Dick Van Dyke, 99, has revealed the secret to his “age and physical condition”.
Dick Van Dyke still goes to the gym three times a week as he approaches his 100th birthday.
The 99-year-old actor is planning a “big party” to celebrate his centenary in December later this year, while he also opened up on the secret to his “age and physical condition”.
Speaking to Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen on their ‘Where Everybody Knows Your Name’ podcast, he said: “When you think… I go back to 1925, I’m almost 100. This is insane. I’m going to have a big party.
“Somebody said, ‘to what do you attribute your age and physical condition?’ and I said, ‘I’ve always exercised.’
“Three days a week, we go to the gym, still. Three days a week.”
Sitcom legend Danson – known for his roles in the likes of ‘Cheers’ and ‘The Good Place’ – revealed he often saw the ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ actor working out at a gym near his Malibu home.
He said: “If I got there early enough I would see you literally work out on some weight machine.
“Then, almost like you were doing circuit training, you would not walk to the next machine, but dance.
“You literally danced to the next machine and I watched that for a couple of weeks.”
Van Dyke’s wife Arlene Silver, 53, added: “He still does that!”
Last month, the couple were forced to see their home in Malibu, California to escape a wildfire – dubbed the Franklin Fire by authorities – and Dick revealed he was too “exhausted” to walk to his vehicle and was picked up by fellow residents who got him help.
During an appearance on the ‘Today’ show, he explained: “It was coming from the hill, you could see it.
“And oh my God, and we got out of here. I was trying to crawl to the car, I had exhausted myself, I couldn’t get up.
“Three neighbours came and carried me out and came back and put out a little fire in the guest house and saved me.”
Dick Van Dyke, 99, still works out at the gym three times a week
