{"id":829463,"date":"2025-02-24T13:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/one-man-knows-secrets-of-living-a-long-healthy-life-and-its-all-about-one-activity\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:12:17","slug":"one-man-knows-secrets-of-living-a-long-healthy-life-and-its-all-about-one-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/one-man-knows-secrets-of-living-a-long-healthy-life-and-its-all-about-one-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"One man knows secrets of living a long, healthy life and it’s all about one activity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man who is 92 years old is not only still competing in his activity of choice, he’s teaching others the secrets of how to live a long,<\/a> healthy and fulfilling life.<\/p>\n

Ivan Pedley, a retired toolmaker, plays ping-pong twice a week and said he has no plans to stop any time soon.<\/p>\n

The grandfather of three took up the paddle sport<\/a> when he was 14, news agency SWNS reported. Now, 78 years later, he’s still playing.<\/p>\n

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The retiree plays roughly 14 games a week at the Great Wyrley Table Tennis Club in Staffordshire, West Midlands, England.<\/p>\n

He often goes up against opponents who are much younger, SWNS said.<\/p>\n

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Ivan Pedley is a 92-year-old ping-pong player who enjoys the activity twice a week for up to three hours at a time.\u00a0<\/span> (SWNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And while he may have slowed down a bit over time, Pedley said he rarely gets knocked off the table and that success at the sport is all about “technique.”<\/p>\n

He said regular ping-pong playing helps him stay fit and healthy<\/a> and that continuing to play it well into his senior years is the best thing he’s ever done.<\/p>\n

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“It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“I enjoy every minute of it.”, said Pedley, who lives in Walsall, West Midlands.<\/p>\n

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“It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. I don’t know anyone older than 92<\/a> playing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Retiree Pedley plays about 14 games of ping-pong each week.\u00a0<\/span> (SWNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He said that while others who play might be “faster” than he is, “it’s all in the technique.”<\/p>\n

There are “a lot of people in their 60s” who play, he said, “but I play the younger people, too. I try to play everybody at the club.<\/p>\n

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“I’ll keep going for as long as I can, as long as my health<\/a> stays. Sitting on your backside is no help to anyone.”<\/p>\n

He said he first found his passion for ping-pong while he was a teenager and let it go for a while when he was in his 20s.<\/p>\n

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Pedley (center, front) said he has no plans to retire from playing ping-pong. He’s a grandfather of three and first took up the paddle sport as a teenager.\u00a0<\/span> (SWNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

But once he reached his 60s, he rediscovered his love of the sport after a chance game with a friend while on vacation<\/a>, he said.<\/p>\n

He then started playing regularly again while also continuing to stay involved in bowling, swimming and judo. He’s a brown belt.<\/p>\n

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“I like to keep myself healthy. \u2026 I keep going.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pedley said he believes he’s gotten better at ping-pong because of the standard of skill in those he’s playing against these days.<\/p>\n

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He added, jokingly, “I do let these [them] win sometimes, though, because I don’t want to dishearten them.”<\/p>\n

Pedley goes to the club on Tuesdays and Fridays, he said, spending up to three hours each time.<\/p>\n

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Pedley said ping-pong helps him stay fit and healthy and that playing as a senior is one of the best things he\u2019s ever done.<\/span> (SWNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I don’t want to sit here and do nothing,” he said. “I like to keep myself healthy. \u2026 I keep going. It makes me get up and do it.<\/p>\n

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“Once you’re committed, you have to try and turn up. I’d tell anyone to join a club to start with.<\/p>\n

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“He’ll always put his heart into it.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“I’ve done amateur competitions. I’ve got certificates from what I’ve achieved at table tennis.”<\/p>\n

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“He’ll always put his heart into it,” club Secretary Tony Reeds told SWNS about Pedley\/.<\/p>\n

He said Pedley will play against “anyone” who comes into the club to play ping-pong.<\/p>\n

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Pedley is shown at left during a match. He said that while he may have slowed down over the years, the trick is “all in the technique.”<\/span> (SWNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 92-year-old often goes up against opponents who are much younger.<\/span> (SWNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“He’s part of the furniture now. He’s had some good games.”<\/p>\n

Pedley tells people, “If you want to keep fit, this is the way to do it,” Reeds noted.<\/p>\n

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Older people are wise to stay active<\/a>, eat well, remain connected to others and take care of themselves both physically and mentally in other ways as well, health and medical experts have long said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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