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. I know of an MD who died at age 57. He had a jogging routine and had a chunk of plaque to break free from a blood vessel and go to his brain. Died. Yet he ate steak and bacon and dairy milk and lots of plaque accumulating foods. They have got tests to look for plaque in the blood vessels. He figgered he could just jog it off.
“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.