^ I currently have 6 generations alive in our family. We have longevity and healthy longevity, however that is mostly the females.
I have worked my entire life in the medical field and worked all age groups. I spent many years in discussion with the elderly as my patients. 98% of them all said the same thing, they did not want to be a burden on there family and would rather be dead then disabled.
I just want to go out on top, I want to be functional till the point of death. Why be 100 and you cant even wipe your own ass? No thanks.
X I agree on your view point of body fat and longevity.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
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And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
[quote]SteelyD wrote: “First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.”
George Burns[/quote]
I was voted “Moat Likely Never to Make it to 30” in my high school class of '72.
Ha, ha, fooled them!!
Yo, OP. You could do all that and get hit by a bus next week. Look, I’ve been active my whole life. I’ve been lifting for 6 years. I played rugby until I was 52. I’ve always eaten a clean diet (some junk in college and on the road) I think I look pretty good for a old broad, but hell, I’m 57 and I can’t imagine wanting to live to 100. Especially when I wake up in the morning, and everything already hurts. Those are the days when I think, OK, I’m about done.
Hey Steely, your hairy shoulder is distracting me. In a good way.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
[/quote]
And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
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Would that include avoiding the consumption of raw eggs?
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
[/quote]
And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
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Yes, you don’t think it’s likely. We get your point.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
[/quote]
And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
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I have this argument with my father all the time, he smokes and has a huge beer belly. He gives me shit for continuing to lift weights, eat right etc now that I am approaching 40. He says I could get hit by a bus at 42 and everything I did was a waste of time. My counter is that his father died at age 56 on O2 after 6 strokes and three MI’s. He couldnt even walk to the bathroom without getting short of breath. I would rather die at 42 in the best shape of my life instead of dying like my grandfather.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
[/quote]
And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
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I have this argument with my father all the time, he smokes and has a huge beer belly. He gives me shit for continuing to lift weights, eat right etc now that I am approaching 40. He says I could get hit by a bus at 42 and everything I did was a waste of time. My counter is that his father died at age 56 on O2 after 6 strokes and three MI’s. He couldnt even walk to the bathroom without getting short of breath. I would rather die at 42 in the best shape of my life instead of dying like my grandfather. [/quote]
Bingo…and that is why quality is better than quantity. I would rather live to 60 being the strongest fucker around and accomplish everything else I wanted as opposed to being the weakest in hopes I live a few extra years.
[quote]Ghost22 wrote:
… humans are simply not mean to live much longer than we already are. Mutations accumulate in the genetic code, things wear out, you die. [/quote]
I thought we weren’t meant to live much past our prime breeding years, actually. Isn’t that about the time that things start breaking down?[/quote]
Modern science/medicine and nutrition. It’s gone a LONG way fairly recently in extending human life spans but at this point the only place to go is on a genetic level, as I understand it.
Genetics already play a fairly large role in how long you’re going to live.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
[/quote]
And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
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Would that include avoiding the consumption of raw eggs?
lol
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I avoid raw eggs because I don’t want 3 days of diarrhea and the loss of 10lbs or more that I worked hard to build that I have experienced twice before. Living to 100 has nothing to do with it.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I’ll take a full short life over a dull long life.
[/quote]
And I’ll take a long full life over a short full life. Again, never said I’d do whatever it takes just to reach a number.[/quote]
LOL. That’s the point. You really can’t do shit to reach a number. It isn’t like all of the people who hit 100 set out to do so from the age of 30. It is about things that are out of your control from genetics, to “fate”, to chance.
I mean, how fucked up would it be for someone to literally live their life as if the goal was to reach 100; doing all it takes to avoid all risks from only eating 1,000cals a day or less, never smoking, only eating home grown tomatoes, and abstinence…all to be hit by a car at the age of 42?
[/quote]
Would that include avoiding the consumption of raw eggs?
lol
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I avoid raw eggs because I don’t want 3 days of diarrhea and the loss of 10lbs or more that I worked hard to build that I have experienced twice before. Living to 100 has nothing to do with it.[/quote]
I know, I know. I’m just bustin’ balls (or better, cracking eggs).
