Eighty is the new 60

[Warpy]

25. My grand aunt was sedentary after her late 30s

moving from on stage to back stage, designing costumes and ball gowns. She made it to 99. Her niece, my mother, never exercised and made it to 94. She didn't do it in very good shape, she'd smoked like a choo choo train.

I have marathoner friends. I never joined in, RA put the kibosh on athletics, and now their knees are worse than mine.

Exercise, while helpful in many ways, is no guarantee of a long life in good shape. Telomere length is a better predictor. Avoiding tobacco is another good predictor, since tobacco use causes the diseases we're programmed to get as we age to show up earlier.

Otherwise, it's not a contest, there's no way to do it 100% right and there's no prize at the end if we live past 90.