Paul McCartney turned 80 on June 18th and became Glastonbury’s oldest headliner when the festival began.
The octet is still on stage, still vibrant, and continues to amaze and entertain the audience, young and old.
The five fathers have been gigging since 1957. So what’s the secret to his youthful appearance, abilities and perspectives?
Yoga for the eyes
Yes, eye yoga. In a 2021 table manners podcast, McCartney revealed that he started eye yoga after traveling to India in the late Naughties. His excellent vision may not be limited to exercise, but it is reported that he did not have to wear it. Since then, glasses.
Eye yoga exercises include “palming,” which puts a warm palm on the eyelids for about 10 seconds. You can also blink very fast for 10 to 15 seconds or “zoom”. Focus on objects that are far away, then move to objects that are near and move back and forth.
Music keeps you young
Much of McCartney’s life has revolved around music. This may have had a positive impact on his health.
Joan Ruwi, director of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine and co-editor of Journal Music Medicine, studies the use of music to help patients deal with pain, depression, and perhaps even Alzheimer’s disease. I am.
In her work published in the American Psychological Association, she explains how useful it is, saying: Music has ways to improve your quality of life and can further accelerate your recovery. “
The old saying, “The more you do, the more you can do” seems to apply to McCartney, who continues to compose and play music. In 2020, he won number one in the UK for the first time since Flowers in the Dirt in 1989. ..
Go to vegetables
Plant-based is now quite popular, but McCartney, along with his late wife Linda, first tried vegetarianism in 1975. In the 2021 cookbook Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen, he wrote about the couple’s decision to eat vegetables: Just go to the store and you’ll find great vegetable options in most places. It was a joint decision and we never looked back. It was great, and it turned out that we were part of the vegetarian revolution. “
There are many potential benefits to consuming vegetables. A recent study published in BMC Medicine and co-founded by the World Cancer Research Fund and Cancer Research UK suggests that following a vegetarian diet can reduce a person’s cancer risk by 14%. increase.
In addition, a study by the University of Navarra in Spain suggested that vegetables have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Turn old age to that head
In the 2020 episode of the podcast SmartLess, McCartney shared his impressive fitness routine and unveiled an unusual way to end a workout.
“I have a very clear routine,” he said – including fascia training, stretching, the use of cross trainers, and sometimes running.
He always ends with his “favorite part” – a handstand. It requires good core strength, flexibility and balance, and McCartney still seems to have it.
