How David Beckham & A Heart Transplant Survivor Plan to Stay Strong at 80
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When I retired, I thought that my body needed to just recover and I stopped working out. My body fell apart. I'm aging exactly the same as everybody else's aging. It's really about how I want to feel when I'm 80 years old, not right now. Let's switch over you, Don, because your story is quite amazing.
It's more than quite amazing. It was just a few weeks into medical school that I was diagnosed with stage four cancer and they said you have three months to live and you'll never be able to have children. Ultimately, I had a heart transplant. You were the first one to run a marathon within a year of having a heart transplant.
When I took my first step, I thought, I think I made a big mistake. I was so decompensated. My calf muscles were literally indented. I had a three-person assist and a rolling walker. David Beckham is a global icon whose name is synonymous with elite performance.
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