#151

She has to be the winner, that image is astonishing!

#152

87 year old paddling the entire Mississippi River.

“I’m only 5’6” and sometimes I think I wanted to overcome my stature and show that I’m bigger than I really am,” he told me then. “All my life I’ve had a competitive spirit.”

It was that competitive—some might say stubborn—spirit that led Sanders, now 87, to do it all over again. Sanders had a title to reclaim. His record on the Mississippi had been broken by 81-year-old Stan Stark in 2020.

So, in June 2022, Sanders set out in his 15-foot canoe, Perseverance, and invited a documentary crew along for the ride. The resulting 90-minute film, Greybeard: The Man, The Myth, The Mississippi, chronicles Sanders’ journey from the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico—as well as provides the origin story for the serial record-setter.

The film website:

https://greybeardthedocumentary.com

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#153

Greybeard says he’s able to paddle the length of the Mississippi at 87 because he stays happy and goes to church.

Sounds like an amazing guy, but I don’t think most people could replicate his results with that formula.

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#154

Might help us along the way though!

The biology of emotion—and what it may teach us about helping people to live longer

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#155

74 and going strong | Windsurf Foiling | October 2023

Drone footage of another great day on the water with Gordon- Windsurf foiling the seasons first cold front. I’ve been foiling with him for years now. He is an inspiration and has put in the time through out the years. Crusing around, crashes and gets back up and does it all over again. Dude is a beast!

The other week we were sailing out on a port tack. And i yelled to Gordon “ man, this never gets old”! He yells back- “Yeah…I could do this until im 80”!

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#156

I wish I knew this guy’s secret. And, he is still driving a car and speeding!
Probably the most cognizant 100-year-old I have seen. I’ll bet his epigenetic age is much younger.
He doesn’t look like he is going to die anytime soon.

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#158

China exercise fanatic, 70, amazes social media with body, mind of man in his 20s

A 70-year-old grandfather in China is so enthusiastic about fitness and mountain climbing that he has the physique – and the athletic abilities – of a man half his age.

Zou Heping, from Chongqing city in southwest China, uses the nearby Gele Mountain as his natural, outdoor gymnasium.

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#159

The 2023 season marked the first time in more than two decades Tom Brady was not on an NFL roster. Brady, who turned 46 in August, appears to have remained physically active since his football career came to an end.

Hundreds of prospects are in Indianapolis for this year’s NFL Combine. Nearly 25 years ago, Brady was preparing to enter the NFL Draft.

On Thursday, Brady shared a video on social media showing him running the 40-yard dash. He finished with a time of 5.28 seconds at the 2000 league combine.

The retired quarterback decided to give the 40-yard sprint another shot, and he beat his time from his early 20s.

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#160

It was a bluebird morning at the Alta Ski Area and Carol Bowling, 76, was looking for fresh powder.

Her husband, Nick, 83, and his cousin Bob Phillips, 84, shouted over the whir of the chairlift, deciding where to go. “Something like this is skiable,” Mr. Phillips said of the black diamond run below the lift.

At the top, the trio tightened their boots and waited for a few more friends. It was a Wednesday in late February at the Utah resort, one of the oldest in the country. The morning was cold and crisp with a few inches of new snow.

It was time to ski. The group headed down Devil’s Elbow, a winding intermediate run. Mrs. Bowling found her powder, cutting left from the trail into the pine and spruce trees. The two men stayed together in the open, carving wide S-shaped turns.

When they reached the bottom, it was almost 11 a.m. — time to meet up with Alta’s seniors ski club, the Wild old Bunch.

‘It’s not the age that will limit you.’

The Wild old Bunch (with a lowercase “o” to de-emphasize the “old”) started in 1973 and has around 115 members. A few depart each year, some to the deep powder of the afterlife and others to an old age without skiing. Jan Brunvand, 90, suffered a scary fall his first day this season and decided 85 years on skis was enough. But fueled by baby boomers, the group’s rolls stay strong.

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#161

I am providing a link from my NYT account. It is a “shared” article that should provide access to the article for those without accounts. Not sure there is a limit to how many views but hopefully none.
If you put your cursor over the link below - you will see unlocked_article in the url.

I would concur with the article that downhill skiing is a great way to measure up against your younger self. Still feel like I am one of the better skiers on the slopes at 69.

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#162

He’s 72. He just finished marathon No.2,000.

The septuagenarian’s secret to achieving athletic longevity? Finding the sport you love, being okay with finishing last, and lots of airline miles.

The 72-year-old just crushed his 2,000th marathon—a stupendous accomplishment made even more incredible by the fact that he ran his first 26.2-miler 20 years ago at 52. Macon has run at least one marathon in every state in America 23 times. His PR? Four hours and 15 minutes.

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/72-year-old-larry-macon-started-running-marathons-20-years-ago-he-just-finished

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#163

The competition is getting intense here… I need to up my game! She’s about 4 hours, 28 minutes better than I am right now.

How’s your plank going?

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#164

Great for him! 71 and strong!

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#165

How a Pioneering Blackjack Master Beats the Odds of Aging Business Week - April 10, 2024

Legendary gambler and hedge fund manager Edward Thorp, 91, shares what he’s learned about exercise, diet and managing risk in all areas of life.

An interesting perspective about applying risk analysis to aging.

The mathematics professor and hedge fund manager Edward Thorp rocketed to fame in the early 1960s by showing readers how to best casinos in blackjack. His book Beat the Dealer laid out a groundbreaking system of card counting, followed by guides to roulette and other gambling games. Thorp also invented or perfected a number of the quantitative hedge fund strategies being used today, and he delivered 30 years of 20% annual returns for the hedge funds he operated, with only a handful of down months, none large.

Less well known is that Thorp has devoted his talents as much to health and longevity as to beating casinos and markets. At 91 he’s remarkably healthy and vigorous. Although he’s no longer running marathons or doing serious weight training, Thorp jogs and works out at the gym regularly. He weighs 155—2 pounds above his weight at age 17—and can do two chin-ups and 15 pushups. He analyzes scientific literature and manages his regimen carefully.

https://archive.is/fq5JC

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#166

That guy looks fantastic, and is very fit, for age 91… whatever he’s doing, its working!

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How about things people can buy?
I have an Apple Watch and an Oura Ring, which I really like. The stats are really good, and so easy to use. I find the confluence of factors that go into the result are a little tangled or confusing. That is, if I change one variable, I don’t necessarily get a clear change in the variables that are recorded during the night for my sleep.

So, for example, I might eat a big meal one night and, instead of having terrible sleep, I might have fairly good sleep. Another night I might eat a big meal and it just ruins my sleep. Even though we’re a species with much in common, we also have a great deal of individual variability. What works for or is appropriate for one person might not work so well or be so appropriate for another person. You have to learn your own peculiarities and how to work with them.

There’s a book about all this stuff called Outlive, by Peter Attia. I agree with almost everything in the book. My wife actually knows a lot more about this than I do. She’s really smart. She’s a molecular biologist by training. She was in the medical industry for quite a few years. So I just go ask her.

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#167

A 79-year-old triathlete didn’t get fit until her 40s. She shared her 5 longevity tips for healthy aging.

Then, in 1991, she picked up a magazine about that year’s Ironman Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run.

Gruenfeld’s husband, who’d supported her fitness journey since the beginning, encouraged her enter — even though she was by no means a swimmer and didn’t even own a bike.

So, she joined a local pool, bought a bike, and took a six-month leave of absence from her demanding job to train.

In October 1992, at 48 years of age, Gruenfeld crossed the finish line at Kona.

So she did it again. And again and again, completing a total of 28 Ironmans in 31 years.

She even trained while being treated for two cancers, one under her arm and one in her breast.

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#168

Hahaha - Not your average person I think: She took 6 months off from her demanding job to train… that’s a half of a year… ummm… I didn’t have that luxury at 48 years old. Would be out of work unable to pay expenses of home, food, car, kid’s education. :rofl: Don’t have that luxury now at 65 years old. Probably will work til I am 75 years old.

Good for her.

TBH - in skin and wrinkles she actually looks older than my 92 year old German Father-in-law.

Here’s hoping rapamycin keeps me working and my skin and looks better!

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#169

His Instagram Account:

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#170

Very impressive!

I may be jealous, but he may be overdoing for maximum health benefits. Some people become excessive-compulsive about exercise. I was that way for a few years with running. Why? Because it was the runner’s high that I experienced, Some more than others experience the endorphin high that comes with running and exercise.

“Vascular, lean muscle is one thing, a shrink-wrapped human is another. So, what is a healthy body fat percentage? Nuffield health recommends for men:”

The consensus that I can find is that his body fat is too low to be healthy.
Even pro-body builders don’t remain that shredded for long periods because the body starts to consume muscle for energy.

IMO: 10-15% is the healthy range

Recommendations by Age
Ages 65-75
World Health Organization (WHO): 11-21% body fat
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Up to 24% body fat associated with lowest mortality risk
Ages 75 and Older
WHO: 13-24% body fat
NIH: Up to 24% body fat associated with lowest mortality risk

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