While it’s not uncommon for 80-year-olds to celebrate a milestone birthday with a tandem skydive, there are very few active 80-year-olds who jump on their own and compete for records. Only Growing Bolder was there when the JOES –the Jumpers Over Eighty Society, got together to break a world free fall formation record.
80-Year-Old Skydivers Are More Than Ordinary Joes
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Astronaut-Athlete Shares Life Experience That’s Out of This World
National Senior Games
Larry DeLucas is the only man who can say he’s dunked a basketball in outer space. He was a NASA special astronaut who flew to outer space for scientific research in 1992, and now in his 70’s, competes in bowling and cornhole at the National Senior Games.
Growing Bolder & Track Shack Host Wisdom Walk, Powered by AdventHealth Well 65+
Fitness
Growing Bolder, announces a free intergenerational walking event in partnership with Track Shack and Florida Blue Medicare.
95-Year-Old Jack Eckenrode Breaks Record For Oldest Cyclist to Complete 20K at 2023 The National Senior Games
Sports
What do you hope to be doing at 95 years old? How about being the oldest person ever to cycle a 20K race at the National Senior Games?
The National Senior Games: A Life-Affirming Statement About What’s Possible
Sports
Why did Team GB show up to cover our third National Senior Games? It’s not for the stats or results. We do it to share the stories of Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives.
July 17, 2023 at the National Senior Games
Sports
In our latest wrap up from the National Senior Games, Pittsburgh natives are showing us what it means to keep Growing Bolder.
July 16, 2023 at The National Senior Games
Sports
The National Senior Games continue to roll on in Pittsburgh! Today we managed to take in swimming, volleyball, bowling, pickleball and table tennis.
July 15, 2023 at the National Senior Games
Fitness
Today at the National Senior Games, we caught up with Kay Glynn who picked up pole vaulting in her 50s. Now in her 70s, she’s continues to win medals and set records.
July 14, 2023 at the National Senior Games: Joy Upshaw and Damien Leake
Sports
Team GB arrived in Pittsburgh for the 2023 National Senior Games and headed straight for the track.
Father & Son Duo Taking Alzheimer’s One Mile at a Time
Fitness
Travis and Mark Macy are a father and son who spent a lifetime together pushing their physical limits by participating…
Geezer Jocks, I Need Your Courage. Please.
Sports
Sports writer Ray Glier is determined to believe in the biology of hope.
Pickleball Goes Viral: What’s Driving the Pickleball Phenomenon?
Fitness
We’ve grown accustomed to seeing videos and memes unexpectedly “go viral” but who could have predicted that pickleball would suddenly explode into the world’s fastest- growing sport?
Surviving and Thriving with Paula Franetti
Surviving & Thriving
After a near-fatal car crash, National Senior Games athlete Paula Franetti helps others on their road to recovery.
