 three times a week\u2014and her health has never been better.<\/p>\n

Mary Marson says her long, healthy life is down to eating organic food and joining weekly classes of Zumba\u2014an aerobic workout featuring Latin American dancing and music.<\/p>\n

The nanogenarian who grew up in Jamaica says eating organic food alongside her active lifestyle has left her with zero health complaints apart from the occasional cold.<\/p>\n

Attending the dance workouts at Wavelengths leisure centre in Deptford, southeast London, Mary has become a local legend, inspiring others to keep fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can do everything in the routine. I can even bend down and touch the floor!\u201d said the senior.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the music. It really gets me motivated<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been a very positive person, which also helps keep me healthy. I just cannot feel \u2018old\u2019!<\/p>\n

\u201cI also have good genes,\u201d said Mary, who moved to England when she was 27-years-old. \u201cMy parents lived to be old.\u201d<\/p>\n

The staff at Wavelengths views Mary as part of the family and every year, make a big fuss on her birthday with balloons and a cake.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mary Marson on 94th birthday with her Zumba instructors \u2013 SWNS<\/p>\n

Mary advises other senior citizens to be brave and try out sports and activities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of them may be motivated by fear,\u201d she told SWNS news agency. \u201cThey might think, \u2018I can\u2019t mix with younger people\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can make themselves ill by sitting in a chair all day, thinking they can\u2019t do things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would tell them to join in \u2013 they will probably become an inspiration to those younger people. They won\u2019t regret it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Her four children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren are \u201cvery proud\u201d of her.<\/p>\n

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Fitness instructor Topaz White, who leads the Zumba classes, says Mary is everyone\u2019s \u201cShe-ro\u201d\u2014an inspiration to all.<\/p>\n

Using a hashtag, she quipped, \u201cEveryone should #BeMoreMary\u201d.<\/p>\n

SHARE THE CAN-DO SPIRIT On Social Media to Inspire Friends\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Marson at her Zumba class \u2013 SWNS A sporty great-grandmother attends Zumba classes at age 94 three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4322],"tags":[1152,20905,1154,1630,105,20904,20903,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-36331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-aging","9":"tag-dance","10":"tag-exercise","11":"tag-fitness","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-inspirational","14":"tag-seniors","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114371859936817226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}