Routine played a pivotal role in the 65-year-old's distinguished sporting life, becoming the first decathlete to hold the European, World and Olympic titles simultaneously. Healthy habits are just as crucial to Daley's life now as they were then, and the 1983 world champion has teamed up with Sir Steve Redgrave to support GSK's Get Shingles Ready campaign. The latest Department of Health and Social Care's Chief Medical Officer report called for action to improve the health and quality of life of older adults, and Daley is using the campaign to call on the ageing population to look after their health.
He said: "At some point, I'm going to need a bit of help as I get older, and I suspect there are lots of people that do so it's good to get on board and promote it. "I'm fairly lucky that I still work in a gym and I'm very fortunate that most days I have a friend or two that comes around and while they're working out. "I sit on a bike and rower or lift some weights and talk about how good I used to be.
According to a GSK-commissioned survey of 1000 adults 60+ who have heard of shingles, 85 per cent said that staying healthy as they get older is very important' to them, but the number of people taking specific measures to remain healthy are, in some case, significantly lower. Only half said they do regular exercise while 61 per cent watch what they eat. "I'm amazed at how few people say they do regular exercise," Thompson added.
Encouragingly, 79 per cent of those surveyed said th.
