I do chin ups most days (around 50, a few at a time, I have a chin up bar mounted in a doorway between my kitchen and back room leading to the dunny. I try and do a few every time I walk through except the 18 times through the night when I get out of bed to do the walk) and push ups. Every now and then I get the bug and do sit ups too along with a host of other exercises, I used to be relatively fit after doing martial arts for some time, I must lose this gut but I always wanted to be a fat **** and I was always the last part of it, just couldn't gain weight and was often nicknamed "greyhound".
Though my 8" Newt is getting heavier. It's not so much the weight, it awkward lifting it on and off and my son usually helps for security. The concept with the ride on mower is if I decide to get a larger scope I can have an electric control for the hydraulic lift and stand and guide a heavier scope onto a mount.
As for mowing, I have a working ride on and a working 60s Victa Mayfair but my grass is 3 feet tall beside the fence. Mowing and migraines don't mix, I get to it on occasion but I'm not overly fussed. My last place in Lithgow I had to mow, I had tiger snakes everywhere but I've never seen a snake in this yard in 15 years living here, maybe because my grass is always so long.
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I think the secret to longevity is keeping fit and delaying the onset of sacropenia
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Yes, movement is the key but health often dictates as we age we can't always do that. Every step (and every breath) with my migraines is like a bomb going off in my empty skull. Throw in sciatica and I can get very lazy and just sit on my @rse and watch TV or go through a few forums on my PC.
As I mentioned I have a gut I have to lose, not a big gut, I don't drink alcohol but it's big enough to be embarrassing even if I am 5'10 (and a bit) and weigh 65Kg. No one else notices it but I do. I started doing squats with 15Kg soft weights but my knees soon decided they didn't like it. I have an incline sit up bench when I can be bothered dragging it out and using it. Last time I did a quick 100 sit ups in my back yard (without incline bench) and it didn't even hurt the next day, I was so disappointed, I failed. Throw in no more than 1-2 hours sleep per night (on heavy sleeping pills), I just don't have the energy most days.
There's a thought, I haven't slept, I might go for a nap.