blsm
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That’s very kind. I do value other things above looks but don’t discuss those on this board. 
I think there’s probably a balance as we age where being both too heavy and too lean can have a negative impact on our looks tbh. I think I’ve found my sweet spot and it ended up being about the same as my high school graduation weight fwiw. My husband can see my rear a lot easier than I can and he doesn’t have any complaints so I’ll take it. I’m happy enough with my face and he’s happy enough with my backside. It’s a win/win! 
Edit:I’ll stop derailing the thread now!
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Mick Jagger being asked if he would perform when he is 60 and hobbling with a cane…
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Agetron
#365
This in from an international perspective.
Longevity: The great new status symbol | Health | EL PAÍS English
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Beth
#366
It’s truly remarkable he can still move like that at 80… I doubt I could take those quick steps NOW!
Also, @RPS Awwwwwwwwwwww !!!
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curt504
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Following the body building youtube channels; the health leaders admit very high inflammation, poor metabolic function and early death in their ranks. Yes to very low BMI/body fat % makes one look older and really does age their bodies faster. Body building does not equal health practitioner. We make that mistake. They do realize the harm they are doing and do it anyway.
Re: Dave Asprey (??), Tim Ferris and others popularized: minimum effective effort. IE instead of lifting your max till failure 6 days a week, running miles etc etc. 80% of the muscle gain benefit and maybe even more of the longevity benefit of excersize can be had in as low as 20 min total 2-3 x a week. Specifically increase weight till failure is approx 7 - 10 reps. Just 7 reps till failure then stop. Do again in a few days. 2-3 x a week and you get most of the benefit. MEE min effective effort is a useful practice.
I still pitch use of kaatsu.com C4 model + occational heavy hand weights + vibration plate for quick MEE sessions. Optional; all while standing in front of a head to toe LED panel. Optional: prior to this dose with mitochondrial stimulators like: methlynine blue (5-15mg), optional peptides: SS-31/MOTSC; optional; Coq10, mito-q, urolithin-a etc.
Good luck, curt
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So how long has Dick been taking Rapamycin? 
Still dancing at 99. This is what we aspire to.
His longevity protocol is hitting the gym 3X a week.
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Beth
#369
A little tribute to Jane Goodall, died at 91. A life very well lived.
Aside from her importance, she remained fairly active, and selfless for most of her life… constantly on the road in an effort to make a difference.
Gifted NYT article
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/obituaries/jane-goodall-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.Hfhq.Rm27_xjEoelM&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Agetron
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Awwww… met her at the University one evening a few years ago. She did speaking engagements to raise money for projects.
TBH, I think she preferred the company of chimps.
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Beth
#371
Can you blame her 
And lucky you.
Fun fact… it was in the middle of watching Gorillas in the Mist (about Dian Fossey and not Goodall) that I became a vegetarian… that seemed easier than going to Africa to fight the good fight to protect them.
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A Day in the Life of a 102-Year-Old French Yogi (The New York Times)
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The all time longevity leaderboard.
Noted how almost all of them died in the 2000s. This bodes well for us.
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More on the 80 year old woman doing the IronMan triathlon…
She’s 80 years old, and she just completed the famed Ironman World Championship
It’s entirely possible that Natalie Grabow — who last weekend, at 80 years old, became the oldest woman to complete the Ironman World Championship course in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii — is just getting started.
Consider these facts:
Grabow, who lives in the northern New Jersey town of Mountain Lakes, didn’t start running competitively until she was in her 40s.
She didn’t know how to swim until she was 59.
She was 60 when she did her first Ironman triathlons, first completing the 70.3-mile half-Ironman distance, then quickly bumping up to the full, 140.6-mile race that includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile cycling leg and a full 26.2-mile marathon.
“The swim is still probably my weakest part, but I was able to figure it out pretty much,” Grabow said during a video interview from her home.
“I was gonna beat it,” she said, without a hint of doubt about following in the steps of Hiromu Inada, who was 85 in 2018 when he became the oldest person to complete the race. The only other person over the age of 80 to complete the Ironman World Championship is Lew Hollander, who did so in 2012 at the age of 82.
Read the full story: She’s 80 years old, and she just completed the famed Ironman World Championship
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