Swimming<\/a> and doing resistance trainingCycling regularly on an e-bikeEating well, not smoking and drinking alcohol in moderationStaying hydrated throughout the dayChoosing activities he genuinely enjoys so he can stay consistent<\/p>\nSpeaking to the Express at 91, Shatner revealed that horse riding formed the backbone of his routine, spending up to two hours in the saddle five times a week.<\/p>\n
‘They’re highly conditioned Olympic horses that I do reining with,’ he said. ‘It may seem like it’d be tough on your body, especially at my age, but if you’re a decent rider there’s no impact.’<\/p>\n
His broader advice was equally straightforward: ‘Eat well, don’t smoke, don’t drink too much and exercise.’<\/p>\n
In a 2018 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Shatner, then 87, explained that exercise had been an almost constant part of his life.<\/p>\n
‘I always made fitness activities a part of my everyday life,’ he said. ‘Since my 20s, I’d be in a swimming pool and working out four, five times a week \u2013 swimming, running, doing resistance exercises with my lower and upper body.’<\/p>\n
Judging by his recent heavy metal stage performance, those habits have clearly served him well.<\/p>\n
While horse riding might not look particularly demanding from the outside, it requires considerable strength, stability, coordination and balance.<\/p>\n
‘You’re not just passively sitting there on a horse,’ Shatner explained. ‘Riding is a stretching and strengthening exercise. It requires balance, expertise, finesse and strength.’<\/p>\n
Having previously competed in equestrian events, he also said that riding against much younger competitors gave him another reason to stay fit away from the saddle.<\/p>\n
When he couldn’t ride, he supplemented it with other forms of exercise.<\/p>\n
‘I do a little weights, but that’s boring,’ he admitted. ‘So I’ve always used the pool for exercise.’<\/p>\n
By his mid-80s, he’d also added regular e-bike rides to his routine, often covering between 20 and 30 miles.<\/p>\n
‘The e-bike got me outside and got me fitter,’ he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking about his daily routine, Shatner explained that his mornings typically begin around 7am, when he feeds his two Dobermans before driving them to the stables to prepare his horse.<\/p>\n
‘I certainly don’t spring out of bed like when I was younger,’ he said. ‘But what does get me out of bed are my two dobermans and my horses.’<\/p>\n
He also makes a point of taking water with him to the stables, noting that staying hydrated has become increasingly important as he’s grown older.<\/p>\n
While there’s no single routine that guarantees you’ll remain active into your 90s, Shatner’s approach is strikingly simple: stay active, choose exercises you genuinely enjoy and keep showing up. At 95, that consistency appears to be paying off.<\/p>\n
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Kate is a fitness writer for Men\u2019s Health UK where she contributes regular workouts, training tips and nutrition guides. She has a post graduate diploma in Sports Performance Nutrition and before joining Men\u2019s Health she was a nutritionist, fitness writer and personal trainer with over 5k hours coaching on the gym floor. Kate has a keen interest in volunteering for animal shelters and when she isn\u2019t lifting weights in her garden, she can be found walking her rescue dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 95, William Shatner certainly isn’t slowing down. The Star Trek legend took to the stage at Chicago’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[131990,1105,269009,1107,499,103,61,60,184510,1135,269008,223989],"class_list":["post-633487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-collection-fit-for-life","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-f6d01d50-c76a-4774-8a6e-c22c2763af82","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-william-shatners-simple-health-routine-at-95","tag-sponsored-false"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633487","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=633487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}