The 91-year-old American Alumni Leurene Hildenbrand plays 4 pickups a week, three of which are played with adults and one is taught to children aged 11 to 18. Many teammates are in awe of her super sports ability. When many people see Hilldenbrand,...
The 91-year-old American Alumni Leurene Hildenbrand plays 4 pickups a week, three of which are played with adults and one is taught to children aged 11 to 18. Many teammates are in awe of her super sports ability. When many people see Hilldenbrand, they cannot believe that she started practicing this sports in her 50s.
"Many people come to me and say you must have done this all your life," I said. "No, I didn't start playing the pickup until I retire." But this young lady loved learning and devoted herself to it.
In the early years, Hilldenbrand spent most of his time working as a research scientist at Goodyear, and later retired early at the age of 55.
Because she had plenty of extra time, she first played table tennis with her husband and some working friends. At that time, she heard about the National Senior Games, a non-profit competition for the elderly. The competition includes netball, swimming, 5,000-meter running, etc., and anyone over 50 can participate.
Hildenbrand said that in her growing up, women were not encouraged to participate in sports and later they could not find time to do so. Now, you can finally not be bound by the constraints and try various sports as much as possible: pickle balls, hard balls, bicycles, straight-ups, running, table tennis, etc.
She encourages other older people to do at least one exercise regularly.
The secret of Changfu: Even if you are 91 years old, you can't stop every day!Most of the time, she would take time to work on sports such as pickle balls and bicycles, and work hard to maintain her property in Ohio for 57 years. She manages the house, mows the lawn, removes snow, and even uses the wooden barns she sent to her at the age of 88.
"Strike" may be the secret of Hildembrand's eldest son. Science shows that regular exercise can prevent premature death caused by chronic diseases, prevent brain degeneration, and help prolong life.
In the summer, she would spend some time in her vacation home in Florida, taking a break from her daily routine, but she would still do some daily exercises and keep moving through three aerobic exercise courses a week.
"Even in summer I'm very busy. I often play pickles indoors and outdoors in Florida," said Hilldenbrand.
Start with a ginger and end with ice cream every dayHilldenbrand is a person who wakes up early and will get up at 6:30 in the morning no matter what time she feels like. Her endurance of getting up and leaving is due to growing up in the farm. Before going to school when she was a child, she had to take care of animals in the farm first.
Now she is watching news, eating flax seeds and swallow slices, and then serving a cup of coffee to start a new day.
She also emphasized the importance of "drinking water". Hilldenbrand said that she almost fell down last year when she participated in the pickle ball game under the scorching sun. Her companion came to save her with water and wet towels, but Hilldenbrand quickly stood up. After a few minutes of rest, she continued the competition. But since then, water has become her primary task in her daily life.
At night, she usually goes to bed at 11:30 or 12 o'clock, and after eating a bowl of mint chocolate or coffee-flavored ice cream. "My refrigerator always has ice cream of all kinds!" "Some people think it's unbelievable! But that's the truth," Hilldenbrand said with a smile.
Sports makes the elderly feel awesome and maintain social healthier!Hildenbrand has been single since 2012, but she says her social life is still alive.
"I have many friends all over the country. We play games and play pickles. We have friends in every exercise and everything I do!"
In addition to training, "Sustaining social" is actually a way to make the elderly healthier life with scientific support. Studies have shown that elderly people who maintain brain sensitivity often have close contact with their family and friends.
Hildenbrand said she wanted to inspire other seniors to participate in sports. She also said that there is nothing special about her genes. Her brothers and sisters have been away for many years, but exercising her life has made her live a long and solid life, and the competition has made her life more pleasant.
"You get exercise and fun in the game. You will want to perform better in the game, and then you don't even realize that your health is getting better."
Being recognized as "the old man's netball", what is the "Pickball" movement?"Pickleball" is a new sports that combines three sports characteristics: network, badminton and billiards. Due to the lack of speed and low venue restrictions, it can be performed with 20 square meters indoors. It is a "pure squat" posture to fight, which is an excellent and comfortable movement for older people who are increasingly deteriorating their knee bones.
Pickball refers to the competition rules of the netball, the use of a venue similar to badminton, and the increased hard board match of the billiards, not only does it not easily cause sports damage, but its squatting posture and low ball speed are of great help to the cardiopulmonary function of athletes..
Chen Xuanen, director of the senior high school medicine department of Tainan Branch of Kaohsiung Rongmin Hospital, said that for older people, there are the following four advantages: 1. Compared with badminton and netball, Peak Ball is more suitable for people who have no sports experience, and learn for a short time. 2. The space can be used in the same way as the badminton court can reduce the range of participants' running, and the strength of the movement is lower. 3. Rackets are mostly made of wood boards or carbon fibers, which are durable and not easily consumable. The equipment costs less, and the economic doors for sports are low. 4. The basic movement of the pickle ball includes squats. When hitting the ball, you also need to move the body from the core, which can effectively train cardiopulmonary endurance and muscle endurance, achieve the purpose of maintaining the functional fitness of the hair race and prolong the purpose of disability.
