{"id":527620,"date":"2026-07-01T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/527620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:11:08","slug":"dont-do-anything-extreme-advises-isle-of-man-centenarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/527620\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t do anything extreme, advises Isle of Man centenarian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lillian said she was &#8220;very proud of my family&#8221;and that she had been &#8220;overwhelmed&#8221; by all of the birthday messages she had received.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve never ever expected such an outcry of happiness for me &#8211; it&#8217;s been lovely,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For the past two decades Lillian has attended the weekly exercise class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said the key to a long life was nothing groundbreaking, only leading simple healthy habits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a nutshell, she advised: &#8220;Just don&#8217;t do anything extreme, you know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Elizabeth Corran, who runs the fitness class, said Lillian was &#8220;a true inspiration to me and everyone who attends the class<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She is full of energy with a positive outlook on life and everything she does &#8211; this just shows that no-one is too old to exercise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She&#8217;s one amazing lady and proof that exercise helps maintain an independent lifestyle &#8211; this is why I love my job!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lillian said she was &#8220;very proud of my family&#8221;and that she had been &#8220;overwhelmed&#8221; by all of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[499,103,61,60],"class_list":["post-527620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}