<\/p>\n Those past 15 years have proven to him that it\u2019s never too late to take control of your health and fitness, and he\u2019s spreading the message with a short film, The Virtuous Circle: A Geezer\u2019s Guide to Successful Aging<\/a>, which premieres on PBS on May 17.<\/p>\n Latest Videos From You may like<\/p>\n Now, the former Wall Street executive has a set of daily rituals or habits he adheres to, which he believes help him \u201clive young\u201d and \u201cfight off old age\u201d.<\/p>\n 1. He starts the day with shadow boxing <\/p>\n Owen starts every day the same way: he looks in the mirror, puts his hands up and starts throwing jabs.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the first thing I do every morning,\u201d he tells Fit&Well.<\/p>\n \u201cCall me crazy. I do shadow boxing. I\u2019ve got boxing gloves. People say, \u2018Jim, what the hell are you doing?\u2019 Well, to me, old age is about seven feet tall and he weighs 300 pounds.<\/p>\n \u201cI say, \u2018Someday sucker, you\u2019re going to win, but it ain\u2019t going to be today.\u2019 That’s how I start my day off, just laughing, just having fun with it.\u201d<\/p>\n This simple act, he says, is a reminder to never take yourself too seriously.<\/p>\n 2. He does an hour of exercise six days a week <\/p>\n Owen says it took roughly five years to build a foundation of strength and fitness that made exercise shift from tough to fun.<\/p>\n What to read next<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I started out at 70 it was tough, I\u2019m not going to say it was easy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you don\u2019t have to lift heavy weights. You don\u2019t have to have a gym or a trainer. But you have to move.\u201d<\/p>\n Owen says there is \u201cnothing fancy\u201d about his typical routine, which cycles through strength, cardio and mobility workouts for roughly an hour a day, six days a week.<\/p>\n \u201cI do whole-body workouts. I work on balance, cardio. I do strength training. I do agility. I work on my weaknesses. To this day I have tight hips and weak glutes.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the key is you just got to keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n This mantra, he says, helped him lose 35lb. \u201cBut more importantly, I\u2019ve kept it off.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/7uepuckkxv1645106070.svg\")
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