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<p>Hildegard Gigl, right, leads a twice weekly exercise class at Hawthorne Terrace independent retirement center in Wauwatosa, Wis. Gigl, who turns 99 in June, is the oldest one in the class. "I'm getting older but I'm not getting old," said Gigl, whose half-hour class includes pushups against a wall and weightlifting with soup cans to "In the Mood" and other Big Band tunes.</p>

<p>Hildegard Gigl, right, leads a twice weekly exercise class at Hawthorne Terrace independent retirement center in Wauwatosa, Wis. Gigl, who turns 99 in June, is the oldest one in the class. "I'm getting older but I'm not getting old," said Gigl, whose half-hour class includes pushups against a wall and weightlifting with soup cans to "In the Mood" and other Big Band tunes.</p>

June 7, 2014

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Aging America: Exercise as the fountain of youth
June 7, 2014 9 p.m.

Aging America: Exercise as the fountain of youth

Editor's Note: Aging America is a joint AP-APME project examing the aging of the baby boomers and the impact this silver tsunami will have on the communities in which they live.