Herrie;4276989 said:
With proper care & diet he would have been fine. Don't forget his body was trained from very early age. Your body has muscle memory that will come back quickly when you start your "old routine" again. Does it get more difficult with age: yes, I'm getting 38 in April and I feel I'm not 18, 25 or even 30 anymore.
But when I get back into the gym or other sports I used to do frequently, I'm surprised how quickly things come back in terms of strength, stamina, muscle memory and flexibility. Same with other people I know. And I'm your "average John", not a professional athlete and never trained like one, though I did fair bits of exercise throughout various stages of my life, but nothing competitive except for football (soccer for the US people) when I was in my mid teens at a not very high level.
Doing 2 shows a week when you're properly trained and taking good care of your body nutrition wise is doable, also at age 50. There are artists that have proven so. Not having to travel would've helped a great bit. A world tour such as Bad/Dangerous/History would have been too much probably imho, but a residency he could have pulled off.
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You omitted a very important detail about Michael Jackson’s health case, a detail that can invalidate your entire argument here.
I am talking about his insomnia, which at the time reached a point where he practically could not cure it at all.
Even if he got trained and got good body nutrition, his deprivation of sleep would not have allowed him to perform on consecutive days in 2009.
Other performers or athletes in his age (in their early fifties) can vigorously dance or exercise, but these can sleep at nights, whereas Michael Jackson could not sleep at all.
Michael Jackson could not perform even for a one-off show during his final months.
Take for example, the fact that although he was offered a huge amount of money (a reportedly £1.8 million payment) by a Russian billionaire to perform for him at one of the billionaire's luxurious parties (at Black Sea), he eventually backed out of that commitment due to his health issues.
Also, during the ‘This Is It’ rehearsals, Michael Jackson collapsed on several occasions.
At one occasion (on June 19th, 2009), he could not even step onto the stage to rehearse and Kenny Ortega helped him to just sit and watch the dancers’ rehearsals.
Michael Jackson could not get his strength, stamina, muscle memory and flexibility back also because he was at the time dependent on very strong drugs (like, ephedrine), which evidently do not allow the body to physically retain its previous healthy state while one is taking them.
AEG Live’s announcement that they hired the American fitness trainer Louis Ferrigno in order to train him (for the 'This Is It' shows) proved to be eventually just a publicity stunt.