Helen Mirren reveals her secret to the 80: Diet and exercise

Helen Mirrenone of the most awarded actresses of his generation, continues to work with a lot of intensity at 80 years. In recent months, it has appeared in 1923in the movie Mobland And in the series The Thursday Crime Club.

Mirren has been married for almost three decades with the director Taylor Hackford and maintains a lifestyle that combines good food, mindfulness and very particular training: the XBX plan of the Canadian Air Force, A 12 -minute routine created in the 60s.

The statements of the Bachelor of Physical Education, Mario Di Santo, to Infobae, highlight the importance of this practice in the elderly. “Strength training in the elderly acquires central importance together with the development of other motor capacities. Muscle strength directly affects the health of the skeletal system.”

How does it face the passing of the years?

For Helen Mirren, The Thursday Crime Club It is one of his favorite projects. In an interview with Peoplereflect on the subject. “Retired people have had extraordinary, productive, challenging and difficult professional lives, and have not ended. They do not stop suddenly.”

In addition, he has also questioned the prejudices that are many times about old age. “Young people cannot understand that older generations had sex, have fun, dance and be obsessed with their hair and weight. And, of course, the elderly look at them and say: ‘Do you know what? We have done it too. We have gone through that’,” he says.

In a dialogue with Saga Magazine, Mirren emphasizes that “the good thing about a film like this is that it reminds us all: ‘As the elderly, I have brain. I have initiative, energy, commitment, passion and intellect. Not everything ends at 40 ‘”.

“One thing that I find irritating as I aged is condescension. I hate that they tell me that I am ‘fighter.’ I am alive. Do not put that type of horrible labels.” And in front of those who attribute a “young spirit,” he replied: “My spirit is the age I am,” he added.

The actress admits that it doesn’t give much importance to birthdays. “Honestly, I don’t celebrate them. I don’t recognize them because life simply continues.” Even so, he confessed that he expects a special gesture: “That they treat me very, very well on my birthday. That’s all I want. A cup of tea in bed in the morning. ”

Military training

The plan that Helen Mirren follows at 80 consists of 10 basic exercises that are done in 12 minutes. It has 48 levels of difficulty and is designed for progress to be gradually. “It lasts 12 minutes and there are tables that you follow. Every day, you have to do the exercises in those 12 minutes, and until you cannot, you cannot advance,” he explained.

The secret, as indicated, is the constancy. “Nothing extreme, but you have to do it every day. That is a great beginning, because everything has to do with taking control of oneself.”

Your advice to live better

• Take care of food. “Take control of your diet and find what makes you feel good. I am the first to eat a dish and chips dish, but what you get into the body does influence how you feel,” he says about his way of feeding.
• Do physical activity. It is key to complementing it with a good diet. She performs 12 minutes from the XBX plan of the Canadian Air Forces.
• Keep curiosity. “It is a good idea to look at the world from time to time with the perspective of a child or a foreign person, and witness your own environment.”
• Defend without apologies. “Do not feel paralyzed by your own insecurities and not be too educated or constantly apologize in life.”
• Seize the day. “If I’m still in bed after eight, I start feeling guilty. There are always things to do.”