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The incredible story of the 93-year-old who has a biological age of a 30-year-old! Richard Morgan reveals his secret
2024-04-19 09:35:29 / BOTA
93-year-old Richard Morgan may be a simple retiree who spends his life quietly with his wife, tending his garden or playing chess.
A former drum maker, he started training 20 years ago and is now in the physical condition of a 30-year-old!
The Irish senior is now a four-time world indoor rowing champion. He has the aerobic capacity of a healthy 30-40-year-old, his body is 80% muscular, with only 15% fat. These were the conclusions of Irish researchers, who studied his heart rate, physical condition and metabolic, heart and lung function in a case study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
As the researchers observed, his pulse reached 153 beats per minute, exceeding the maximum expected heart rate for his age and being among the highest values for people in their 90s, indicating a very strong heart. .
It all started when Mr. Morgan had attended a rowing practice with one of his grandsons, who, as a college student, was competing in rowing events. He now trains for 40 minutes a day, starting with rowing about 18.5 miles. She also trains with weights for further strengthening two to three times a week, while combining a mix of light, high- and low-intensity workouts.
"I started out of nowhere and suddenly realized that there was a lot of fun in training," he emphasized.
In addition to daily exercise, Morgan follows a diet rich in protein, which is key to building muscle and maintaining metabolism, but regularly exceeds the usual dietary recommendation of around 60 grams.
"We need to look at very active older people if we want to understand aging," said Bas Van Hooren, a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and one of the study's authors.
Of course, Mr Morgan probably had some genetic advantage, the scientists point out, as his driving ability seems to run in the family. Furthermore, his race performance in recent years is slower than it was 15, 10 or even five years ago. Therefore, although exercise cannot "erase" the effects of aging, it can slow down its effects on the body.
Morgan's case is a good example of people in their 90s and 100s who have now achieved great longevity by staying physically active. But there are other similar examples, like 100-year-old Les Savino of Pennsylvania, who works out three hours a day, five days a week, combining weights and aerobic exercise.
There is now strong evidence that just 20 minutes of physical activity a day reduces the risk of cancer, dementia and heart disease by around a third, making it more effective than some drugs.
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