I don’t know if this one has been posted yet, but here it is:
That article is a few years old now. The woman was 89 at the time, but looked 60ish. I would guess the main things that kept her young-looking (besides genetics) were skin exfoliation and sunscreen.
Geezers got game.
With cutting-edge sports medicine and sci-fi gadgetry, more and more athletes are figuring out how to extend their careers.
Partly what’s driving the changes is the size of the fortunes at stake. The typical salary for an N.B.A. player is now close to $12 million a year. Career reserves — not just the stars — often employ their own trainers, dietitians, chefs and assortments of recovery gizmos. When a member of James’s inner circle claimed in 2018 that [LeBron] James was spending about $1.5 million a year on caring for his body, it accelerated an arms race across sports, helping to power a consumer-tech boom that has already trickled down to the $314 billion market for wearable devices that track things like sleep and heart rate.
In 1994, Boggs’s salary was $3.1 million; over the course of his 18-year career, he made about $32 million. Now consider the San Francisco Giants’ All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman — same position as Boggs, broke into the majors less than 20 years after Boggs retired. Chapman, 33, is in Year 2 of a six-year, $151 million contract that will end when he’s 37, and he is already conditioning his body to play at 38 and beyond. “I do want to play after this contract,” he told me.
David Attenborough is 100 years old. How did he manage to do it? According to him, sheer luck of good genes.
Sir David Attenborough Is Turning 100. This Could Be The Secret of His Longevity.
" Only about 0.025 percent of the current population have made it to 100. "
I expect this to explode in 20 years from now. wouldn’t be surprised if it is 10-20 times higher. The main reason for the number being that low is the fact that people accepted the fact that they will be dead somewhere between 80-90 as such it almost appeared in times past that people are preparing themselves for that, or in a sense asking to be dead by such age. Fast forward to now and going forward most people refuse to get old, let alone die LOL I’d say by 2070 at least 5% (20 times more than in 2020) will reach 100 and this just looking at what we know and already have at moment, not including further advances in the future. Take for example CVD which seems to be the #1 cause of death in elderly. What we know now and what is available now you can easily avoid being a statistic of CVD. There’s simply no way to die of CVD if all your markers are optimal (via preventative medicine), and you do the basics of eating healthy and exercising.
So, yeh a lot of people will be living to 100.
This is really interesting… they are in-essence, taking the “Bryan Johnson” approach to aging and peak performance, but about 2 or 3 decades earlier than BJ. I’m sure the same approach is going to filter into academic and professional business work… I’ve heard from friends in the Hedge fund investment business how their loss of mental faculties as they age translates directly into lower earning power, and of course the same is true in the Tech world.
It is perhaps the best example of this approach to aging:
Dr Tommy Wood talked similarly on the Optispan podcast, supporting F1 drivers and NFL players and teams
Here’s an 108 year old woman, walking about, still driving her car and living life. So what is her stack of drugs and supplements, perfect diet, cold plunges and red light booth? Hmm, none of that! Other than to keep moving? OK, she did pick up a small morning exercise routine which she started at the age of 88, so relax folks, you still have a lot of time to start exercising.
That sentence got my attention. Do you have any particular reasons for saying that? ChatGPT disagrees with the statement, but I’m interested in reasons for the statement, regardless.
Wow - she looks truly incredible for 108. Physically, mentally, and emotionally!
Both can be a fulfilling lifestyle IMHO.
Let’s keep in mind that she’s a black American born in 1918, who lived all her life in the USA. I don’t know how low stress her life was.
In general I’m pretty skeptical about the presence of stress as a determinative factor for lifespan. Recall the Jewish 112 year old man who spent years in the Lodz ghetto and a concentration camp(!) during WWII who subsequently ended up in Israel. I doubt he had a low stress life, considering that he spent his entire life in countries at war and with terrorism. All Japanese supercentenarians experienced WWII which was especially traumatic on the Japanese mainland and the immediate aftermath of a devastated country being built back.
I would sooner say that it’s not about centenarians having a low stress life, but their ability to withstand stress, just as they are able to survive health challenges in general. It’s about resilience to stress rather than the absence of stress. Or resilience in general.
I think you’re on to something. I always felt that a little stress was good for longevity especially mental sharpness in older years, same way that other adverse events are (i.e. cold showers, sprinting, fasting etc…).
Yes, low stress was probably a poor choice of words. Fulfilling lifestyle is probably a better choice. Teachers, who like to be around children, enjoy their lifestyle. Likewise some housewives can enjoy there’s. The opposite would be someone who hates their job and is not fulfilled at all. Just my opinion of course.
If you’re going to live a long time, you might as well enjoy it. 
It’s good to hear you say “low stress was probably a poor choice of words.” I was a teacher for more than 30 years and it was never a low stress job and at times it was very highly stressful.
I recommend the movie “Stand and Deliver” starring Edward James Almos as an example of how bad it can get. But, of course, that is an extreme example. On the opposite end of the spectrum there is “Mr. Holland’s Opus” starring Richard Dreyfuss.
https://x.com/tarabull/status/2055414251632623948
John Travolta, 72, looks unrecognizable at Cannes
The 72-year-old showed up in a cream beret, round glasses, sharp beard & black suit for his directorial debut premiere
He looks amazing at 72. I’m guessing he’s had a lot of work done.
He definitely had a lot of work done!
So would I if I could afford the kind of work he has had done. 
I have a problem with looking old. What if your body is that of a 50-year-old, but you have the face of an 80-year-old?
