A Fifth reason for Muscle Building at 50

I have my reasons for having age at the fore of my thoughts lately. Being in Florida at this time of year really opens your eyes to how life might be when your 70. Virtually everyone here is retired and living out the rest of their life. So you can't help but be more aware of life after work.

I have written an article that explains why I build muscle at 50. I list 4 reasons of which 2, better health and to look good, are obvious. The other 2 are less obvious but make perfect sense when you stop and think about it a little. Being 50 already helps you to understand the other 2 reasons. But having reflected a bit more, and taking into consideration the times we live in, I have added a fifth reason.

I mention that I am a strong advocate of responsibility, accountability and consequence as a way to live your life. Given the troubling, difficult times we currently live in, my personal feelings on this have been re-enforced. Unfortunately as more and more people turn to government for a hand (re: bail-out) I am apparently in the minority.

With this in mind my fifth reason for building muscle and being as fit as I can at 50 plus is it is my civic duty to do what I can to be as little a burden to the "country" as a whole, and my own friends and family in particular. There will come a time when nature has run it's course and I will have no other option but to burden my family and to a lessor extent, the State, for my up keep.

But I think it was in the founding fathers intention, and part of what has made this country great and unique, that that burden be minimized and postponed for as long as possible. I think it is incumbant on every individual to be as self sufficient as possible and aging in a well planned manner is a huge part of that.

Given the current mood of the country, most people don't seem to feel that way.

Most people are fat, lazy about fitness, think it's someone else's responsibility to care for them, and don't seem to want to do anything to change it.

Knowing that, why does the "bail out" mania suprise you?