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If I could only live to be 80, but as healthy as I am now, I'd sign for it

• mikekchar 11y ago
  Exercise. It's not "as healthy as I am now", but it makes a big difference. Anecdotal evidence, but my 73 year old father still rides his bike over mountains (and shot his best ever golf score last month). He does complain that he wishes he had the body of a 60 year old ;-) My wife's uncle has to be pushing 90 and still runs 2 km every day. If you just keep going, it's amazing what you can accomplish even in the later stages of life. Obviously this is survivor bias, but if you look after yourself and have a bit of luck, there's no reason you can't be healthy enough to enjoy life well past 80.
  • wobbleblob 11y ago
    I do a minimum of 5-10 hours a week of aerobic exercise (mostly cycling), to make time for more, I'd either have to quit my job or board the kids somewhere. I also have some anecdotal evidence. My father was always an avid cyclist as well, until his hip joint wore out. He had to give it up, and in the space of a year turned into an old man. I'm sorry, unless something else kills you in your prime, it will happen to all of us sooner or later.
  • PepeGomez 11y ago
    Or maybe they are able to do that because they didn't age as much as the average person...