Not necessarily. His grandfather, while breathing and possibly ingesting toxins his entire life, did one thing most programmers do not do: exercise a lot. Yes, I saw the "work out at a fancy gym" part. There is a huge difference between going to the gym a few times a week and doing labor like his grandfather did.
My own grandfather did hard manual labor his entire life and drank whisky like a fish until he was in his late 60's. Chewed tobacco his entire life. When he was 88 I saw him working in the back yard and he had muscles that I didn't have at my prime (in my 20's). He died at 95.
I walk 4 or more miles a day, 7 days a week, some up steep hills. That's my commute, on the days that I go to work, my exercise when I don't. I really don't expect that I'm simulating my grandfather's level of exercise, but I hope it does something to get me to 95, in as perfect health as my grandfather was when he died.
My own grandfather did hard manual labor his entire life and drank whisky like a fish until he was in his late 60's. Chewed tobacco his entire life. When he was 88 I saw him working in the back yard and he had muscles that I didn't have at my prime (in my 20's). He died at 95.
I walk 4 or more miles a day, 7 days a week, some up steep hills. That's my commute, on the days that I go to work, my exercise when I don't. I really don't expect that I'm simulating my grandfather's level of exercise, but I hope it does something to get me to 95, in as perfect health as my grandfather was when he died.