Meet the world's oldest fitness instructor

Name: Meet the world's oldest fitness instructor
Uploaded: 2024-02-26T13:13:09+00:00
Duration: 4 min 20 s
Description: Tim Minnick didn't receive his fitness credentials until the age of 73. Now, he is coaching multiple classes in a gym every week in Leander, Texas.

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My wife died 16 years ago
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So I started going, what am I going to do? I wanted to do something that I could feel like I'm making a
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contribution to somebody. And so all of a sudden, I go, I was working out anyway
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Pretty hard at that point. And I was up early every day, working out and all that stuff
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And I figured, why don't I just become a trainer? Well, it's become an obsession of mine to try to touch as
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many people as I can that are older. Because the fitness level of, let's say, baby
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boomers is not real good. Good crowd
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Hinge at your hips. You're coming right over here like this. Reach to the floor
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I train under the silver sneakers banner. That's all normally 65 and up
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That's it. Bring it up. I've had 95-year-old people in that class, which is great
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It's amazing, actually. And we started losing muscle when we're 35 years old, or so
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And unless you act to keep that going, by the time you
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get to 75, you're not in good shape. What I try to instill in people is the desire to at
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least do some simple things that you can do to maintain your physical capabilities
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Right here, I lost count, so we're doing about 50. So here we go
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It's just like buying an insurance policy, in my opinion. That's just insurance against failing as you get older
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Good. You're good. Put your arms out here like this. There you go
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My close friends don't understand why I'm doing what I'm doing. They don't expect me to go out and get drunk with them
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I don't drink any alcohol, and I try to limit my food intake to just whole foods if I possibly can
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I think it makes a huge difference. And we'll do what's called a prisoner squat
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I'm going to come down here, put my hands here, come down in a squat
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So you can imagine if you were a POW, here you are. I'm not on any medication
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Here I am, this old, and people can't believe I'm not on something
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I wouldn't want to stay like this real long, especially with a guy pointing a gun at me or something
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We've been gifted with a body that you can't ever figure out
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It's a miracle that we're sitting here doing this kind of stuff, because our bodies are miraculous
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So I want to learn as much as I can. You know, I'm healthy. I'm hopeful I can do this for a while longer
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I'm not going to stop just because I'm old. I've already proven I'm not doing that
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Well, you can hang out here for a little bit. And most people can't do this at all, number one
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And number two, they can't hang out for sure. A friend of mine called me from Atlanta, and he said
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hey, I think you may be the world's oldest trainer. And I said, what in the world are you talking about
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And so he said, no, I'm serious. He said, I looked all this stuff up
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And he said, I think you need to check it out. And he was right
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It gives you an identity that nobody else has, obviously. So Guinness World Records, to me, it's the pinnacle of any
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kind of recognition that you would get for longevity. You need to look through all their stuff
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and see what they have. Get on their website and look and see. And if you've got something there, do it
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You don't know who you may inspire. I mean, that's the thing
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That's the thing with me with this. I think it's great. Drop it down as far as you can go
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Some people can get down really low. Others can't. That's about it for me
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I'm not a big fan of the word longevity. I'm not a big fan of the word longevity
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