Category Archives: Exercise/Sports
Ray Bethell Flies a Kite — Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
Let’s start the New Year with a lovely video featuring the amazing, almost magical talents of Ray Bethell, master of the art of multiple kite flying. Bethell performs a kite ballet to “Flower Duet” from the opera Lakmé by Clément Philibert Léo … Continue reading
Why Bodybuilding at Age 93 Is a Great Idea!
“Charles Eugster may be 93, but he has no less spring in his step than he did as a young man. In this talk from TEDxZurich, he brings us a powerful statistic: 92% of Americans over the age of 65 … Continue reading
Stephen Jepson: “Never leave the playground!”
Stephen Jepson is a former art professor and master potter whose work is in the Smithsonian Museum Collection of American Crafts. His instructional videos teaching pottery techniques are sold worldwide. But his passion in later life is advocating — and demonstrating … Continue reading
Baseball Keeps Octogenarian Young
Troy Wammack, 88, is a pitcher and manager of the Fort Worth Senior Cats Gold softball team. “I personally believe it’s added about 10 years to my life,” said Wammack, who retired from a bookkeeping and tax service business in … Continue reading
Charlie Futrell: 90 Year Old Triathalon Record Setter
Charlie Futrell is an exceptional athlete: “On May 14, 2011, Charlie became the first person over 90 years old to complete a USA-Triathlon sanctioned Duathlon with a time of 2:09:07 at the Central Florida Duathlon Series in Clermont, Florida. At … Continue reading
Don’t Forget Our Facebook Page!
Did you enjoy the Olympics? If you’d been reading our Facebook Page as well as this blog, you’d have seen a photo essay of athletes who were in the 1948 Olympic Games, which was the last time they were held in London. … Continue reading
2012 EngAGE Senior Olympics Set for September 29th!
That’s a picture of the very happy 2011 EngAGE Senior Olympics winning team from Heritage Park Duarte. Join us this year on September 29th at Cerritos Park East for another day of competition and fun! The Senior Olympics are open to residents … Continue reading
