I just really missed her, she says.
Reluctantly, Jones tried it out.
It was the most fun thing that I could have ever done.
I made friends, and it really kind of broke me out of isolation.
After those six weeks, the team wanted her to join the league permanently, and she gladly accepted.
Decades later, shes still dedicated to the game.
Participating in a competitive sport after age 50 has advantages.
There are cardiovascular improvements, and thats been proven, she adds.
So really, patients get a holistic improvement when they start exercising, particularly in that age group.
They share their training tips and words of encouragement for those looking to remain or become active after 50.
It was the social aspect of bowling that helped her through theloneliness of grief.
And bowling allows you to do that.
It allows you to have fun and fellowship and meet some great people where you will have lastingfriendships.
She practices bowling three days a week and bowls in a league two days a week.
Aside from bowling, Jones regularly walks with a friend and uses strength training bands.
Bowling is a very unique sport because people of any age or ability can bowl, she says.
Bowling uses every part of your body your arms, your legs, youre always walking.
At the end of a three-game set, Jones estimates she has walked a mile.
Shell compete in both singles and doubles bowling tournaments at the Maryland games next August.
It doesn’t even have to be bowling.
