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New York Post
3 days ago
- Health
- New York Post
Longevity expert reveals how to ‘train' for old age with a ‘centenarian decathlon'
Forget gold medals — this decathlon is all about your golden years. Speaking at the recent New York Times Well Festival, longevity expert and Stanford alum Dr. Peter Attia made the case for an innovative approach to preparing for old age. Rather than focusing solely on lifespan — the number of years you are alive — Attia's framework centers on healthspan — the period of life spent in good health. 4 Longevity expert Peter Attia speaking at The New York Times Well Festival. Getty Images for The New York Times He believes everyone has a 'marginal decade,' meaning the last 10 years of your life. 'You don't really know the day you enter that marginal decade, but most people know it when they're really into it,' he said. 'The way to increase the probability of enjoying that decade as much as possible is to be very deliberate about how you would prepare for it.' As such, he advises 'training' for old age in the same way that an athlete trains for a sport, with the knowledge that a soccer player and baseball player have very different workout regimens. He calls this approach a 'centenarian decathlon' — joking that it is 'neither a decathlon nor something exclusively for centenarians.' 4 Irina Zaretti celebrated her 100th birthday in 2020. Dennis A. Clark What it does entail is making a list of 10 physical activities that you most want to be able to do — enjoyably — during your marginal decade and begin training for them now. For example, if you want to be able to play on the floor with your grandchildren — which he noted 'sounds really easy,' but 'it's actually really hard to sit on the floor when you get into your 80s' — you should practice getting off the floor using only one arm for support. You should also deadlift 30 pounds so you can pick up a child, especially since muscle strength tends to decline as we age. If you want to be able to take your dog for a nice, long walk — aim to hit 10,000 steps a day now. 4 If you want to be able to play on the floor with your grandchildren, you should practice getting off the floor using only one arm for support. Halfpoint – If you'd like to still be able to travel internationally, try lifting a 20-pound suitcase and climbing 30 stairs without taking a breather. Big on cooking or swimming? Carry two heavy bags of groceries up several flights of stairs and practice getting out of a pool without a ladder. Everyone's list is bound to be different — the key is to focus on what you value most and train accordingly. 4 Bill (William) Casey (right hand side) and his twin brother Jack on their 100th birthday. McCarthy Stone / SWNS For his part, Attia revealed that some of the items on his personal list include: driving a race car, shooting a bow and arrow, playing with children, standing up on his own, and being able to walk with ease — including on uneven surfaces. He highlighted that some of these items are easy to take for granted now — but, without training, there may come a time when they become incredibly difficult, if not outrightly impossible. And if you think dancing and sex don't count — you would be wrong. 'To be able to dance is actually a very complicated physical and cognitive task as you age,' Attia said. While everyone's training will differ depending on their personal goals, he believes that — for most people — it will include a mix of aerobics, strength training, balancing exercises and cardio. Outside of fitness, some of the other areas he recommends focusing on include maintaining a healthy diet, getting enough sleep, using prescription drugs and supplements as needed and taking good care of your emotional health.
CNBC
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNBC
How Tracee Ellis Ross deals with stress, stays joyful: ‘My plate is wonderfully full'
Tracee Ellis Ross, actress and daughter of music icon Diana Ross, is known for her bubbly personality, and seems to keep an optimistic attitude while juggling her responsibilities. "I feel like my natural state is joyful, and yet I work at it," Ross, 52, said during the New York Times Well Festival earlier this month. "I think joy is different from happiness. I feel like happiness is something you can get at 7/11, and joy is something that you earn and work for and takes practice." Prioritizing joyfulness daily is a choice that requires intention, she said. Small moments like making up catchy tunes when she's feeling overwhelmed are what helps her to shift back into a positive state. "I have a group of friends that I have a gratitude and fear list that we write together every morning," she said. "To acknowledge and name and put words to the things that actually light up your soul and your heart. I think they allow a balance and a perspective." Sharing both what she's grateful for and what she's nervous about with her close friends allows Ross to accept that life is a mixed bag of good moments and not-so-great ones. "But if you can mix them in with the right kind of perspective and focus on the stuff that is working, I find that I can have a space of joy in my life," she said. Ross shared an example on how she shifted her perspective when faced with a challenge. The night before the festival she couldn't sleep well and was only able to rest for four and a half hours, despite the eventful day she had planned. "Instead of saying I feel overwhelmed, I use the word, 'My plate is wonderfully full,'" she said. On her ride through New York City before arriving at the festival, Ross wrote on her gratitude list that she was grateful for a bright blue sky, career abundance and "spring New York energy." "I think joy is an attitude. I think joy is a perspective, and I think joy is a lens through which I live and look at my life," Ross said. ,
CNBC
21-05-2025
- Health
- CNBC
Harvard happiness expert: Do this easy exercise right now to stay socially connected—it'll take less than two minutes
An 87-year-long Harvard study found that social fitness — maintaining your personal relationships and keeping them in good shape — was the No. 1 thing the happiest, longest-living people have in common. "Invest in relationships, invest in connections and invest in the things you find meaningful," Dr. Robert Waldinger, the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, said during an interview at the New York Times Well Festival. "If you're doing more of that, you're more likely to be happy more of the time. You won't be happy all the time. But happiness is likely to find you more often." To prove that pouring into your connections doesn't have to be a heavy lift, Waldinger offered up a simple way that the audience at the festival could receive a "dopamine hit" and connect with someone in their lives immediately. "When I talk about investing in relationships, most people think, 'You know, I am so busy. I have so much going on in my life. How do I make time for this?'" Here's how you can improve a relationship that you value in just three steps: "One of the things we found about people who were what we call socially fit is that they did these small things over and over again. You know, daily, multiple times a day," Waldinger said. During their commute, they'd call someone, or they'd schedule their workouts at the gym with a friend, he explained. They found ways to intertwine the repetitive tasks in their daily life with social connection. "When people did that, they stayed more current with more people in their lives. And that built this bedrock of social wellbeing." ,
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Mid-life crisis in full swing': Dwyane Wade gets heavily trolled for new tattoo months after major surgery
Dwyane Wade, the NBA legend, has gone through a lot in the last couple of years related to issues regarding his health. The NBA legend and his wife, Gabrielle Union, have stayed strong and fought against their tough times. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now While Dwyane Wade has completely recovered now, he has recently gotten a tattoo and it seems like the tattoo has sparked a major debate among his fans. Dwyane Wade gets heavily trolled for his new tattoo, months after he recovered from a major surgery Recently, Complex Sports' took to its social media to post a video about Dwyane Wade's new tattoo. The post shows Dwyane Wade bare-chested as he flaunts his new tattoo. The artwork is pretty interesting as it shows off his career accolades but it has sparked a debate among his fans. A fan took to X and posted, 'Amazes me a millionaire settles for art work like this', while another fan wrote, 'seems like a tattoo a dwade fan would do not dwade himself.' A third fan commented, 'Lmao dude used to always talk about never getting tatts', whiIe another fan wrote, 'I had a friend who got his birthday tattoo'd on his wrist & this feels like a rich persons version of that.' A fifth fan noted, 'Mid-life crisis in full swing', while another user wrote, 'This is the most corny pathetic sh*t I may have ever seen'. The NBA legend has not commented on the criticism his recent tattoo has received from his fans. A few days ago, Dwyane Wade made an appearance at the New York Times Well Festival where he spoke about how important it is to question doctors, The NBA legend said, "In my family, in my community, we don't share a lot of things about our health history. Because of that, I decided at 40 years old, I was like, 'Alright, let me go and start. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Let me go look at my body.'" Dwyane Wade also advised his fans to 'ask the right questions' to doctors. He said, 'If you have a primary care doctor, put them to work…Don't let them just come, bring you in and put you out the door, because that's what you want to hear. No, ask the right questions." Also Read:
Buzz Feed
16-05-2025
- General
- Buzz Feed
Tracee Ellis Ross On Being Single And Child-Free
While it would be nice to live in a world where people didn't have to justify their life choices when they go against societal norms, the sad reality is that a woman's decision to remain single and child-free is often met with pushback and scrutiny. And that's why it's so important to have women like Tracee Ellis Ross publicly speaking out against the negative rhetoric. Tracee is now 52, and has never married or had kids — something she has discussed at length over the years. For example, during a Glamour event back in 2017, the star reflected on how people tell her that she should have kids to give her life 'meaning,' despite the fact she already has a pretty 'incredible' and accomplished life. "I have built an incredible life. I have become a woman that I am proud to be,' Tracee said at the time. 'And then someone tells me about their friend who adopted a child at 52 and how 'it's never too late for your life to have meaning,' and my worth gets diminished as I am reminded that I have 'failed' on the marriage and carriage counts.' And last year, Tracee went viral when she delivered an empowering speech at Kamala Harris's Unite for America rally shortly after J.D. Vance's 2021 comments about the 'childless left' being responsible for America's problems resurfaced online. Vance went even further in the interview with Tucker Carlson, where he ranted about 'childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too." At the rally, Kamala sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey, and Tracee kicked off her appearance by thanking the pair for what they 'represent' as two child-free women. "Because, as a childless woman, I wanna say to the people who think a woman's worth is measured in her baby count — I mean, shoutout to all the amazing mothers — but childless women have been mothering the world and elevating the world as aunties, godmothers, teachers, mentors, sisters, and friends," Tracee added. "The list goes on. You do not have to push out a baby to help push humanity forward!" And Tracee doubled down on this during a recent appearance at the New York Times Well Festival, where she hit back at the idea that a child-free person's life is less 'worthy' than a parent's. "I do not believe that my life is unworthy because I don't have children,' Tracee begins in a video from the event. 'I do not believe that my life is unworthy because I do not have a man or partner. I do believe that I mother all over the place. I do believe that I do very valued things in the world and for people that I care about and love.' 'I take out the garbage, I make my bed, I'm pretty kind to people, I do what is asked of me and what I ask of myself, and I am accountable,' she goes on. 'So I think I must be worthy of love and a life, even if society says I haven't checked those boxes.' Needless to say, Tracee's comments were incredibly well received, and they also sparked an important conversation about how wild it is that women even need to defend their life choices in this way. 'Sad how she (and other women) have to justify why they don't have kids,' one person wrote on a Reddit forum. 'Let people live their lives. There are plenty of other people who have kids. Whether those people should or not is something is a completely different topic altogether.''I agree. I think that is an important message to spread. As you age you feel internal and external pressure to be married and have kids,' somebody else added. 'In some workplaces, your time isn't seen as values because you are not going home to anyone. Its wild.'honestly… I think a lot of people (certainly not everyone, to be clear!!) have kids because they just don't know how they'd occupy themselves and feel fulfilled otherwise,' somebody else observed. 'And I kind of like the idea of challenging myself to find meaning and purpose outside of that.''This really struck a chord with me, and I'm so grateful to Tracie for defending her status so eloquently,' another user, who identified as a 'childless single woman' wrote. 'I can't tell you how devalued I feel by society at large. I don't even enjoy attending the annual Easter Potluck or Friends Thanksgiving of the friends I had made in my 20s, because now the events are all about children. Which is great for them! But just because I didn't have the opportunity to become a mother, it doesn't mean that I don't still desire connection in my own right.'One more quipped: 'Marriage and kids aren't for everyone. The only reason why people judge it is because they're jealous.'While somebody else concluded: 'Choosing yourself unapologetically is a power move.' Have you made the choice to be child-free? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
