Simon. Another informative and helpful video. Just completed 2 days on the Goldfield Track here in Victoria, bikepacking on MTB. Combining very rough, eroded and rocky steep gradients - a great deal of hike-a-bike - with smooth vehicular gravel and sealed roads. What stands out to me is that I’ve spent 6 years since turning 72 to build the Foundations carefully. Just as the video shows. Regular, sustained aerobic exercise with friends, resistance gym training on weights, combined with regular check-ups and tweaking from my GP has delivered me a fabulous eighth decade. I feel that with the right gear and sensible risk management, I can still take on otherwise daunting cycling challenges. Keep up the good work. Thank you Simon.

Fitness hinges on regular exercise, balanced nutrition, sufficient rest, and mental well-being. Thank you so much for bringing us such a great video about health and fitness❤

Inspiring video. I turned 70 last year ( not sure how that happened!!). I try to get out every day for a bike ride or a walk, this has persuaded me I'm not too old to start running again.... Thanks 😀

Crickey. 7 minutes crammed full of tips to get fitter in each of the fundamental aspects of health to have a better, more enjoyable life with fewer injuries . Totally excellent.

Very interesting and informative. Thank you Simon. 👍

All good advice .. Sleep is the big one for me , and I eat lots of very varied vegetables , in my late 60’s and trying to get back into running , and slowly increasing intensity and distance…

Thank you for posting this. 🙏🏻 Progressive overload is also a valuable and sensible discipline as you convalesce from illness and/or injury.

You've sourced some talented Scottish athletes for this series. Very informative and inspirational, tapadh leibh!

Scotland's other Andy Murray! The Doc was a real inspiration to me when I was studying sports science a decade ago & I went to several of the talks he delivered in Aberdeen. Lovely guy.

I agree & try to be positive about fitness & advancing age . I still have a few rules for myself in addition to workouts . Still walk stairs instead of lifts .Never sit waiting for trains etc. .Greetings from Sydney & thanks for your insights.{ 77 }

A great video as always. When I was younger access to a sport med was pretty easy but I swear I need that sport med consultation more as I age than I did in my teens and twenties.

Another great video - thanks.

He's an amazing athlete! In my younger days I ran many long distances, from 1500 metres on the track to a 24 hour Trans wales race ,and numerous fell races. When he mentioned internal physiology, I knew that is why i can't run those distances now. I seemed to get away with bad conformation (knees) until early 50s then everything went downhill. I run short distances now and can't get anywhere near even my steady past running pace. It is so demoralising I focus on my cycling racing now ,and just try and run purely for fun .

I'm loving this series. Great info. 👏👏

Very helpful. I'll have an other look at this.

really enjoying the fitness and older athlete series very informative.

What, no Skittles?! LOL kinda love that he said that.

🤗Thank you for sharing🤗

Be good to see a in depth video on training around health and Injury problems that a great deal of older athletes have myself included. Am mainly in to rock climbing an suffer with back issues. Great video cheers Simon

I don't think Dr Murray would ever advise any of his patients to continue to train on an injury - particularly an overuse injury to the Achilles. That's the fastest way to join the zipper club. I believe the advice would be the much-ballyhooed "RICE" protocol - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation - which I can attest from personal experience works marvellously. Odd then that he would not follow his own guidance.

Hmm, eat well, exercise reasonably and get some sleep. I would've never thought of it.

Is exercise induced hematuria a factor?

no clue why anyone would listen to anything an ultra marathoner might say. they don't understand fitness in the least.

There are not many 100 year olds running marathons