Age is only a quantity for Dick Van Dyke!
The 99-year-old “Mary Poppins” actor revealed his secret to staying wholesome on a current episode of Ted Danson’s podcast, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” — and it consists of a number of journeys to the fitness center each week.
“I’m almost 100. This is insane,” Van Dyke advised Danson, 77.
“Somebody said, ‘To what do you attribute your age and physical condition?’ I’ve always exercised three days a week,” he shared. “We go to the gym still, and I think that’s why I’m not stove up like my equals.”
Danson shared that he went to the identical fitness center as Van Dyke and recalled being amazed on the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” star’s exercise habits.
“I would go to the same gym you did, and if I got there early enough, I would see you literally work out on some weight machine,” the “Cheers” alum stated. “And then, almost like you were doing circuit training, you would not walk to the next machine, you’d dance. You literally danced to the next machine.”
Danson later remembered asking Van Dyke about his train routine, revealing the Oscar winner advised him that he would swim laps after returning dwelling from the fitness center after which take a nap.
“Exactly,” Van Dyke quipped on the podcast. “Good routine.”
These days, the actor — who simply had a birthday in December — stated his routine consists of a number of stretching, sit-ups and yoga.
In 2015, Van Dyke shared that getting older meant “giving up the things that you enjoy doing.”
“I can’t handle the tennis court anymore. I can still run and dance and sing. You know, I made a habit of asking other people in their old age: “Of all the things you enjoyed doing when you were younger that you can’t anymore, what do you miss?” he advised NPR on the time. “Some people mention golf or tennis. One woman said, ‘I miss having lunch with the girls.’ But the people who said I wish I had made smarter business decisions, I think they’re missing the point.”
Whereas his well being is okay, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” alum lately confronted a scary incident when his dwelling was threatened by the lethal Palisades Hearth.
His spouse, Arlene Silver, 53, revealed the pair didn’t evacuate their $8 million home regardless of the blaze destroying different superstar mansions in Malibu and adjoining areas.
Silver shared that whereas their dwelling was okay, their visitor home caught hearth however solely sustained minimal injury. She additionally stated they had been dwelling on a fuel generator on the time because the wildfire continued to ravage the realm.
The Palisades Hearth broke out on Jan. 7 — the identical day because the lethal Eaton Hearth in Los Angeles County. The blazes compelled tens of hundreds to evacuate their properties and killed no less than 28 folks.
