By Elizabeth Olson | The New York Times
“SUZY BOERBOOM, a registered nurse, retired for the first time after a 35-year career in health care and ownership of several Curves exercise locations. She then devoted five years to helping her three daughters raise their children.
Suzy Boerboom, co-founder and chief of Welcyon, Fitness After 50, a gym for older people, is 66 and on her third career. Credit Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times
“‘I was very close to both my grandmothers,’ Ms. Boerboom said, ‘and I wanted the same relationship with my grandchildren.’ But after several years, she felt too restless to retire, she said. ‘I just didn’t feel relevant,’ Ms. Boerboom, now 66, said. ‘I was beginning to feel a little bored, and a bit out of the mainstream.’
“So in 2009, she started Welcyon, Fitness After 50, a health club business that aims to help older people become fit and stay that way. Ms. Boerboom, working with her husband, Tom, from their Edina, Minn., headquarters, is now busy franchising the centers.”
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