103-year-old California woman Teresa Moore, who hails from Italy, regularly visits her local gym and enjoys walking on the treadmill, lifting weights and using exercise machines.
Teresa says that exercising gives her energy, but her daughter believes that her mother's adventurous nature also leads her to the gym."I think [my] mother is a curious person."
"When she left Italy, she lived a vagabond life and I think curiosity was a big motivating factor," she theorized, adding that the gym is her mother's happy place.In addition to exercising, Teresa's favorite hobbies are playing bridge and going out to the opera.Teresa Moore, who was born in Italy, married her husband in 1946 and lived across the globe.
"Try to be happy," Teresa said."Try to think of good things – to think everything is beautiful, to think beautiful things."
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