Dick Van Dyke, 99, is shocked he still goes to gym…
Age is simply a quantity for Dick Van Dyke!
The 99-year-old “Mary Poppins” actor revealed his secret to staying healthy on a current episode of Ted Danson’s podcast, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” — and it contains a number of journeys to the gym each week.
“I’m almost 100. This is insane,” Van Dyke informed Danson, 77.
Dick Van Dyke turned 99 in December. CBS through Getty Images
“The Dick Van Dyke Show” circa 1971 to 1974.
“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 gym 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 mentioned. “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 informed him that he would swim laps after returning home from the gym after which take a nap.
Van Dyke revealed he still goes to the gym 3 times per week. AFP through Getty Images
He shared his exercise routine retains him healthy. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Dick Van Dyke in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1968). Courtesy Everett Collection
“Exactly,” Van Dyke quipped on the podcast. “Good routine.”
Nowadays, the actor — who simply had a birthday in December — mentioned his routine contains a lot 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 informed 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.”
Van Dyke attends the forty third Annual Kennedy Center Honors in 2021. Getty Images
Dick Van Dyke on the nineteenth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2013. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
Dick Van Dyke together with his spouse, Arlene Silver. CBS through Getty Images
While his health is nice, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” alum not too long ago confronted a scary incident when his home was threatened by the lethal Palisades Fire.
His spouse, Arlene Silver, 53, revealed the pair didn’t evacuate their $8 million home regardless of the blaze destroying different movie star mansions in Malibu and adjoining areas.
Silver shared that whereas their home was okay, their visitor home caught fire however solely sustained minimal injury. She additionally mentioned they had been residing on a fuel generator on the time because the wildfire continued to ravage the world.
The Palisades Fire broke out on Jan. 7 — the identical day because the lethal Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County. The blazes compelled tens of 1000’s to evacuate their properties and killed no less than 28 people.
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