COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Most mornings at the D.A. Turner YMCA begin the same way. The front doors open. Smiles spread across the front desk. And 103-year-old James Sneed walks in, ready for another workout.
“It helps me,” Sneed said. “I don’t give up. No… don’t give up. You never give up.”
Sneed, a World War II Army veteran, comes to the YMCA about three times a week to take part in Silver Sneakers fitness classes. Staff members say his routine has become a source of motivation for people of all ages.
“People come in and say, ‘I’m too old to work out,’” said Brittany Brown, the YMCA’s member experience and marketing director. “I always tell them absolutely not. We have somebody here that’s 103 years old that’s working out so no excuses.”…