“My father lived to be 87, and for somebody born in 1903 that’s pretty amazing,” she continued. “My mother took incredibly exceptional care of me and my sister. When we were growing up she gave us all supplements when nobody was taking supplements.”
Plus, Collins gets herself into the gym.
“I work out with my trainer a couple of times a week,” she explained. “Just basic Pilates-type exercise, rather than using one of those [reformer] Pilates machines, though.”
What Collins isn’t doing, though, is exercising by walking.
“It bores me,” she quipped. “I’ll walk around my apartment tweaking the flowers, but that’s about it. That sounds so ridiculous, and it will look ridiculous when you see it in print, but it’s true.”
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