Channel 5's Jeremy Vine wants to live to be a 100 years old
Channel 5 star and BBC Radio 2 DJ Jeremy Vine has a goal in his life - he wants to live until he is a hundred.
Jeremy Vine wants to live to be 100 years old - and he has been getting medical advice to make his goal a reality.
The 61-year-old broadcaster has a full schedule each day due to his Channel 5 current affairs TV programme, which is then followed by a dash to his BBC Radio 2 afternoon phone-in show.
Vine isn't thinking about retiring and is aiming to reach the exclusive 100 club. He follows a specific exercise regime to improve his health and general fitness.
Jeremy, on his doctor's advice, now lifts weights three times a week and works with a Brazilian fitness instructor.
Jeremy - who is an avid cyclist and shames wayward drivers online - said: “Having turned 60, I went to a doctor and I said, ‘What do I need to do to live to be 100?’”
“I just wanted to know just out of interest, am I missing anything. She said, ‘You need to build muscle. When you get to 60, it starts to wither.’ And this is such a shocking thought. I said, ‘That sounds like an emergency. So what should I do?’ So she said, ‘Get some weights and I'm going to put you in touch with my best friend, who is a trainer online.’
“This is a woman called Natalia De Perez, who's based in Rio de Janeiro.
“So three times a week, I'm online on WhatsApp and I'm just pounding out on the weights in the basement.
“But as soon as I say I've got a trainer, a Brazilian, for some reason everyone starts laughing.
“There’s nothing to see, she’s just a Brazilian!”
Jeremy lives at home with his wife, journalist and news presenter Rachel, and their two adult daughters, Martha, 22, and Anna, 19.
The radio host is proud that his two children still want to live at home with him and their mum, and that they both are so close to their parents.
Speaking on the Sort Your Life Out podcast, he said: “I've got teenage daughters, well one is 19 and one is 22 now. They still live at home. And we see them go through their ups and downs in life. And what I like is I do feel they come home and it feels like home. And with my parents, they had the sofa in the living room that was the same sofa for 40 years and if everything was going wrong, you could go and sit on it. And I think we've got a sofa. That's what I'm proud of.”
