78 Years Young – Bill Hanna Rocks his Total Gym!
Hey Total Gym Team, it’s Master Trainer JayDee. I can’t wait for you to check out this video! My Pickleball partner & friend Bill demonstrates the life-enhancing, physical awesomeness you can look forward to in your Golden Years by working out on your Total Gym.
CAUTION: This video may inspire you to immediately jump on your Total Gym and get your body moving!
Bill and other seniors like him are my heroes. Presenting the middle finger to the social norms of aging and enjoying vibrant, active, healthy lives. He epitomizes the statement “age is just a number”. Every time I see him crushing it on the Pickleball court, competing with people half his age, it inspires me to keep fitness a priority in life. When he hits a great shot, I call him $100 Dollar Bill!
Sure, most of us want to live long lives, but the Quality of that long life is what’s most important! The insurance policy to ensure that happy, healthy, higher-quality of life requires a little consistent daily exercise. This ensures that the vessel of ours, we call the body, will thrive and allow us to enjoy that long life as well as the fruits of a lifetime of labor.
I did a Q&A with Bill to uncover his Total Gym backstory, so let’s delve in!
JayDee: Hey Bill, thanks for taking the time to share your Total Gym story and your stellar workout with the Total Gym team! How did you come to purchase your Total Gym?
Bill: Back in 1999, I had to have several significant foot surgeries. (Before Bill became a successful corporate executive, he was a Professional Water Skier, which took a toll on his feet.) I was going to be on crutches and a walking cast for several months. I have always been an active person, so I needed to find some way to keep my body moving.
I saw the Total Gym commercial with Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley, and it looked like a viable option. I couldn’t put any weight on my foot, but I could use the pulley system to work my entire body and get an aerobic workout.
JayDee: Wow, you’ve been training on your Total Gym for 26 years now! Tell us a bit about what kind of workout routine have you devised?
Bill: I have a set routine that has evolved and changed many times over those 26 years. The final product is a routine that trains my muscles from head to toe. My routine also incorporates a lot of lengthening and stretching of my muscles. Flexibility and mobility are very important to me and my activities.
And most of my routine targets my core muscles. Many of my friends my age, and much younger, complain of lower back issues, and I’m happy to say I have zero.
JayDee: What is your favorite benefit of working out on your Total Gym? You and I are members at a very nice athletic club with every piece of equipment imaginable, so why work out at home?
Bill: I find it to be the most convenient workout machine out there. My full-body routine takes me less than 30 minutes, all done on one machine. My wife and I travel a lot, and I am always disappointed that the hotel gym doesn’t have a Total Gym. I don’t like having to jump from machine to machine just to work one body part. Time is life’s most precious resource, especially when you get to be my age! So my favorite benefit is time-saving convenience.
JayDee: Any advice for our Total Gym team to age gracefully and actively like you?
Bill: Keep Movin’, eat right, get plenty of sleep, and keep your wife happy!
Thanks, Bill, and thanks, Total Gym team! If you have questions and comments for Bill, go for it.
