Great video & this is absolutely true. At 45 I was overweight & was diagnosed with heart disease, type 2 diabetes & hypertension. I was very ill, on a cocktail of medication & had given up on life. But at 46, I decided I didn't want to be like this anymore, so I went 100% plant based & started to exercise. Within a year I had lost 6 stone, reversed ALL my health problems & was able to come off my medication. I'm now 52, slim, toned & the fittest I've ever been, I regularly enjoying yoga, gym, running & I'm a keen mountain biker. People say I look younger than I did 15 years ago & I'm seeing a lovely guy who's twenty years younger than me. So I definitely believe with a positive attitude, getting older can be some of the best years of your life :)

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Wow - that is seriously some story Nat! Good on you - you know it’s those stories that (like right at this moment) I read and go - yep, let’s get this gym session done! That is just class - such an inspiration!

I'll give you this James, that was brilliant. I turned 50 last year, lost 2 jobs and felt horrible. I've started running again, completed my first duathlon in 5 years with my 17 yr old daughter. I do have a young outlook on life - some people call me an immature tw-t but that's as I run past them in sketchers. I see friends on socials visiting national trusts whilst I'm grinding up hills and vomitting after TTs. I know where I'd rather be. I'm finding growing old horrible, especially as my kids grow up and away but I'm trying. Thanks for videos like this, the time and the research is fascinating.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate - yep - there’s a bit of stereotype about what you should do in so many circumstances - and being here for a few years is no exception. We do visit National trust places though… but usually wearing a pair of Chucks… :-)

Lovely video. I am so on board with this, lovely to have it affirmed, I let the positive outlook slip from time to time and fall into old habits of a negative narrative, not today though! Life begins here. Thanks James

@1stElement

27 күн бұрын

Ah mate - thanks for watching! I know how your brain works and always take a bit of a lead from you anyway! It’s so often a case of being aware of your thoughts and keeping them in check, innit!

The "mind your thoughts" is amazing! My wind wonders when I run (part of why I enjoy it - mentally sorting things in my head) but if I find negativity creating in, I notice now,stop it, and focus on something positive around me and the thought is gone 😊 (right...now to do that ftp test I've been putting off 😂)

Great one... Greetings from a young guy from '69

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Welcome to the party, young ‘un!

Great upload. I am 63, one habit I have picked up. To stop making silly noises when I bend my knees etc, I breathe only through my nose. Ps, I also don’t touch alcohol. Why would I knowingly put poison in my body. Great upload, I’m hooked.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Hi Grant - 100% great advice on both fronts. I can only agree about alcohol 563 days after managing to stop (who’s counting..?!) - but I can also very much see it from the other side in regard to habits and addictive behaviours - only too well. You’re a great example to us all - no silly noises, eh! Love it, man!

Aye very very true, I had this conversion with my younger in years but older in mind and body 3 hrs before watching this.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

How very odd - but great to hear too! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

I agree.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

😀👍

“Barn find” genuinely made us roar with laughter. 😂

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Hahaha! I’m glad it did - it’s how I feel mate..! How’s the ankle?

@Gordyhand

Ай бұрын

@@1stElement still not great. But improving. 🙏

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

@Gordyhand ah man - I’m sorry to hear that - hope all the rehab is going well f well mate - let us know if you need any help with anything at all

That Confucius saying is an absolute banger, I mustn't forget that in my woe is me old age (joking). 'Hip replacement' - top drawer 👏. My inspiration regarding the topic in the vid, easy, my mum. Now in her mid 80s she has always been almost unaware of her age, badminton classes in her 70s, wanting to help me in the studio even now. Only that evil bugger Alzheimers has slowed her a little. NEVER, ever say 'I can't, I'm too old' - of all saying this boilers my you know what the most. Keep up the good work, it's important. Cheers

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Your mum sounds like a legend - what an inspiration! Thank you for your lovely and kind words though man, I really appreciate it - all the comments and connections that seem to come from them are a bonus - I would make them if they resulted in zero views… but the fact they live beyond my computer and seem to make difference - well, blimey - what a thing, huh?

Spot on. You have made my day. Not going to give you my life history, just thanks. Bloody great. Best regards, Bob McGowan (Not the Chair Circle!)

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Thanks Bob - I’m glad I’ve made your day - you’ve made mine too with this comment - hope you have a good day tomorrow and ever more too! Thank you, man!

@daviocampi6951

Ай бұрын

Jesus will keep you young at heart. Yes it's good to push yourself responsibly, mind, body, soul and spirit but ultimately the person must ask the question where am I heading to? The greatest freedom is to be free of the worrier self. Jesus has taken that old worry self and crucified it, and replaced with a new creation. Yet there is also a promise in Psalm 103. He renews my youth like the eagle. 😉 Best of both worlds. 🙌 All praise goes to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

@BobMcGowan-NotTheChairCircle

Ай бұрын

@@daviocampi6951 I think that you misunderstand me. I was agreeing that life is what you make it and that although we all age that is no barrier to be continuously improving our lives and ourselves. I do not see my advancing years as a hindrance to my enjoyment of life. Quite the opposite. I have more scope for leisure and things that I enjoy. The main reason that I am keen to make the most of my life is that I am an atheist. I know that when I am dead it is all over, so there is no time to be just treading water. To this end I seize every opportunity I get to live my life to the full, but thank k u you for your kind words. Regards, Bob McGowan.

@daviocampi6951

Ай бұрын

@@BobMcGowan-NotTheChairCircle Dear Bob, You have chosen to be an atheist yet it doesn't mean that your choice is true. I have been following Christ for 37 years and know that what He says is true after testing. The proof is in the pudding you have to taste it to see how good it is. If it isn't true than even Saint Paul writing to the Corinthian church which he set up said: "If there is no resurrection than Christians are the most pitiful of people." 1 Corinthians 15:13-19. "Now if the rising of Christ from the dead is the very heart of our message, how can some of you deny that there is any resurrection? For if there is no such thing as the resurrection of the dead, then Christ was never raised. And if Christ was not raised then neither our preaching nor your faith has any meaning at all. Further it would mean that we are lying in our witness for God, for we have given our solemn testimony that he did raise up Christ-and that is utterly false if it should be true that the dead do not, in fact, rise again! For if the dead do not rise neither did Christ rise, and if Christ did not rise your faith is futile and your sins have never been forgiven. Moreover those who have died believing in Christ are utterly dead and gone. Truly, if our hope in Christ were limited to this life only we should, of all mankind be the most to be pitied!" Christ has endured this long because He is true to His Word- the holy bible testifies.

@BobMcGowan-NotTheChairCircle

Ай бұрын

You are supposing that I am taking this standpoint from a place of ignorance. I am not. I have read the Bible, cover to cover - from 'In the beginning' to 'Amen" - very carefully and I have also attended christian churches of differing denominations over several years. If it is a matter of faith then we are both right. My faith in the non-existence of supernatural beings is total. Logic would dictate, however, that one of us must be wrong. Thank you again for your kind interest. Sincerely, Bob McGowan.

Thank you. Loved the video. Put it this way, just watched a GTN vid of Kilian Jornet and now I wanna run up Snowdon! Yep... definitely, what and how you think are essential!!! One of my favourite books has the title 'What You Think Is What You Get' by Don Weed:) Please keep making the videos. PS surgery now scheduled for next week to fix that darn collar bone!!!

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Great news on the collar bone! Keep us posted! I’ll check that book out and - yes - running up Snowdon sounds amazing - Jornet really is something, eh?!

Wind in my hair? not for a long time! But what does that matter. I set a 10 mile TT pb today. Competitive at any age.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Perhaps on your legs? 😜

Sitting down to put shoes on is the onset of old age in my book. Unfortunately I've been doing it for a couple of years already

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Hahaha - I have too - but only to rest my legs before a run :-)

Have the studies tested if being grumpy about things making you happy also makes you live longer. Asking for a friend...

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Yep - there are definitely plenty of people out there who love being grumpy - sadly I think the research falls apart because no one wants to be around then long enough to measure lifespan 😝

Know me, knowing you…

But I'm very very f**king old in my head.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Nah ya not - you’re the Peter Pan of KZread, brother!

I'm 78 and I wear sketches (not beige).....does that make me younger or just confirms my decrepitude?

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

100% makes you younger and a super hero in my book!

@panchopuskas1

Ай бұрын

@@1stElement in that case I'll subscribe....

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

@panchopuskas1 great to have you onboard, superhero!

Over the hill at 40??? Wtf?

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Right? I agree - it’s what they say though!

@claireSE16

Ай бұрын

@@1stElement have a look at the recently deceased Iris Apfel if that isn’t a testimony to a age defying life

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

@claireSE16 wow - just had a brief look! I live these seemingly outliers - I’m not so sure they are though - from the brief look I’ve had her and her husband lived every damned minute and loved what they did - I mean, that’s a privilege, of course - but wow - what a way to live your life, huh! I would have loved to have had dinner with her and Carl.

@1stElement

Ай бұрын

Also - signing a model if contract aged 96? If that isn’t a power move then what is..?!

@claireSE16

Ай бұрын

@@1stElement totes !