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“The sooner you start, the easier it is, but it’s never too late”—meet the 85-year-old redefining what it means to age well

“The sooner you start, the easier it is, but it’s never too late”—meet the 85-year-old redefining what it means to age well

Jim Owen, 85, is living, breathing, push-up repping proof that it’s never too late to get fit. Today he’s a 10-time gold medal winner at the San Diego Senior Games—an event that included a remarkable two-and-a-half minute dead hang. He’s also the filmmaker behind a three-part documentary series, “Virtuous Circle: A Geezer’s Guide to Successful Aging”, now streaming on PBS. Article continues below You may like But just 15 years earlier, a three-decade-long career on Wall Street and subsequent book tour had left his body broken. “When I turned 70 I was in god-awful shape,” he tells Fit&Well. “All the travel got to me—it damn near killed me. “Excruciating lower-back pain—I’m talking crawling-on-the-bathroom-floor kind of pain. My right rotator cuff was frozen. I had no energy at all. I said, ‘I’ve got to do something’.” Start your week with achievable workout ideas, health tips and wellbeing advice in your inbox. In that moment, Owen resolved to transform his life, spending the next decade reintroducing movement into his daily routine, building a foundation of strength and, …