Robert De Niro welcomes his 7th child at 79: Fitness expert tells of how you can stay fit for young children later in life.

Tim Harris, a personal trainer on healthy living and ageing platform Goldster, has provided commentary on how older dads can cope with fatherhood through fitness, and how it can make a significant difference in their ability to keep up with their new bundle of joy.

New parents of any age are probably going to be in for a bit of a shock when their child arrives. What happens however when you are already a seasoned veteran of fatherhood and the younger years of raising children are effectively over. Is that it physically? Is it soon time to consider retiring from work and being physically able?

Just because you happen to be 75 for example, does not mean you have to be preconditioned to be weaker, particularly slower, or unable to get out of your armchair.

Men and women who chose to continue their fitness journeys over the age of 50, are not only more likely to have more of a fighting chance deterring some health problems like CV disease and type 2 diabetes, they are also in a much stronger position literally, to remain active and mobile.

In the case of Robert de Niro, due to his acting career and the numerous decades he will have to do various training regimes in order to be ready for the roles, one might assume he has continuously kept fit and healthy. For example, he was 48 when he got himself into quite an extreme condition for his role in Cape Fear. His later films, whilst more light-hearted, will have still needed some form of fitness coaching in order to keep up with the demanding scenes.

To me, this begs the question, will Robert De Niro be more physically prepared to tackle fatherhood at 79 than someone who has been sedentary for the last 10 years.? I believe the answer to be a resounding yes.

For men over the age of 50, there is no better time to engage in some resistance training with some doses of CV exercise throughout each week.

As our muscles (for both men and woman) start to become less naturally efficient from our early 40s, it is of the utmost importance that we don’t let our strength fade as we get older.

The more we use our muscles as we age, the more we can essentially retrain them to become, stronger, more flexible.

For any men out there looking to have children later in life, it is totally manageable and doable, but I would recommend the above fitness approaches in order to help you keep up with the new surroundings, as and when they arrive.”