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Morbihan: an 89-year-old gymnastics teacher gives classes for the elderly
Morbihan: an 89-year-old gymnastics teacher gives classes for the elderly
(France 2)
For almost four decades, Maryvonne Simonneaux has been giving gymnastics classes for the elderly in Morbihan. She is now 89 years old.
In Remungol (Morbihan), there is no question for Maryvonne Simonneaux, 89, of remaining idle. For almost four decades, she has been giving gymnastics classes for the elderly. For an hour, in front of her 40 students, she shows the stretches and the work on the abs and joints to be carried out. Students aged 68 to 88 years old. The pace of the course like Maryvonne Simonneaux’s breathing is going well.
Classes inspired by a famous TV show
It was a famous TV show from the 1980s, “Gym Tonic”, which gave him the idea. “It was the time when it was very fashionable. (…) I said to myself: ‘Maybe I can do the same’”says Maryvonne Simonneaux. “She’s great”, assures one of her students. To end a good hour of sweating, the gymnastics teacher offers a final exercise on the neck.
