2023-12-20 11:01:58
Among the many centenarians I met, Nam Ki-dong (1919-2020) was the most unique. Nam Ong is an industrial giant who founded Korea’s cement industry and has achieved great achievements overseas. The secret to his health is walking. He said, ‘Just as a dead person does not move, a moving person does not die.’ He even wiggled his toes while sitting. Until he was 100 years old, he always took the subway to work from Songpa-gu to the Sinchon office.
However, Namong had another secret to his special health. It’s just jumping rope. When I was young, I jumped rope with my right and left feet 3,000 times every day, when I was middle-aged I jumped rope 2,000 times, and even when I was over 80, I jumped rope 1,000 times. Instead of going to the usual gym, I chose jumping rope, which can be done anywhere, even with a busy schedule, and made it a lifelong habit.
In fact, there was something that Namong boasted regarding as a daily medicine that he carried with him throughout his life to protect his health, but it was extraordinary. It was toothpaste, shoe polish, and mosquito repellent. He took good care of his mouth, cleaned his shoes, and took care of his appearance, and because he had to live in a remote cement factory with lots of bugs, mosquito repellent was a necessity to protect himself.
At an event the year he turned 96, Nam Ong said, “I only got to 96. “See you once more next year,” he toasted, and when he turned 100, he published an autobiography titled “I’m only 100 years old.” The life of Nam Ong, who did his best to live a long and healthy life by thoroughly managing himself without relying on specific medicines or herbal medicines, is a necessary compass for a society with super-aging longevity.
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