For gays who will be seniors one day - A Steve5380 Topic!

[Steve5380]

Another video posted for "gays who will be seniors one day" and... and are smart like you should be:

 

 

Don't care for the title... it's bullshit!   There is not an ONLY science-backed routine to stop muscle loss. There are many. But this video is a good summary of how to prepare for older age in hopes of maintaining full functionality and health, and continue with such lifestyle until ???  the end ???

 

The guy on the left looks horrible, and this is how I might have looked in my 70s  had I not followed advice similar to what is given in the video.  And I assure you that this advice is very good!   Maybe it is still early, but I never had yet any feeling of being "old".  Now at nearly 82 I feel very little difference from the days I was 50 and 60, and this makes me happy. 

 

But I cannot do today what Nureyev does in the following video:

 

 

but, to my excuse, I could not do it even when I was 30,  ha ha.  

 

Hopefully when you guys are seniors, instead of looking like the pitiful old folks I remember seeing resting on benches in Chinatown, you will be dancing like these two...  or being able to do it while making better use of your time.

 

[Steve5380]

I want to post a video I found that addresses a common misconception affecting seniors and even, the not so seniors:  the obsession of washing ourselves for the sake of "hygiene":

 

 

The Instruction Manual parents receive from Nature when we are newborns does not specify what washing routine we should follow.   Many of our fellow members of the animal kingdom do no wash at all.  Yet they appear healthy.

 

We understand perfectly well the motivation behind washing:  to keep our skin clean, good looking and free of smells. Less common is the motivation of "healthy",  and this becomes increasingly important as we get older.  

 

All of our skin is covered with bacteria that exist in symbiosis with our skin, which does not mind this at all.  Not only is our skin impermeable, it keeps the bacteria at bay thanks to its secreted natural oil, the sebum, which also prevents it to become too dry and crack.  Sooo... how often should we "clean" our skin, washing away its protective sebum?  It turns out that not-too-often  ( in an extreme likeness, never ).

 

Personally, I have never felt much need for showering,  mostly when I was young and did much aerobics and became sweaty. I have lived in warm weather but not excessively so like in SG.  Lately as a senior I enjoy showering in summer a couple of times a week,  but in cold winter it's about once a week.  And my skin is perfect, ( thanks in part to ingesting mega doses of Lactobacillus Reuteri that Dr. William Davis has found that they help the skin stay healthy )  And lately when I came down with the Flu for 10 days I didn't shower... at all, ha ha!  And no one told me that I smelled bad. 

 

Now for decades I have NEVER washed my face with soap and warm water.  It is twice a day with just plain cold water,  and any dead cells that the skin may shed are transferred to the towel, cleaned periodically by a good washing machine. People ( usually women ) call attention to the skin of my face that does not show the typical decay in an octogenarian, but it is still shiny. 

 

So my advice to gays who will be seniors one day is:  FORGET about this misconception in society that our bodies should be clean like fine porcelain.  We are ANIMALS COVERED WITH BACTERIA, and we should not mind living together with these bugs.

 

The video also warns fragile old folks that showering increases the risk of falling, getting colds, etc.  But I am confident that BW gay seniors have already learned a lot about training our legs and our balance to make this irrelevant.    

[Steve5380]

Tonight after I returned from my Aikido class I saw this video with top male dancers performing their difficult skills:

 

 

What a great motivator!   Not that I compare myself  (an octogenarian) with these magnificent athletes,  but when I see what THEY do,  then it is not so unreasonable my training with much younger people with the goal of getting a black belt like they have.  And frankly, I don't feel that years have to take a toll on my body if I keep doing the best I can for it.  I like to be a role model for future seniors,  which I am for many who know me personally,  and why not?  to be also a cyber-role model for those who just read what write here.   I'm not bullshitting, ha ha.

[Steve5380]

Today after watching the following video I have found a new role-model, a new Hero:

 

 

Not that I didn't admire Mikhail Baryshnikov before.  But in this interview one learns about other worthwhile activities he is involved with,  and his attractive sense of humor.  An interesting personality who was able to identify his vocation early on,  actively pursue it early on, and make it into a successful career.  An example for all of us!

[Steve5380]

Searching YouTube for a performance of Schubert's Lied "An die Musik",  I found this one:

 

 

If you play it,  your first surprise will be to see a young guy singing like... a soprano!  YES!  This is not an oddity.  It is the voice of a " countertenor",  the highest register grown up men can sing.  It is a rarity, helped by a training of their falsetto voice.  This is a common register for young prepubescent boys before the voice breaks into a lower register.

 

Here the countertenor is Wei En Chan, from Singapore.  After the first surprise of a man sounding like a woman soprano, one can realize the beauty of his voice and the refinement of his singing.  It is surprising his good pronunciation of the German language in Schubert's lied ( all his lieder are in German ),  without a trace of... SINGLISH!  😄

 

A second notable item in the video is the person of the teacher, conductor Benjamin Zander.  I had not known him before, and soon I became enchanted with his character, his teaching, his values. In these recordings he is also an octogenarian, so he fits well in this thread as an example of a senior.  So I searched more about him, and found many videos, interviews of him,  like the following:

 

 

This is a long interview where Zander exposes his ideas of music, specifically here Beethoven's 9th symphony.  I like very much his philosophy of life with music, and his approach of enabling POSSIBILITIES in all persons he encounters and teaches.  I find him to be an example of high morality.

 

Zander was born from a German Jewish family who had to escape the Nazi prior to the Holocaust. So I have something in common with him, ha ha,  that may explain some oddities.   I have a similar love for classical music,  but he is far, far ahead in his knowledge of it and his professionalism as an orchestra director.  There are on YouTube videos of his interpretation of Beethoven's 9th, at an unusual fast tempo and strong character,  that I don't completely like:

 

 

But we are all entitled to different likenesses...

[1983rophi]

On 2/16/2025 at 3:20 AM, Steve5380 said:

Searching YouTube for a performance of Schubert's Lied "An die Musik",  I found this one:

 

 

If you play it,  your first surprise will be to see a young guy singing like... a soprano!  YES!  This is not an oddity.  It is the voice of a " countertenor",  the highest register grown up men can sing.  It is a rarity, helped by a training of their falsetto voice.  This is a common register for young prepubescent boys before the voice breaks into a lower register.

 

Here the countertenor is Wei En Chan, from Singapore.  After the first surprise of a man sounding like a woman soprano, one can realize the beauty of his voice and the refinement of his singing.  It is surprising his good pronunciation of the German language in Schubert's lied ( all his lieder are in German ),  without a trace of... SINGLISH!  😄

 

A second notable item in the video is the person of the teacher, conductor Benjamin Zander.  I had not known him before, and soon I became enchanted with his character, his teaching, his values. In these recordings he is also an octogenarian, so he fits well in this thread as an example of a senior.  So I searched more about him, and found many videos, interviews of him,  like the following:

 

 

This is a long interview where Zander exposes his ideas of music, specifically here Beethoven's 9th symphony.  I like very much his philosophy of life with music, and his approach of enabling POSSIBILITIES in all persons he encounters and teaches.  I find him to be an example of high morality.

 

Zander was born from a German Jewish family who had to escape the Nazi prior to the Holocaust. So I have something in common with him, ha ha,  that may explain some oddities.   I have a similar love for classical music,  but he is far, far ahead in his knowledge of it and his professionalism as an orchestra director.  There are on YouTube videos of his interpretation of Beethoven's 9th, at an unusual fast tempo and strong character,  that I don't completely like:

 

 

But we are all entitled to different likenesses...

Hi. Thanks for the post. I am (one of the rare breed in Singapore) a Counter-Tenor. 

 

My Voice broked in 2000 but I forced myself to sing in Falsetto so from 2001 to 2024 my head/chest voice is the same as an Alto. 

[Steve5380]

2 hours ago, 1983rophi said:

Hi. Thanks for the post. I am (one of the rare breed in Singapore) a Counter-Tenor. 

 

My Voice broked in 2000 but I forced myself to sing in Falsetto so from 2001 to 2024 my head/chest voice is the same as an Alto. 

 

Great!  hopefully you also enjoy singing "An die Musik" in the scale of D major.  I am a common baritone, and I sing it in B flat major, a tenth lower.

[Steve5380]

Ahhh... MUSIC, WHAT A GIFT OF THE GODS!   This is a special gift for gays when they are seniors,  because it replaces some of sex in its emotional satisfaction.

 

Singapore produces some nice music at its Esplanade Concert Hall.  Here is a performance from 2019 of a premium gift by Beethoven:  his Choral Fantasy!  

 

 

Here the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Choir did a very good work.  The pianist, Tengku Irfan... from Malaysia... is excellent.  And the director, very charming, did some dancing at the end.  

 

Talking about pianists,  it turns out that Ukraine, apart from its brave president and defenders, has also produced excellent artists.  One of these is Vladimir Horowitz,  one of the best pianists of last century.  I found a video of his in a concert in 1968, which left me amazed: 

 

 

Folks,  piano playing does not get much better than this.  Especially his interpretations of Chopin, the Ballade, the Nocturne, the Polonaise!  

[singalion]

Just wonder whether we still need this thread if we have RFK Jr. as the Secretary of Health in the US?

 

LOL  🤣

Edited 2 hours ago by singalion