Dick Van Dyke Turns 100, Shares Longevity Suggestions

Dick Van Dyke, the larger-than-life comic, is now a centenarian.

Van Dyke celebrated his one centesimal birthday on Saturday, marking a brand new chapter in his already storied life and profession.

He grew to become a family title within the Nineteen Sixties whereas starring on the CBS sitcom, “The Dick Van Dyke Present,” which received 15 Emmys and two Golden Globes. Van Dyke’s star rose even greater when he headlined “Mary Poppins” alongside Julie Andrews in 1964 and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” with Sally Ann Howes in 1968.

Along with an intensive filmography, Van Dyke additionally received a Tony Award in 1961 for his position as Albert Peterson in “Bye Bye Birdie.”

As Van Dyke grew older, he has usually shared insights and recommendation on residing a protracted life. Listed here are three ideas Van Dyke follows.

Van Dyke workout routines thrice every week

Throughout an look on actor Ted Danson’s podcast, “The place Everyone Is aware of Your Identify,” in January, Van Dyke stated he workout routines a number of occasions every week.

“I’ve at all times exercised,” Van Dyke stated. “Three days every week, we go to the health club. I feel that is why I am not stove-up like my equals.”

Danson recalled seeing Van Dyke on the health club and being impressed by his routine.

“I might go to the identical health club you probably did, and if I obtained there early sufficient, I might see you, actually, work out on some weight machine,” Danson stated. “After which, virtually such as you had been doing circuit coaching, you wouldn’t stroll to the following machine, you’d dance. You actually danced to the following machine.”

Danson stated he later requested Van Dyke about his exercise routine.

“You stated you’ll come to the health club and work out for no matter hour, no matter it’s, you then would go residence. You’d swim laps after which get again into mattress and take a nap.”

Van Dyke stated nowadays, he is doing a whole lot of stretching and yoga.

Van Dyke stays mentally match by watching “Jeopardy!”

In his new e-book, “100 Guidelines for Residing to 100: An Optimist’s Information to a Blissful Life,” Van Dyke wrote that his short-term reminiscence is “shot,” however he nonetheless has “his marbles.”

“I used to do the crossword religiously for years (in pen), and now it is ‘Jeopardy!’ that retains me sharp, although Arlene at all times has the reply earlier than I do,” Van Dyke wrote, referring to his spouse, Arlene Silver.

Van Dyke and Silver, 54, tied the knot in 2012. In his e-book, Van Dyke wrote that his job as an entertainer required him to have an excellent reminiscence.

“For my complete profession, I needed to memorize pages and pages of traces and a ton of songs, back and forth, so I used to be in a position to say or sing them with out even considering,” he wrote. “After I sing with The Vantastix, it is usually songs from exhibits and flicks I’ve finished, and people are proper on the entrance of my mind.”

He added: “I can nonetheless choose up new materials simply, too, although it would take three or 4 extra run-throughs than it was earlier than the lyrics really feel like second nature.”

Van Dyke additionally wrote that slicing alcohol out of his food plan probably performed a component in his good mind well being.

Retaining a optimistic mindset is crucial, Van Dyke stated

In his e-book, Van Dyke recalled his former roles, together with a collection of outdated males, like Mr. Dawes Sr. in “Mary Poppins.”

“I am not taking part in super-old anymore. I’m tremendous outdated. Talking now from this place of centenarian authenticity, I can look again on my outdated man roles and say that some stuff I obtained proper,” he wrote.

Van Dyke wrote that it is “irritating to really feel diminished on the planet, bodily and socially,” along with navigating the uncertainty of present international occasions.

Nevertheless, Van Dyke stated retaining a optimistic outlook on life is vital.

“I’ve made it to at least one hundred, in no small half, as a result of I’ve stubbornly refused to provide in to the unhealthy stuff in life: failure and defeats, private losses, loneliness and bitterness, the bodily and emotional pains of getting older. As a result of, as I see it, to try this can be to throw within the towel on life itself.”

As a substitute, Van Dyke stated, “for the overwhelming majority of my years, I’ve been in what I can solely describe as a full-on bear hug with the expertise of residing. Being alive has been doing life — not like a job, however relatively like an enormous playground.”