Clint Eastwood at 91 has started making a new film, directing and starring in it, his days starting at 430am.
Asked why he still puts himself through the stress of making a film at his age with all the early starts and late finishes, wasn’t he too old, shouldn’t he just take it easy?
He replied “if I stop working, If I stop exercising and eating right I will “LET THE OLD MAN IN”, once you do that you are finished”!!
I have trained many individuals who have gone from working their whole lives, then retired but suddenly found their workout schedule even more important because not working anymore often leaves a massive void in their lives, they often lose their sense of purpose in life and it’s very easy to sink into a deep depression.
Most people view retirement as some kind of “nirvana” and heavenly place, but most people will tell you after just a few weeks, unless you have that strong sense of purpose from a new challenge you take on, a strong reason to get up early every day and accomplish things, then it becomes a very dangerous existence where your body and mind can break down very quickly and send you into a spiral of decline.
Kay Owen 82, and Dennis Ball at 84 who are still achieving incredible feats at the gym with us every day tell me this when I see them, they long ago discovered that you need to be getting better still in life, keeping to a schedule, you always need to keep fighting, eating well, taking care of yourself because if you stop, that “old person will quickly take over your body and mind”, and it’s only downhill from there.
Whatever age you are, stay in the game, get on the gloves every day, lift more weights, walk/run up that hill and keep fighting for a great life, surround yourself with positive like minded people who will be “encouragers” instead of dream stealers.
90% of what you worry about will never happen anyway, treat every day as a great gift never putting off all the incredible things you are capable of right now.
