Following Your Dreams at Any Age

when it comes to living a full life it's never too late to start and these inspiring seniors are here to prove that age is just a number I am Ernestine shepherd 80 years of age i benchpress 110 pounds I started training at age 71 I was named the oldest female competitive bodybuilder at the Guinness Book of World Records my sister and I started exercising together I had never done any type of exercising before before she died she said promise me you will follow my dream and try to get in the Guinness Book of World Records so that's what I did [Music] I have been in six or seven competitions I win but some I come out second and third and I'm pleased with that [Music] I'm up every morning at 2:30 after I have my devotions I walk in a run approximately 10 miles I'm at the gym at 7:30 and I have a group of ladies that I trained I trained all ages one of the youngest I think she's about 20 years of age and the rest go from 40 all the way up to 80 when people come to my class for the very first time they are really really surprised they said I didn't think this exercise would be this tough but if you can do it we are going to do it too I really don't feel as though I'm 80 years of age but I am I want to keep training until my day is done next team sports can be demanding especially on ice but this player keeps coming back for more oh my goodness I played you I guess you might say forever probably about 1931 is when I first started I'd be 85 years of thought to me that I've been playing hockey I'm mark circuit I'm the oldest ice hockey player in the world I'm 95 years old hope to be 96 on July 18th I'm still playing hockey three times a week I get up at 6:00 in the morning I do my situps my push-ups and a few other things that kind of loosen me up and then I'm ready to go yeah and when you live about a mile away but I do drive down by myself and it's funny but I'm usually the last one there I'm the one that lives it closest the group there consists mostly of some former firefighters and also of course the current one so there's a it's quite a different mixture there I think about my age and once a while I say to myself well you know you're only 59 you're not 95 I just turned the numbers are on you make myself feel better my love for hockey is is hard to explain you're speaking with the puck you're shooting the puck you're trying to take the puck away from the other guy there's so many different things you're doing this it just keeps you going there everybody's got it wrong I'll keep distance you you just keep finishing it if the coach keeps putting this out there or doing something right [Music] there is a greatest bunch of guys I've ever played with he sent me up all the time and sometimes it gets to a point where I'm almost embarrassed that I'm not scoring more because they're always giving me the puck a group of the players right after hockey go come over to my home and we sit down in the kitchen and discuss who did what on the ice and so on and so forth at my age is a wonderful way of being connected with younger people and I think that's very important for for an older person I'm so fortunate that it gives me a chance to be involved it's just really the best thing that's ever happened to me what better place to make friends of all ages than school this sophomore might be the oldest kid in the class but he's forever young at heart due to an EF no Garmin that was in my heart afford our own David in MA George ephemeral Varma pop until until Magento mirin and are given in class - 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Sandoval I may linger forever [Music] this next student of life is a master inventor with over 3,000 patents to his name and his lightbulb moments just keeps getting brighter meet you shiro Nakamatsu you may notice his name is spelled mahkumat he dropped the letter U because he says an 8 letter name is easier to remember but he still wants you to pronounce it you got a duck dr. Nakamatsu score key inventions brought him worldwide recognition inventions like the Chianti on booths with springs that put an extra bounce in your step there's dr. Nakamatsu Suri Breck's it looks like a lazy boy but the doc says the darn thing enhances brain power then there's the gold golf putter that paints when you strike the ball Oh would you look at that you know you've made it when the streets are named after you but make no mistake dr. Nakamatsu his inventions aren't all noisy golf clubs and bouncy shoes he claims to have invented the floppy disk that's right that floppy disk retractable landing gear a widely used kerosene pump and even the digital watch to maintain his hyper creativity dr. Nakamatsu keeps his mind and body in shape that lightweight inventor Thomas Edison said genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration is that your secret dr. Nakamatsu yeah it is patient announcer on your name you know sannomiya static guru matter camel toe toe toe having example changes as an Oliver today bin Laden Patoka Jeon abandoned temple ich sie hier nur donor has no creative kana dynamic groom that's me in the math menu ax it's more Beethoven die gonna die son lacked stamina barrage of the Jeremiah Thomason this is no not animal new row to hoe [Music] monopoly money most of the science Oona nonny Marin economist vision on academic achievement as much the sodium opposite AHA so - - Oh Raymond told you go to attend a cinema no date end rail go by omedetou tow women tonight Oh sighs Oh Tina Joe Maddon NOP Sinica hots mazurka doctor cotton choose you cannot remember [Music] that Shiva is your name is Jesse Grahm cried mr. attacks were pending vanished dr. Nakamatsu saw the cancer as an opportunity it was his greatest challenge to invent his way out of an impossible corner he developed his own personal cancer treatment this includes a meticulously documented diet and a new invention to fight the cancer he calls the Gangan robe the doctors gave him one year to live that was five years ago [Music] 'it actua qju each side is not tasty Lauren to optimism what actua welcome - una empanada promised Messiah Yeshua Sima de Mayo Nana actua to eat or not Sergio multimap that I don't want selenium finally a 75 year old dancing queen who rocked the fitness world by putting the Jazz in exercise I grew up a dancer I walked into that dance studio and I think even at 3 I knew it would be my life's passion when I started teaching I didn't know there was a void in the fitness industry I was doing my passion I love to dance I love to share it with other people never knowing that it would evolve in where it is today but I'm sure as heck glad at it's a thick exercise Jazzercise has many definitions it's a dance fitness class that couples cardiovascular training but also strength training and muscle work as well in 1969 I was teaching a very strict jazz dance class there are a lot of women in my classes and they would come and go they didn't stay and that bugged me that's what gave me the idea to do what I did to make it fun and simple and that caught on and then it just grew Jazzercise has become a huge community all around the world we have today about 8,500 franchisees globally it just got bigger and bigger and bigger [Music] [Applause] [Music] when I first started teaching there wasn't really an option for women it was so male-dominated you got to put your feet about there and wrap it up okay now turn to somebody and say good morning okay so I don't think women really thought about coming to class as it being a fitness class it was something that was fun they made friends they sweat and then they saw their bodies change but it goes beyond that there's a real community to our classes step back Jazzercise just brings everything to light it makes me physically well it makes me mentally well and besides I get to meet my friends and see all my friends I feel like this community or the family I like to use family instead I think it's a family here like we come and we support each other I can't do without you you know that don't you I just always wanted people to come in the door and feel good about themselves and feel like they were home yes you just start with abduction okay so no introduction just starts right off the bat yes okay when I come up with new routines there's really a lot of different things that are mixed together to make that happen I will select songs my daughter Shanna who's president of the company will select songs and we'll work together touch back we videotape all that material and then it gets streamed to our franchisees everywhere all over the world how about let's do life as a dance floor okay sounds good okay now give me three lunges one two it takes us about ten weeks we do 30 to 35 different routines so it's something new every ten weeks and push push three lunges one two I love teaching I love doing choreography those two things are my favorite part of what I do it keeps me going forward I feel really lucky because Jazzercise has really enabled me to experience so many different kinds of situations I've been able to run the Olympic torch we've been able to do the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Olympics to dance in those we've done numerous NFL half times MB a half times we have been able to do different kinds of presentations throughout the world I had no blueprint I had no master plan I am more than blessed to be a part of this community we're celebrating our fiftieth anniversary this year and people always say to me are you still teaching when I aren't you who don't you want to retire you know I'm going to do this as long as I can walk [Music]

Channel: Great Big Story

Views: 336,239

Rating: 4.9437304 out of 5

Keywords: great big story, gbs, lag, documentary, docs, New Releases, Great Big Reels, Human Condition, Elderly, Seniors, bodybuilder, inventor, Ernestine “Granny Six-Pack” Shepherd, Mark Sertich, hockey, Durge Kami, student, Yoshiro Nakamats, Judi Sheppard Missett, Jazzercise, workout

Id: Uxb13iDC0oY

Length: 18min 51sec (1131 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 28 2020