Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke shares his secret to staying youthful at 99
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Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke has revealed he still goes to the gym three times a week at the age of 99. The acting icon said the secret to him staying so youthful as he approaches his centenary is keeping to his strict regime of regular workouts. And, his famous all-singing and all-dancing act still shines through at the gym because he 'literally' dances between weight machines instead of walking.
The Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star likes to workout for an hour, then swim laps in the pool, and then take a nap at home. Van Dyke, speaking to the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, said he is going to throw a huge party when he turns 100 later this year.
"When you think, I go back to '25, I'm almost 100", he said. "This is insane. I'm going to have a big party.". He continued: "Somebody said, 'to what do you attribute your age and physical condition?' I said I've always exercised. "Three days a week we go to the gym, still. Three days a week. And I think that's it - why I'm not stove up like my equals.".
Podcast host Ted Danson - the Hollywood star known for Cheers and The Good Place - recalled seeing Van Dyke at the gym in Malibu, California. Danson, 77, said: "If I got there early enough I would see you [Van Dyke] literally workout on some weight machine and then - almost like you were doing circuit training - you would not walk to the next machine, but dance.
