One man knows secrets of living a long, healthy life and it's all about one activity

A antheral who is 92 years aged is not lone inactive competing successful his enactment of prime — he's teaching others the secrets of however to live a long, steadfast and fulfilling life.

Ivan Pedley, a retired toolmaker, plays ping pong doubly a week — and said helium has nary plans to halt doing truthful immoderate clip soon.

The gramps of 3 took up the paddle sport erstwhile helium was conscionable 14 years old, quality bureau SWNS reported — and now, 78 years later, he's inactive powerfully progressive successful it.

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The retiree plays astir 14 games a week astatine the Great Wryley Table Tennis Club successful Staffordshire, West Midlands, England.

He often goes up against opponents who are overmuch younger than helium is, SWNS said.

Ivan Pedley is simply a 92-year-old ping pong subordinate who enjoys the enactment doubly a week for up to 3 hours astatine a time.  (SWNS)

And portion helium whitethorn person slowed down a spot implicit time, Pedley said helium seldom gets knocked disconnected the array and that occurrence astatine the athletics is each astir "technique."

He said that regular ping pong playing helps him stay acceptable and healthy — and that continuing to play it good into his elder years is the champion happening he's ever done.

"It's the champion happening I've ever done."

Said Pedley, who lives successful Walsall, West Midlands, "I bask each infinitesimal of it."

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He added, "It's the champion happening I've ever done. I don't cognize anyone older than 92 [who is still] playing." 

Sprightly retiree Pedley plays astir 14 games of ping pong each week.  (SWNS)

He said that portion the others who play mightiness beryllium "faster" than helium is, "it's each successful the technique."

There are "a batch of radical successful their 60s" who play, helium said, "but I play the younger people, too. I effort to play everybody astatine the club."

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He continued, "I'll support going for arsenic agelong arsenic I can, arsenic agelong arsenic my health stays. Sitting connected your backside is nary assistance to anyone."

He said helium archetypal recovered his passionateness for ping pong portion helium was a teen — and fto it spell for awhile erstwhile helium was successful his 20s.

Pedley (center, front) said helium has nary plans to discontinue from playing ping pong. He's a gramps of 3 and archetypal took up the paddle athletics arsenic a teenager.  (SWNS)

But erstwhile helium reached his 60s, helium rediscovered his emotion of the athletics pursuing a accidental crippled with a person while connected vacation, helium said.

He past started playing regularly again portion besides continuing to enactment progressive successful bowling, swimming and judo — successful which helium is simply a brownish belt.

"I similar to support myself steadfast … I support going."

Pedley said that helium believes he's gotten amended astatine ping pong due to the fact that of the modular of accomplishment successful those he's playing against these days.

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He added jokingly, "I bash fto these [them] triumph sometimes, though, due to the fact that I don't privation to dishearten them."

Pedley goes to the nine connected Tuesdays and Fridays, helium said — spending arsenic agelong arsenic 3 hours determination each time.

Pedley said ping pong helps him enactment acceptable and steadfast — and that playing arsenic a elder is 1 of the champion things he’s ever done. (SWNS)

He said, "I don't privation to beryllium present and bash nothing. I similar to support myself steadfast … I support going. It makes maine get up and bash it."

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He added astir being portion of a club, "Once you're committed, you person to effort and crook up. I'd archer anyone to articulation a nine to commencement with."

"He'll ever enactment his bosom into it."

He said, "I've done amateur competitions. I've got certificates from what I've achieved astatine array tennis."

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Club caput Tony Reeds told SWNS astir Pedley, "He'll ever enactment his bosom into it."

He said that Pedley volition play against "anyone" who comes into the nine to play ping pong.

Pedley is shown astatine near during a match. He said that portion helium whitethorn person slowed down implicit the years, the instrumentality is "all successful the technique." (SWNS)

The 92-year-old often goes up against opponents who are overmuch younger than himself. (SWNS)

"He's portion of the furnishings now. He's had immoderate bully games."

Pedley tells people, "If you privation to support fit, this is the mode to bash it," Reeds besides noted.

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Older radical are wise to enactment active, devour well, stay connected to others and instrumentality attraction of themselves some physically and mentally successful different ways arsenic well, wellness and aesculapian experts person agelong said.