Old guys do exercise?

The Basket · Feb 8, 2021

Weather here been cold icy snow so been difficult and been flat on my ass but got away with it without injury.

Getting old and bad weather and all the gyms closed has been a perfect storm. So motivation has been low on the agenda. Especially after xmas and trying to get through January. January is the rectum of months. Hopefully brighter days, warmer evenings and the rid of the lockdown will bring better days.

rochie · Feb 8, 2021

Yep been sticking with indoor cardio for the last week as weather up here has been crap.
Going to give it another week on the routine I'm doing then look at stepping up to a slightly more intense workout !

Airframes · Feb 8, 2021

Yeah, think I'll do the same - maybe four beers, rather than two ............................

GrauGeist · Feb 8, 2021

Beer is made from Barley and Hops - which is kind of like drinking bread and vegetables.
So that must be considered a healthy diet, right?

Airframes · Feb 8, 2021

Absolutely !

rochie · Feb 8, 2021

My wife told me to cut down on fizzy drinks.

Apparently diluting it with jack daniels didnt count

TheMadPenguin · Feb 9, 2021

rochie said:
My wife told me to cut down on fizzy drinks.
Apparently diluting it with jack daniels didnt count

Switch to drinking rocket fuel. Several million Russians can't all be wrong! Besides, potatoes and rye are good for you!
Vodka Season starts 1 Jan and runs to the end of the year! Just check out the "Meanwhile, driving in Russia" videos all over youtube.
Apparently, T-34's have right-of-way no matter where they drive!
(not my fault they put the road crosswise to my path of travel!)

XBe02Drvr · Feb 9, 2021

TheMadPenguin said:
Apparently, T-34's have right-of-way no matter where they drive!

In any right of way dispute, regardless of what the rules of navigation say, tonnage always wins.

ODonovan · Feb 12, 2021

I haven't done much other than necessary activities since the accident in 2008.

Since then, back, hip, and leg problems limit my activity. No more bicycling, golf, or tennis for me. I did take care of my disabled wife, from 2006 until she passed last year. I still do the shopping for myself and my two teenagers, and put away all the groceries myself. I do the laundry for the three of us and take out the garbage. At least I stay somewhat mobile. I tell my kids the day I stop doing things will be the day I won't be able to do them, so I'm not stopping unless I have to.

I'm 64 now. When I think of my dad, still doing a 40 hour week as an ironworker at age 65, when he retired, I get SO jealous. He passed when he was 80. Up until his last days, he would still walk a few miles to the local "fishing hole," walk around miles of shoreline while bass fishing, then walk miles back home. When he passed (sudden heart attack), he had just been on a ladder a few minutes before, picking two large brown paper shopping bags full of oranges for some friends who had come down to Florida from "up north." With any luck, I have those genes and will be able to at least remain as active as I am for a lot more years. I'm a LOT more conscious of heart health than he was, and we know so much more than we did in 1980. So, I'm not planning on going anywhere until I'm LONG past 80, so I can be there to ~~harass~~...err...be there for the kids, for many years to come (even though a BIG part of me wants nothing more than to join my wife on the other side).

-Irish

SaparotRob · Feb 12, 2021

ODonovan said:
I haven't done much other than necessary activities since the accident in 2008.

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Since then, back, hip, and leg problems limit my activity. No more bicycling, golf, or tennis for me. I did take care of my disabled wife, from 2006 until she passed last year. I still do the shopping for myself and my two teenagers, and put away all the groceries myself. I do the laundry for the three of us and take out the garbage. At least I stay somewhat mobile. I tell my kids the day I stop doing things will be the day I won't be able to do them, so I'm not stopping unless I have to.

I'm 64 now. When I think of my dad, still doing a 40 hour week as an ironworker at age 65, when he retired, I get SO jealous. He passed when he was 80. Up until his last days, he would still walk a few miles to the local "fishing hole," walk around miles of shoreline while bass fishing, then walk miles back home. When he passed (sudden heart attack), he had just been on a ladder a few minutes before, picking two large brown paper shopping bags full of oranges for some friends who had come down to Florida from "up north." With any luck, I have those genes and will be able to at least remain as active as I am for a lot more years. I'm a LOT more conscious of heart health than he was, and we know so much more than we did in 1980. So, I'm not planning on going anywhere until I'm LONG past 80, so I can be there to ~~harass~~...err...be there for the kids, for many years to come (even though a BIG part of me wants nothing more than to join my wife on the other side).

-Irish

I would have given your post a "bacon" but I too worry about cholesterol.

Zipper730 · Feb 13, 2021

Actually, I seem to be in better health during the pandemic despite having had a membership at a gym. I have trouble sitting still and can walk quite awhile (boredom is a powerful motivating force). Plowing through large amounts of snow (and chopping ice) seems to help a bit.

tyrodtom · Feb 13, 2021

Zipper730 said:
Actually, I seem to be in better health during the pandemic despite having had a membership at a gym. I have trouble sitting still and can walk quite awhile (boredom is a powerful motivating force). Plowing through large amounts of snow (and chopping ice) seems to help a bit.

Surely you don't consider yourself a old guy ?
You're in your middle 30's aren't you ?

Zipper730 · Feb 13, 2021

tyrodtom said:
Surely you don't consider yourself a old guy ?
You're in your middle 30's aren't you ?

I don't consider myself to be an old-guy. I'm 37 years of age, so I'm just an adult.

SaparotRob · Feb 13, 2021

Remember, growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

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