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I just turned 50 last July. Last month I was called old on 3 different occasions.....all by guys in there 20's....what happen to respect your elders thing?
But I feel great!! Im pretty active, but I also stopped drinking about 5 years ago and I think that is a big part it.
Thank god I feel pretty good though because I'll be working until I'm 65, so I don't have the time or money to feel crappy
But I feel great!! Im pretty active, but I also stopped drinking about 5 years ago and I think that is a big part it.
Thank god I feel pretty good though because I'll be working until I'm 65, so I don't have the time or money to feel crappy
No, after 42 you do. At least that's what happened to me. lol
Aging is not for sissy's.
Aging is not for sissy's.
... as I sit in the middle of ski season, waiting for the Tuesday meeting with the doc on partial knee replacement... at least I'm not flipping burgers at the McDonalds in Kyiv today...
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I guess I am lucky that I did not start to feel no longer young until 45.
I'm not falling apart at age 50, but I have noticed it takes a little longer to recover after a workout or long hike/run. Long as in over 10 miles.
I attribute that to the poor lifestyle choices I made over the last 35 years, not necessarily a failure of my body on it's own.
-Mike
I attribute that to the poor lifestyle choices I made over the last 35 years, not necessarily a failure of my body on it's own.
-Mike
Yeah, well if I had known what 67 year old knees were going to be like, I'd have skied more powder and fewer gates ;-) and I'd have skipped the whole moguls thing completely...
I remember it like yesterday, my first attempt at moguls. We were at Crystal Mountain. A very experienced friend of ours offered to take me down Green Valley, which is like mogul heaven if you know that run. Looking at it from the lodge, it looks like a giant ski slope of ice cream scoops stacked on top of each other up the mountain.
We got to the top, he walked me through what to do, and we went about 20-30 yards together. We stopped to regroup, then he told me to follow him and he shot down that slope like one of those Olympic skiers. I took off and started rattling my hips and knees so bad I fell over 5-6 times, rolled down the mountain a ways, bounced around a few more times as it felt like my kneecaps were about to explode. 100 or so yards from the end of the slope I said screw it and walked the rest of the way. Never tried Green Valley or moguls ever again.
-Mike
I'm in my mid-30's and I have days where I struggle to get out of bed (not always impacted by alcohol, a long day/late night before etc). However, I have learned to enjoy life while able because there is no stopping the clock of Father Time.
Interesting you mention this. I was watching a webcam from in front of a McDonalds in Kiev just now.
-Mike
Get active now, if you aren't already. It's easier to start now in your 30's than to wait until your mid-50's and find out you can barely get up the steps to your apartment.
So this thread started several years ago. I was 46, had just had bursitis surgery, and was about to be diagnosed with high blood pressure.
Now I'm 50 and in just about the best shape of my life. Strength training 4+ days a week. 6'1", 32" waist, 190 lean pounds. And the amount of weight I can shove around increases weekly. I wish I had started weight training two decades ago. But, for now, things are actually looking up compared to my 40s.
Now I'm 50 and in just about the best shape of my life. Strength training 4+ days a week. 6'1", 32" waist, 190 lean pounds. And the amount of weight I can shove around increases weekly. I wish I had started weight training two decades ago. But, for now, things are actually looking up compared to my 40s.
Like the great quote says, "Get busy living or get busy dying."
Or, as Uncle Rico once said 'you might as well be doin something while you're doing nothin.'.
-Mike
Yep, 40 to 45 is a definite turning point!
Lower sex drive. Eyes start changing. Gray hair starts to be very evident. Shorter of breath. Twenty or more pounds over-weight. Sleep becomes more and more critical in order to function properly.
So, it is a turning point. Kind of a downward side of the hill trend from having been at peak for awhile.
Sadly, it only gets worse. I am now 70 and wish I was 40 to 45 again.
You ain't seen nothing yet.................
Lower sex drive. Eyes start changing. Gray hair starts to be very evident. Shorter of breath. Twenty or more pounds over-weight. Sleep becomes more and more critical in order to function properly.
So, it is a turning point. Kind of a downward side of the hill trend from having been at peak for awhile.
Sadly, it only gets worse. I am now 70 and wish I was 40 to 45 again.
You ain't seen nothing yet.................
