Posted on 02/24/2019 11:33:27 AM PST by Mariner
Once, you would hit the second half of life confident that nobody would expect you to whip your shirt off at a moment’s notice – or if you decided to disrobe at the beach, you would be afforded a degree of reverence becoming your age. You would hope that, if you ventured into the water, a dignified doggy-paddle would suffice. And you would not expect to have surf sprayed in your face by a 68-year-old Richard Branson, or his 57-year-old pal, Barack Obama, both of them still kiteboarding well into the age when most people are worrying about their chrysanthemums.
But times change. With disturbing parallels to the state pension, the age when you can relax and put your feet up is being nudged back – massaged by the wrinkle-free hands of a generation of celebrity midlifers. Sir Richard is just the front-runner. Close behind come Lenny Henry, 60, and Gregg Wallace (a mere 54), who have both shed many pounds recently. And then there is Noel Edmonds, 70, Mr Crinkley Bottom himself, who spent this year’s edition of I’m a Celebrity flaunting his fat-free torso in the jungle.
Why is this happening? One factor is the rise of age-group sport: as biking, running and Brazilian ju-jitsu offer sexagenarians their own competition brackets, there’s more incentive to keep limber enough to podium against one’s peers (the Ironman championships offer age divisions right up to 79).
“The popularity of CrossFit has helped drive interest in weightlifting, powerlifting, gymnastics and so on across older generations,” says trainer Sean Maloney. “I also don’t think you can discount the trend for consumers to focus more of their spending on experiences instead of material items.”
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“It is a lot easier for a 60 year old person to have a fitness routine if the person is retired from work and has all day to rest and exert and rest and exert and on and on.”
Of course it is.
But it can also be done while holding down a job.
Think 45mins per day, 6 days per week.
Everyone has that much time.
I had a chunk break off in my carotid artery 5 years ago. The stroke made me think I was going to die, but I didn’t and recovered all faculties as far as I can tell. The OTHER carotid artery was completely occluded.
They rooted out the one that was 85% and after a few weeks gave me the go ahead to exercise as much as I wanted (within reason was the caution).
I quit smoking, drinking and sugar. Started to slowly work out from a pitiful, weak condition.
I’m not going back. Even if I don’t extend my life, the QUALITY of life I have remaining will be much, much better.
“...is a scrawny pipsqueek who smokes. “
And, yourself?
Amazing. Thanks for posting that.
And, yourself?
I'm fat and I don't smoke.
I also write with proper grammar. And you?
Of course, I'm not featured in the story. That, was the point.
I tore a rotator cuff at the end of last summer. since then, babying my right arm, ive seen myself atrophy a little. I am getting concerned. I need to get it repaired but im one of those losers who dont have insurance!! lol... thinkin about signing up to the VA for it....
I may be able to watch ya do 10 pushups Larry ! Healthy but getting old ! Feeling all the sudden stops in life !
The good thing was the program was not boring and I did not injure anything outside of some bruising.
The bad thing was that my exercise program cost us $63,000.
I do have a hell of a shower.
Absolutely.
I get it.
But the story was about fitness, the the homo otherwise known as BHO is a relatively fit, thin man by American standards.
For his age.
Which was the other point of the article.
Whether he still smokes, I don’t know. I know I smoked until I was 58. 40 years too long.
Would your reaction been different if I had written:
And...yourself?
That would be contextually correct conversational grammar, right?
My husband has type 2 diabetes. During the last two years he has lost 70 pounds and has his sugar under control. All with a low-carb diet and exercise.
It doesn’t have to be a low carb diet.
Good carbs are OK once blood sugar and cravings are under control. You need some carbs to enable intense workouts.
You need intense workouts for transformation.
We’ve been doing this for two years. I recently did a 172 consecutive day marathon of two miles a day and then 1.8 to 1.94 miles a day six to seven days a week after two weeks of the flu. I’m still doing that.
That’s on a low carb diet. I’ve also had multiple tests on my heart and kidneys, and both are normal.
Exercise is key, as is a healthy, low-carb diet.
General Burkhalter outlived Jack LaLanne?
Yep, he lived to be 97.
Check out Dr. Jason Fung and intermittent fasting.
Must have been the strudel.
I wouldn’t have expected that guy to live into the 1970s.
This isn’t a diet in the sense that most interpret it. It’s a life-long way of eating.
...if you are going to drink, drink the good stuff...
Advice well taken.
Last year I switched from Johnny Red to Johnny Black...
...Barack Omaba...
...is a scrawny pipsqueek who smokes.
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Not to mention that millions of Americans consider him to be an unindicted criminal felon!
This was not always the case. I had packed on the pounds over the years.
About 4 years ago I thought I would try pushups. I had a sit down computer job for 30 years. I lifted some weights, but had a hard time keeping an exercise schedule working 60-70 hours a week.
I could only do 1 pushup. So I started doing pushups 3 times a week when I would get home from work.Worked my way up to 5 pushups. Then started adding 5 pushup sets. When that became easy I started doing sets of 10.
4 years later I now do one set of 200 and 10 to 20 minutes later I do another set of 250. I backed of, because doing 3 sets of 200 caused me to be tired the rest of the day.
Took me many months to figure that one out. Dooh. Too vigorous.
In that time I changed my diet to be more whole food based. Plenty of meat. Less refined carbs. More fresh veggies.
I lost 30 pounds of fat. Also added many pounds of muscle. went from a 38 to a 33 waist too. I am in my 60’s and I am in the best shape of my life. I also wear my old belt from 1975. It's awesome and the wife has watched me and started losing weight to. We are like a couple of teenagers again.
I was forced to retire couple of years ago, so time is not an issue.
But in the end, you must do what works for your body type. And remember, it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about it, you are doing it for yourself.
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