One thing I really love to do is gather intel about ages I haven’t reached yet.
I know, it’s a bit weird, but hey, I’m going to reach those milestones at some point and it helps to be prepared, right?
For example, one of my favourite writers on this site is because she provides a window into how to do retirement right.
She quit alcohol so her post-work years would be productive and enjoyable and she now benefits from an active lifestyle full of pickleball and writing.
Those are the kind of retirement years I want to live: physically active and creatively fulfilled.
Fitness as we age
Good health is a prerequisite for that kind of retirement, so I’m also interested in diet and fitness as I age, too.
As I wrote in these two pieces:
What getting COVID taught me about fitness over 40
Do these 4 exercises and you’ll be in the best shape of your life
… the older you get, the more cognizant of your health and your limitations you need to me.
At 41, coming off alcohol use disorder and having majorly fussy spinal discs, I need to be especially careful.
Fortunately, I’ve found an exercise routine that works for me.
Now, what about diet?
For me, it’s bizarrely straightforward. I eat the same 3 things for breakfast and lunch every single day, whereas dinner is a bit of a crapshoot.
I’m not big into sugar and sweets at all, but I do go overboard every now and then with my diet.
Pizza night is a downright disaster … I’ll down pizza and wings at a truly disgusting pace.
Fortunately, I recently learned from the absolutely jacked 59-year-old actor Rob Lowe, you can still indulge … within reason.
Rob Lowe in a file picture from 2008 … check the link below for an updated pic. (Credit: dodge challenger1, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Rob Lowe on staying fit at 60
Lowe recently did an interview with Men’s Health in which he talked about the ways he’s had to adjust his behavior in order to keep his muscular physique and youthful appearance intact as he approaches age 60.