LeBron James, Serena Williams and Tom Brady still dominate their sports. This is what you can learn from them



On December 30, LeBron James will be 33 years old. But in the NBA years, you may be 61 years old and get down to Geritol every day. Still, James is in his 15th season of professional basketball. He has never played in less than 84% of his team's regular season games. He has led the NBA twice in the minutes that have been played, and leads the league in total minutes this season. And while many of his colleagues rest on a golf course or in a hammock in May and June, James is making big playoffs. His teams have played seven games in a row in the NBA Finals. Did you mention the three summer vacations you left to play in the Olympics?

The bald forehead and everything, LeBron gets up there. Your body should break. James has already played more combined minutes in the regular season and the playoffs (51,558) than Michael Jordan (48,485) - and Jordan took two sabbatical years of basketball, totaling about four and a half seasons, before retiring to 40 years after 2002. -2003 season. But James could be better than ever. This season, he publishes career averages as a percentage of goals, a percentage of three points, a percentage of free throws and assists. He scores 28.4 points per game, his highest average since the 2009-2010 season, his last in Cleveland before going to Miami as a free agent. He won the MVP award this year.

In the last 12 months, the sport has had its share of exciting moments. The Houston Astros, for example, have won a seven-game world series after losing 111 games just four years ago. Or Clemson recovers from a 10-point deficit against Alabama to win the national title on a touchdown pass from DeShaun Watson in the final seconds. Or the state of Mississippi ending the winning streak of 111 victories in Connecticut with a battery of Morgan William Buzzer in the final female final.

However, no 2017 scenario has been more satisfying for millions of sports fans around the world than the amazing performance of old sports icons. In addition to James, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, at the age of 39, lifted his team from a 28-3 deficit in Super Bowl LI to a 34-28 victory. in prolongation. At the age of 40, his Pats are in a position to secure the home advantage in the AFC playoffs and make their eighth Super Bowl appearance of the Brady era. In tennis, Roger Federer, 36, has won two other important titles: he became the oldest man to win Wimbledon in the Open era, and he also secured the fifth title of champion. Australian Open. Federer's long-time rival, Rafael Nadal, 31, often injured and canceled as an erased superstar, won the other two tournaments of 2017, the French Open and the US Open.

Serena Williams not only won an Australian championship at age 35, breaking the Steffi Graf Open Era record in most Grand Slam titles at the same time - she did so while she was eight weeks pregnant. Your opponent in this Australian final? Sister Venus Williams, now 37, who also reached the Wimbledon final and the US Open semifinals in 2017, in a year of reactivation that led her to 5th place in the world ranking.

What can we learn from these aging athletes? James, for his part, takes care of his body in a manic way. He likes to post photos and training videos on social media: Stephen Curry made a delightful mockery of this habit this summer at the wedding of Harrison Mavericks striker Harrison Barnes. Take frequent ice baths and wear compression stockings to help eliminate lactic acid and wear boots that help your blood flow.

If you do not have the time to prepare Arctic baths or $ 1,750 for high tech boots, you can still eat like Brady. Pats QB credits his diet to help the longevity of his career. This is a large quantity of quinoa, dandelion leaves and avocado ice cream. (I'll save for LeBron's boots, thanks.)

Federer shows the power of a refill. He finished his 2016 season in July after knee surgery, skipping the Olympics and the US Open to focus on his recovery. Federer said that mental rest works with as many wonders as physical rest. He walked with his family to the mountains and planned spontaneous lunches with old friends. "It gave me a lot of power for this year," Federer told me after his victory at the Australian Open. "I said I had to get out of those six months rejuvenated, fresh, hungry, ready to go, we were able to get there."

The Williams Sisters show how various passions can help you achieve, long after what is supposed to be your best years. They have long been interested in fashion, for example. Serena presents at Fashion Week in New York, while Venus has her own clothing line, EleVen. About ten years ago, the sisters were criticized for their outside interests. People have questioned his dedication to tennis. Few would have bet they would still be late ten years later, well into their thirties. But because they are not exhausted, tennis has a notoriously high dropout rate, they are there.

As for Serena who wins a big championship during pregnancy, it's ridiculous. "She won a Grand Slam in the making," he tweeted to model Brooklyn Decker, who is married to a former US citizen. tennis star Andy Roddick. "I needed Andy to get dressed, take me and put me gently in the bathroom when I was four weeks pregnant."

This emergence of the elderly could be a good omen for the year 2018. There is room for one more member of the group on the aging tour of the athletic rock star.

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