Tag: Olympics

Olympics and Aging: Athletics Extending Past Your Prime

Olympics and Aging: Athletics Extending Past Your Prime

By on August 7, 2012

The oldest competitor of the London 2012 Olympics and second-oldest Olympian of all time, Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan, competes in the Dressage Grand Prix competition. Most people would agree that a person’s prime of life generally falls in his/her 20s or 30s. But Hoketsu of Japan continues to defy the odds and is performing at…
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August 7, 2012 More
“Golden” Olympians: Where They Are Today

“Golden” Olympians: Where They Are Today

By on July 26, 2012

Former Olympians can teach us a thing or two about aging gracefully and keeping a healthy-living perspective. Learn where some former Olympians are today and why fitness has made such an imprint on their daily lives. Times have a-changed for the Olympics. 1948′s World War II bombed city was the ambiance for the last London…
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July 26, 2012 More