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General / Off-Topic getting old sucks
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How long were you rowing? Rowing is rather tricky because to do it healthfully you really need good form. When I first started exercising, I loved rowing but could not continue because it threw out my back. I learned it was also partly due to poor posture.
Also, I had a debilitating form of tendinitis and overuse syndrome in my twenties. I went to all sorts of renowned specialists and was given all sorts of anti-inflammatories. Two years later I somehow wound up at a physical trainer/ ex-basketball coach who actually measured my strength and advised me to start working out and increase muscle mass. I did. Although it took four or five years of faithfully going to the gym weight lifting conservatively, I did completely heal and got stronger. Yes, it did take years to heal in my case. It's not a quick fix. But it is a real fix that taught me that you must take care of your body. To this day I exercise regularly and am stupidly healthy. I am 53 and eat a lot of chocolate pie.
You might look up what sort of injuries rowers usually have and see what physical therapy is usually prescribed. Whatever is happening to your body is probably cumulative?
https://www.amazon.com/Treat-Your-O...eway&sprefix=mckenzie+shoulder,aps,146&sr=8-1 Robin McKenzie is a physical therapist who has written books on pain in the shoulder, knee and back. I strongly recommend them. They have invaluable exercises that are mostly stretches and not difficult. At the very least they will increase your knowledge of how the body works.
Good luck to you. 47 is young. With patience, you can achieve a lot.
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At least I can reliably get rid of the nose hairs without running the risk of perforating an ear drum.
But it comes with some privileges for sure
I always hated how my mother and father left me with my granny when I was a child, how adults tell me what to do, take decisions, send me to places.. Now I consider myself as someone who just stepped into the adult life and I can't name even one thing better than this freedom. Currently I'm checking listings to buy apartment in Torrevieja, it will be my own apartment and I don't have to account for where I want to live, how I will spend my money to anyone. After that, you only should go to the gym or do exercises not to injure your neck. It doesn't look so bad now, huh? 
Is this AA? Aged anonymous?
Hi, my name is ElectricUncleSam.
I haven't slept on my left side (which is MY SIDE TO SLEEP ON!!!) for almost a year due to shoulder pain that started out of the blue.
Also, I don't know what's happened to my appearance, but over the last six months the clerks at the grocery store have started calling me "sir".
Not happy about that.
Last night during my work out, felt my calf muscle go. Just a little bit, but enough to make me stop. I've popped both calf muscles in the past, lower down, (some vestigial muscle we humans have, that helped us hang on to tree branches with our feet, or some such nonsense), but last night was upper calf. I stopped right away, hopefully I'll be back before 4-6 weeks.
es me off, because my body isn't listening to me.
I keep telling it "Behave, you're not old!" and it responds with "Oh yeah? Watch this." *Snap* Out for 4-6 weeks. Ribs, back, now legs.
A working automatic ice machine is now a must have, not a luxury.
Reading glasses, yay.
Hi, my name is ElectricUncleSam.
I haven't slept on my left side (which is MY SIDE TO SLEEP ON!!!) for almost a year due to shoulder pain that started out of the blue.
Also, I don't know what's happened to my appearance, but over the last six months the clerks at the grocery store have started calling me "sir".
Not happy about that.
Last night during my work out, felt my calf muscle go. Just a little bit, but enough to make me stop. I've popped both calf muscles in the past, lower down, (some vestigial muscle we humans have, that helped us hang on to tree branches with our feet, or some such nonsense), but last night was upper calf. I stopped right away, hopefully I'll be back before 4-6 weeks.
es me off, because my body isn't listening to me.
I keep telling it "Behave, you're not old!" and it responds with "Oh yeah? Watch this." *Snap* Out for 4-6 weeks. Ribs, back, now legs.
A working automatic ice machine is now a must have, not a luxury.
Reading glasses, yay.
I misread that title. Thought it will be a thread about some odd fetish
Where the hell does this crap come from? I thought we were supposed to lose hair when we get older, not get more of it, especially in stupid places. I can't believe I'm shaving my ear (only one) and having to trim my g nose hairs now. I want my money back...
Yup, happened during my workout, culprit has been jumping kicks, didn't stretch my calf muscles enough.
Will verify with Dr.
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The only daily 'sport' I am actually enjoying and can do as well. Actually, since a few months I am often leaving my Crown Vic 'docked' at the company's underground parking, and choose to take public transport and a bit of walk instead.
You gotta *live* though! I can't cut down on the alcohol, lol, *especially* with kids at home!
Seriously though, it's a balancing act. Deny yourself simple pleasures today to (possibly) live longer, or engage in a bit of hedonism now and shave a few years off at the end? There's no 'right' answer to that one. I try to just do everything in moderation and hope for the best.
Yeah, yesterday all I had was two beers and lightly fried mangetout. The beer was absolutely necessary as the kids were too loud, especially the little one.
Try little bits of exercise, often. I think what gets in peoples way is the tendency to allot a set amount of time, say an hour a day, to exercise. That hour quickly gets in the way of other things with more short-term benefit (such as cleaning, cooking, decluttering, dealing with kids/pets/...). Instead have a repertoire of exercises you want to do (stretches, core exercises, aerobic training), and do bits and pieces of them during the day. A 5 minute break can be used for stretching and hip/abs exercises for example. A lunch-break can be divided into an aerobic session and a meal.
Also choose what exercises to do based on time available. Walking and cycling are great for burning calouries, but they take a long time to have effect: Walk-jogging, how humans most likely originally travelled and hunted, is very energy-efficient and we are built to do so for a very long time. Outright running or continuous jogging are very energy inefficient, as in you burn a lot fast; 20 minutes of jogging is about similar to 2 hours of walking. So if you have time for the walk, that's probably fine. But if you can jog, you need to spend less time exercising for the same benefit, and you have the added effect of impacts on your joints and spine which will keep them healthy (if done right, of course). Swimming is another good one for getting exercise benefits fast, and there are no impacts involved if that's detrimental. However, it's a lot easier to pop on a pair of sneakers and go for a jog compared to finding the time and will to go to a pool. Unless you have the sea or a lake/river handy.
Changing diet is helpful too, but again something that shouldn't be gone overboard with. Just rebalancing meat vs veges is a good start, and ensuring to eat varied. The only point to cutting alcohol is if drinking is to excess, and remember that worrying about it is also problematic! You want to enjoy that drink or two, not feel bad about it or the damage is doubled. Main issue is the amount of calouries added by drinking. Beer adds a lot, wine slightly less, hard liquor even less.
And stop worrying about turning 40. My life didn't start until I was 42 I reckon. I thought I was done for at 40, but what I have done since then I never thought I would be able to, even in my 20s. I think 60 is the new 40. Or maybe 70?
When I walk, I do really step out, I like walking fast. Actually, since we live on a hillside, I am sweating by the time I get home - when I choose to walk and not to drive (ever more often, though sometimes I need to rush because of the kids).
As about alcohol, I agree, it's a shame beer tastes so good!
The difficult part is eating more veggies. When in the office, occasionally I do eat apple, but more often than not, I'm lazy to eat more healthy food.
You are quite right about active life. Since my mother died, my father lives in the countryside, and he is quite active, especially around the house in Summertime, he is fit despite being 75.
Even better, one of his friends has a vineyard and does other outdoor jobs - at about 70, he is stronger and has more stamina than me. Much more!
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Sorry to hear that, that's early to have problems. I wasn't doing too much rowing, usually 15-20 mins a pop (although I did the occasional hour) , I slowly built things up to that point with gentle weights first (then increasing) for about 3 years, I wouldn't say I was "fit", far from it. I'm going to ease back into weights again before I start rowing again. But it's walking first! Thanks for the info and link!
But it comes with some privileges for sure
Yeah it's good at first, then get's worse..enjoy it!