Posted on 09/28/2019 2:44:54 PM PDT by RummyChick
We are all ageing – it’s a fundamental fact of life. But the majority of us are totally unprepared for what lies ahead.
Yes, we may have pensions in place and follow the basics of a healthy lifestyle but can you truly say that you have thought deeply about all aspects of your later life?
The good news is I’m here to tell you that getting older doesn’t have to mean it all goes downhill.
In fact, it can be the start of a whole new adventure if you are prepared for a major rethink about how you can make your later years some of your happiest.
The story of ageing has changed dramatically in the past decade because life expectancy has been increasing year on year at a fantastic rate.
Medical and public health advances, from sanitation to statins, all continue to extend our lives, and yet society – and, indeed, we as individuals – haven’t caught up with that change.
Respected medical journal The Lancet has, staggeringly, predicted more than half of British babies born in 2007 will live to the age of 103. It’s entirely possible that many of today’s 50-year-olds will only be halfway through their lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“Haha, I like it.”
It’s fitting, isn’t it. Poetic, really. Almost like it was some part of a just plan.
“more than half of British babies born in 2007 will live to the age of 103...”
Not if the Mohammedans are still around.
It isn't for kids either.......
I fixed it in post 12. Sorry.
What is your actual orange zone heart rate? I’m a bit younger but just curious.
Yeah I saw that after I posted. 8>)
Yep, if you live long enough, you’re bound to die of something.
I keep hearing that from a 101 yr old I know. Very inspirational.
I fell and I can’t get up - and I think I broke my hip....please send help....
So WTF is the name of the book. I even went to the link and a quick scan of the article doesn’t find it.
If a “journalist” is writing an article about a book (as the article title implies), ought not a reference to the book be prominent in the first few paragraphs??
They calculate it according to an age formula. My heart rate in the orange zone is typically in the 140 bpm range - but I often reach the 150s which puts me in the red zone on their monitor. However, most of the other participants are younger than I am and I see their heart rates all the time in the 150s, and they're in the orange zone.
LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.
It’s at the l
When We’re 64: Your Guide To A Great Later Life, by Louise Ansari, is published by Green Tree, priced £12.99.ink
OK, thanks. That’s pretty intense.
Thanks for the info. I still think the writer is an amateurish incompetent (but then that seems to be the norm today).
VERY. But the program is never the same two days in a row and the hour flies by - you’re constantly changing up, never more than 90 seconds staying on the same exercise, it’s so fast and fun.
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Probably referring to Sinclair ? “Lifespan : why we age and why we don’t have to.” One of the best, most important books I have ever read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nXop2lLDa4
Probably referring to Sinclair ? “Lifespan : why we age and why we don’t have to.” One of the best, most important books I have ever read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nXop2lLDa4
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