{"id":504496,"date":"2026-07-01T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504496\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:48:09","slug":"dont-do-anything-extreme-advises-isle-of-man-centenarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504496\/","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":504497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-504496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}