A 93-year-old Irish man is so fit that he's become the subject of a case study — and for those who aren't exercising regularly, take hope: he didn't start working out until he was in his 70s.

Cases like this are interesting, but likely a genetic fluke. It's not like anyone can do what he does and get the same result.

I had a great uncle that split 94 fence posts on his 94th birthday, because his kids mentioned it might be time to leave the farm and go to a retirement home.

Dude smoked a pack a day and drank a fifth of whiskey.

He just won the generic lottery and was a picture of good health till he died one night in his sleep.

I'm not going to start smoking a pack a day and drinking a fifth if whiskey because I think it'll keep me healthy tho.

40 minutes on a rowing machine would help most people, but virtually no one will see these results.

https://futurism.com/neoscope/elderly-fitness-rowing

According to Lorcan Daly, the man's grandson who works at Ireland's Technological University of the Shannon....

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https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00698.2023

No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors.

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The case study: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00698.2023

Also, if you happen to be nearish to a body of water, it turns out there's specialized machine for this type of training, it's called a row boat. As for me, I'm showing up tomorrow with my rowboat at the lap swimming pool. LoL