It kept Washington young and strong, both mentally and physically.

When he was forty he flung the iron bar, at some village sports, to a point which no competitor could approach.

There was no man in all Virginia who could ride a horse with such a powerful and assured seat.
There was no one who could journey farther on foot, and no man at Williamsburg who showed at the governor's receptions such a commanding presence, or who walked with such a strong and elastic step.

As with the body so with the mind.

He never rusted.