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Justice Ginsburgs value as a role model for the hundreds of women whove followed her into the law and onto judicial benches across the country has been well appreciated and will, rightfully, make up the bulk of her legacy, along with the ways she helped shape the law to support under-represented groups in court.

But to me, it was also powerful to watch her lead by example in terms of shaping what it means to act like modern older woman, especially when it came to her relationship with her body.

Justice Ginsburg upended models of what exercise for women can be, particularly for older women in a country that values youth. She wasnt working out to look smaller, to take up less space. Her gym habit was both a visible symbol of her toughness and her willingness to reinvent herself, but also a signal of her determination to endure.

And if she could, I could.

The last time I was tired from a marathon session of Zooms, I remembered that three weeks after major cancer surgery in 2009, Justice Ginsburg still showed up for the State of the Union address. What was my excuse? I went for a jog.

When I was sick of running last fall while training for a race, wondering if my fastest times were behind me, I remembered that well into her 80s, Justice Ginsburg was still doing 20 push-ups, sets of 10 at a time, and she wasnt exactly sleeping in either. I could do the final few miles. I could handle the pace, too.

When I was tired last night writing this, fretting over unsent emails and languishing lists of to-dos, I remembered that just months ago, Justice Ginsburg criticized her fellow justices for leaving women workers to fend for themselves when it came to contraception, participating in the cases oral arguments from a hospital bed because of a gall bladder condition. She didnt give up. I was fine.

Lindsay Crouse (@lindsaycrouse) is a senior staff editor in Opinion.

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