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"So you want to live to a healthy old age. But how?
You could start doing push-ups. A study published in February found that men who can hammer out 40 push-ups in one session had a lower risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease compared with guys who could do only 10 or fewer.
Or you could practice going from sitting on the floor to standing. Another study concluded that how easily people over 50 can do that is a good predictor of how long they might live.
Perhaps you want to work on your grip strength. That’s another measure that tracks longevity in middle-aged folks.
And if none of those appeal, you could always try improving your walking speed, which researchers have used to predict mortality rates in older adults."
"Exercise is key
The most powerful way to promote longevity and improve your long-term health is also simple and, depending on how you do it, free.
“There’s no question that exercise is the biggest anti-aging medicine there’s ever going to be — it’s really huge,” Lithgow says.
“Hands down, nothing compares to exercise,” says Laura L. Carstensen, founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. “The great thing is that most people can do it, and you don’t need 10,000 steps per day to get the benefits.” It takes remarkably little exercise to get longevity benefits."
Other things include getting enough sleep, eating well, minimizing stress, drinking moderately, and having and maintaining social connections.
"So you want to live to a healthy old age. But how?
You could start doing push-ups. A study published in February found that men who can hammer out 40 push-ups in one session had a lower risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease compared with guys who could do only 10 or fewer.
Or you could practice going from sitting on the floor to standing. Another study concluded that how easily people over 50 can do that is a good predictor of how long they might live.
Perhaps you want to work on your grip strength. That’s another measure that tracks longevity in middle-aged folks.
And if none of those appeal, you could always try improving your walking speed, which researchers have used to predict mortality rates in older adults."
"Exercise is key
The most powerful way to promote longevity and improve your long-term health is also simple and, depending on how you do it, free.
“There’s no question that exercise is the biggest anti-aging medicine there’s ever going to be — it’s really huge,” Lithgow says.
“Hands down, nothing compares to exercise,” says Laura L. Carstensen, founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. “The great thing is that most people can do it, and you don’t need 10,000 steps per day to get the benefits.” It takes remarkably little exercise to get longevity benefits."
Other things include getting enough sleep, eating well, minimizing stress, drinking moderately, and having and maintaining social connections.
I have no doubt exercise is good for you and how much of any kind of movement you get throughout the day is huge "sitting is the new smoking" but I would guess people that can do that many pushups are doing a lot of other healthy behaviors as well. so, hard to say how much is just the exercise.
Exercise. Hands down. Most people think they can lose weight with exercise - but they are wrong. The best benefit of regular exercise is keeping your physiologic numbers intact: blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, heart rate, keeps Alzheimer’s at bay.
Good genes. I have the benefit of my mother’s excellent gene pool. Estrogen dominance which when I was younger was a curse.... has proved to be a help in my later years.
I had a funny compliment the other day .... like my mother, people have told me I do not look like I am 65 years old.... more like 10 years younger. But the dental hygienist said - “you don’t have the mouth, teeth and gums of an older person”. I didn’t know how to respond to that - but I’ll take it!
"So you want to live to a healthy old age. But how?
You could start doing push-ups. A study published in February found that men who can hammer out 40 push-ups in one session had a lower risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease compared with guys who could do only 10 or fewer.
Or you could practice going from sitting on the floor to standing. Another study concluded that how easily people over 50 can do that is a good predictor of how long they might live.
If only there were a little thing called causation involved.
I recall an analysis of the topic that showed you increased your life span by the sum of the hours put in exercising.
I just wish there were snow year-round. Most of my exercise is on the ski slopes in the Moguls.
What do they mean by 40 pushups in one session? Weasel wording. Then they go on to say even less exercise reaps rewards. So which is it? Needs lots? Little is just as good?
My thoughts are that I don't really care about living to a ripe old age. What I want are quality years. We try to eat well, live healthy, exercise, have fun. Whatever age that gets me to, I am fine with.
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Adequate and appropriate exercise (for your metabolism and physical structure)
Healthiest Food choice for you at this time (Considering heart / diabetes / digestive / blood disorders, metabolism)
PORTION control !
stay active in mind and body and soul.
(I swim vigorously whenever possible, good time to THINK as well)
Walk fast and a lot.
always take steps (while able)
If I can't sleep, I get up and do 100 sit-ups and 100 push-ups, that puts me down for a couple hours.
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Originally Posted by Sand&Salt
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Summation: Not interested in longevity, just quality. At this point.
Precisely! Longevity is FAR down the list for me. Thus I ascribe to the foolish idea that every hour of sleep you lose comes off the 'tail-end' of your life. (3-4 hrs max sleep at the moment, many yrs with less).
30 yrs of working night shift / Asia support and coming home to barking neighbor dogs (neighbors worked days and left their (7) dogs home barking all day), ... preceded by 20 yrs of farming (including dairy farm boarding school (4AM 'wake-up-call') ruined any chances of sleep.
Ought to be croaking-off any minute now (That's fine)
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