Age is only a quantity for Dick Van Dyke!
The 99-year-old “Mary Poppins” actor revealed his secret to staying wholesome on a latest episode of Ted Danson’s podcast, “The place Everyone Is aware of Your Title” — and it contains a number of journeys to the health club each week.
“I’m nearly 100. That is insane,” Van Dyke instructed Danson, 77.
“Any person mentioned, ‘To what do you attribute your age and bodily situation?’ I’ve at all times exercised three days per week,” he shared. “We go to the health club nonetheless, and I feel that’s why I’m not range up like my equals.”
Danson shared that he went to the identical health club as Van Dyke and recalled being amazed on the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” star’s exercise habits.
“I’d go to the identical health club you probably did, and if I received there early sufficient, I’d see you actually work out on some weight machine,” the “Cheers” alum mentioned. “After which, nearly such as you have been doing circuit coaching, you wouldn’t stroll to the subsequent machine, you’d dance. You actually danced to the subsequent machine.”
Danson later remembered asking Van Dyke about his train routine, revealing the Oscar winner instructed him that he would swim laps after returning dwelling from the health club after which take a nap.
“Precisely,” Van Dyke quipped on the podcast. “Good routine.”
These days, the actor — who simply had a birthday in December — mentioned his routine contains lots of stretching, sit-ups and yoga.
In 2015, Van Dyke shared that getting older meant “giving up the issues that you just get pleasure from doing.”
“I can’t deal with the tennis court docket anymore. I can nonetheless run and dance and sing. You understand, I made a behavior of asking different folks of their previous age: “Of all of the stuff you loved doing once you have been youthful you could’t anymore, what do you miss?” he instructed NPR on the time. “Some folks point out golf or tennis. One lady mentioned, ‘I miss having lunch with the ladies.’ However the individuals who mentioned I want I had made smarter enterprise selections, I feel they’re lacking the purpose.”
Whereas his well being is okay, “The Dick Van Dyke Present” 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 celeb mansions in Malibu and adjoining areas.
Silver shared that whereas their dwelling was okay, their visitor home caught fireplace however solely sustained minimal harm. She additionally mentioned they have been dwelling on a gasoline generator on the time because the wildfire continued to ravage the world.
The Palisades Hearth broke out on Jan. 7 — the identical day because the lethal Eaton Hearth in Los Angeles County. The blazes pressured tens of hundreds to evacuate their properties and killed a minimum of 28 folks.