Comments on: Working Out to Live Longer

By: nobody

nobody — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:47:18 +0000

thank for the exercise

By: Bbln

Bbln — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:11:34 +0000

When I was 18 me and my best friend attended some yoga classes. Our instructor was a 79yrs old woman and she could still sit in lotus position (when you put your feet on opposite thigh with knees on the ground) and do all kinds of complicated positions without any strain. She also had a boyfriend who was 72 :) She was so full of life and beamed with positive energy and health. At that time she was practicing yoga for 50yrs and eating healthy. I hope I will be like her when I’m her age.

By: Gergana

Gergana — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:15:41 +0000

I think you have made a great point!!!!
I always wondered how great grandma was in her 90s and still so agile and strong for an elderly woman. Well… she grew up on a farm where she had to take care of the animals and tend to the crops all her life. Now may be these days that is considered to be moderate activity, but in her day the industrial revolution had not fully touched area! So, early mornings of lifting hay stacks and serving them to the animals, long hours of plowing with the old school animal propelled plows and using a shovel to break up the clumps of soil.
Yeah I would say exercise improves quality and length of life, in the sense that getting old isn’t necessarily being decrepit!

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:53:03 +0000

There’s a woman at my gym who seems to be about sixty, but she is more fit than I am! (I’m 24.) Any class I go to, there is a high probability she will be there, and outperforming me. Most of the girls closer to my age look like they’re kidding around in comparison.

Working out makes my day feel accomplished before it even gets started. I have more energy, more motivation, and a more positive outlook on the day. Plus, when my boyfriend finds me more attractive, it really improves both our days :)

By: alika

alika — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:40:36 +0000

well my grad grandfather leaved to be 105 or 106 years old. He used to take long walks, do exercise in the morning, eat healthy. He had great eyesite, memory, hearing…. in great shape …

By: Smarttie

Smarttie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:03:43 +0000

Yes, I’m an older women and I execrise at least five days a week. I use an execrise tape, 40 minutes. I get to my office around 5 am. When I’m finish, I feel so good. My husband thinks I’m crazy for doing this but “oh well”, this is why he has a “potbelly”, and I don’t. My body weight fat and weight is within the normal range. However, over the holidays, I have gained 5 pounds and I’m working to get that off. I’m 5′2 weigh 125. I feel the difference with this 5 pound gain; this is way too much weight for me.

I need to really learn how to eat healthy, I’m going to read more on your website. Zuana, you are an ispiration to me, thanks for this website. I just found it by chance, looking up something else and wondered onto your website and been here every since (2 weeks).

Talk with you later!

Smarttie

By: Jo Anne

Jo Anne — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:02:11 +0000

Justin…I am just curious…I have seen some riders smoke while they take a break and I have always wondered if they don’t run out of gas. Don’t you? I used to smoke. But, when I started running, I stopped. And, once, I tried if smoking will affect my running. It did. I got tired early on during the run.

By: Jo Anne

Jo Anne — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:58:53 +0000

I am bit late, but, better late than never.

I cycle and some of the people I ride with are a lot older than I am. My regular riding body (I ride with a group of men all the time. But, this person always sticks with me.) is 50 years old and I still can’t beat him. He can’t drop me. But, I couldn’t drop him either. There’s also this 60 year old man that I used to ride with. One time, after work, I went out for a ride at the park near my place. I saw the man and I rode with him and his friend. At some point, our adrenaline was so high that we got competitive (well, most serious recreational riders are, I guess.). We raced. We never found out who would have won because we had to slow down since there were riders coming in the opposite direction.

I am also a runner. I usually do my long runs on weekends at the same park where I ride. Once in a while, I would just be surprised that a woman thrice my age would pass me and you can tell from her legs that she’s been active for so long. Whenever I see them, I get so inspired that I would try to catch up, to no avail.

Exercising has become a way of life for me. Even if I am not feeling well I go out and exercise. I always feel better after. One good thing that exercise has given me is that I no longer experience pre-menstrual syndrome. Before, I would know days ahead that my period is coming because I would get stomach cramps and would have lower back pains. Now, I no longer feel these.

And one last thing. For me, getting out for an exercise has no longer been a problem (of course, at first it was.). As I said, it has already been a way of life for me. So, I no longer have to drag myself to the gym or to the park or wherever to exercise. My body longs for it. If days have passed that I didn’t get to exercise, I feel kind of weak. If I am going on a trip, I always bring my running shoes and clothes with me.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:08:14 +0000

I once did a project in middle school about this veteran who was still alive at 107, I think, and one of the reasons was exercise and a good diet.
He dint have to wear glasses because he never watched television or was on the computer, instead he read. Impressive huh?

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:51:41 +0000

I’m very active and at the same time I am a smoker. My friends, well most not all, are not as active and are mostly non-smokers. This study resonates with me because unlike them I can do a lot of intensive work-outs most days of the week and even throw in a little jogging without excessive strain…

Again, I’m a smoker and they are not the only difference between us is exercise and diet.

P.S – I am not promoting cigarette smoking, it is a horrible addiction. If you don’t smoke, don’t start. It’s expensive as hell. :P