A friend of mine spends each Christmas with her relatives and children in France and she told me of an elderly relative that she jumped up to help when she saw him about to fall. He was in his eighties and she was amazed at his agility. He told her that each morning when he got up he spent one minute standing on each foot. In the evening before he went to sleep he spent one full minute standing on just one foot and then the other, the same as in the morning. A total of four minutes per day. He said he had trained his brain to respond to any unbalance he had and as a consequence he had averted many falls. He also did his best to take a long walk each day. Well, I tried this and am still working on getting it up to one minute, not so easy as it sounds.

I agree with this blog ~ 100% all the older folks I know are very active, and they are all in super shape.
Its when they stop being active is when the problems start. And thats a given time after time!

I know a fellow thats 105 years old he swims 20 laps daily, and walks every night for one mile. He also eats very healthy only fresh foods daily.
There’s a woman that walks near where we live she just turned 81 and she walks 5 miles a day and she is in just super condition!
If you met her you would say she was no more than in her early 50′s.

Folks take a good long walk daily.