Activity might be the most important thing.

[aja8888]

Just make sure you stay hydrated!

Oh yeah, we bring lots of Gatorade.

 

[audreyh1]

Impressive that you weren’t wiped out from the long golf game and still had energy to mow!

 

[aja8888]

Impressive that you weren’t wiped out from the long golf game and still had energy to mow!

Thanks, trying to stay fit (for my age). But I went through a lot of Gatorade and water. Walking a lot every day helps me with endurance.

 

[brett]

My health changed for the better in retirmement. I put it down to three things.

Less stress
More exercise
Change of diet

Exercise and diet did not change by design, it just happened.

Had a physical 9 months ago. Physician looked at the lab results and said just keep doing what you are doing. She emphasized the diet part.

But...she also claimed that one's genes play a large part in this. Who really knows until it is too late?

 

[sengsational]

There's a long podcast about exercising in aging people that was released a few days ago by Peter Attia (MD, healthspan clinician, and podcaster). I thought this might be of interest to the readers of this thread. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but was in front of my computer, and figured I'd drop it here.

I've heard Attia talk about exercise in older people for years, so there's probably few surprises for me, but for those of you that haven't heard him before, he's got a few catchy things he talks about, like the 80 year old decathlon. Given muscle mass reduction, you decide what you want to do when your 80 and back up to your current age and exercise to the point where the line hasn't gone too far down by the time you get to the age. He uses the example of picking up your grandchild when your 80, you better be in pretty good shape at 60. And he's all about "stability", which isn't something you hear people talk too much about, but according to Attia, it's critical.

Here's the bullets for this podcast:

• Key points about starting exercise as an older adult [2:45];
• Why it’s never too late to begin exercising and incorporating the four pillars of pillars of exercise [5:45];
• The gradual, then sharp, decline in muscle mass and activity level that occur with age [10:00];
• The decline of VO2 max that occurs with age [15:30];
• Starting a training program: exercise variability, movement quality, realistic goals, and more [18:30];
• Improving aerobic capacity: the malleability of the system, the importance of consistency, and setting long-term fitness goals [25:15];
• Starting cardio training: base building, starting with low volume, and zone 2 training [30:45];
• The critical role of Vo2 max in longevity [36:45];
• How to introduce VO2 max training to older or deconditioned individuals [46:15];
• Options for performing zone 2 and VO2 max training [53:45];
• The ability to make gains in strength and muscle mass as we age [57:00];
• How to implement strength training for older individuals [1:01:00];
• Advice for avoiding injury when strength training [1:07:30];
• Risk of falls: the devastating consequences and the factors that increase fall risk [1:12:15];
• Mitigating fall risk: the importance of foot and lower leg strength, ankle mobility, and balance [1:19:45];
• Improving bone mineral density through resistance training [1:24:30];
• The importance of protein in stimulating muscle protein synthesis, especially in older adults [1:31:00];
• Parting advice from Peter [1:34:00];

#307 ‒ Exercise for aging people: where to begin, and how to minimize risk while maximizing potential | Peter Attia, M.D. - Peter Attia

“The name of the game is play the game and stay in the game forever. And so we are really looking to minimize injury here and we're looking to minimize burnout.” —Peter Attia

peterattiamd.com

 

[JoeWras]

Honestly: took some time off. Just replying to follow.

I haven't read everything yet, but I believe activity is huge in our quality of life, not just longevity. It plays out in my family's experience. (Even granddad, a huge smoker, lived great until 83. He walked a minimum of 2 miles per day. Granddad 2, a non-smoker sloth who had other bad habits and rarely did anything physical, died at 56.)

 

[prudent_one]

Did you wander over from ATOT?

Heh, if that's what I think it is, I am still an elite member there.

 

[MarieIG]

There's a long podcast about exercising in aging people that was released a few days ago by Peter Attia (MD, healthspan clinician, and podcaster). I thought this might be of interest to the readers of this thread. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but was in front of my computer, and figured I'd drop it here.

. . .

I got the alert for this and meant to listen to it. Thanks for reminding me. (The plan is to start it while I'm on my stationary bike.)