I Have Gone Off The Deep End.

[bullet08]

Did I mention I'll be 56 this year? Bones are brittle and broke couple last few years. Muscles are wasting way. So, I just purchased resistance bands and a bar to work out. And a skateboard and protections. Gotta do something about it before things start to fall off. Off to practice break falls. At least I remember them.

 

[gervais]

Maybe do the resistance bands and what not before the skateboarding.

 

[Davy]

Mate, I SO hear ya!
I'm approaching 60 and go to the gym for weights and core training as well as cardio (jogging, exterior only) as much as I can, when my body allows me to.
I also try to eat as decently (i.e., reasonably, right choices) as I can.
Keeping the extra weight off as much as possible is key in this war as it prevents health complications. And it's proven that taking care of oneself helps significantly to cope with the aging process.

 

[proteus]

I'm 52 and I'm feeling it. I don't recover as fast and Tylenol is my friend. Start slow. You won't feel it till the next day or maybe two. Stretching first is key. Proper form. These I didn't care for in my 20s but now are critical. If you can, incorporate some yoga into your routine too.

 

[Egg Shen]

Excercise bands are awesome- they both stretch and workout. Hopefully yours comes with the booklet explaining all of the creative ways to use them. The skating will provide great benefits to the muscles and joints that stabilize you…a great thing to maintain as you age, and both are low impact.

 

[bullet08]

Used to cycle 14 - 15 miles every day. Before that, martial art. It stopped when my older son went to college. Then my health started getting worse. Need to do something about it. Maybe something new will work out, and I can add cycling back into it. Martial art is completely out. Can't move fast enough, and don't enjoy getting hit. Did yoga for a bit. It was good, but I suck at getting along with other people unless I can hit them.

 

[macaroni]

... resistance bands and a bar....

Are these the things that former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV, RIP) used to accidentally tune himself up, supposedly? If so, and Sen. Reid didn't have any outside help beating himself up, those dang things must be scarey dangerous -- I'm guessing an orbital bone might be hard to break with a rubber band in your bathroom.

Good luck with your plan to tone up, my orthopod pushes stationary bikes and not walking or running. I like lunting (sheesh, what a goofy word LOL, but I sure enjoy doing it daily--almost as much as a no carb cheap scotch or moderate Irish whiskey, a long hot bath, and a successful "constitutional," and a dog rocket stogey or bowl).

Best wishes and cheers to making the good effort!
kindly
Mike

 

[kcghost]

I'm 76 and getting along fairly well without the resistance bands. I have enough problems navigating up and down the stairs.

 

[Egg Shen]

Did I mention I'll be 56 this year? Bones are brittle and broke couple last few years. Muscles are wasting way. So, I just purchased resistance bands and a bar to work out. And a skateboard and protections. Gotta do something about it before things start to fall off. Off to practice break falls. At least I remember them.

Also if you feel brittle, aside from milk I recommend the following natural low-cost supplements: glucosamine + chondroitin + MSM (all in 1 pill) as well as horsetail. Read up on these, maybe they are right for you.

 

[mso489]

Guys in your fifties and sixties, be of good cheer. One day you will look back on this as your callow youth, your frisky boyhood. On into my eighth decade, seventies that is, and steady as she goes. One weight bearing exercise is changing the cat boxes.

 

[didimauw]

Did I mention I'll be 56 this year? Bones are brittle and broke couple last few years. Muscles are wasting way. So, I just purchased resistance bands and a bar to work out. And a skateboard and protections. Gotta do something about it before things start to fall off. Off to practice break falls. At least I remember them.

Hell if you're guna die, do it in style!

I skateboarded untill I was 18. Went hard, every day, everywhere, any time. Now I'm 33, I wouldn't touch the thing. Scary thinking back about all the dumb stuff I used to do as a kid....

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

A buddy of mine just turned 50 and started skateboarding (he did in his youth). He's taken some spills, but has gotten pretty good and is having alot of fun with it. I get a kick out of watching him. Protection is important, and be careful.
Best of luck young man.

 

[georged]

Whatabuncha wimps.

I'm 69 and rode the DNA-clone-resurrrected Bodacious this morning before breakfast.

Twice.

And then went for a relaxing 420-foot jump on an up-geared motocross bike after lunch, setting a new world distance record:

And I'm gonna spend the evening with this young lady as soon as I finish typing:

 

[AJL67]

I'd add an industrial roll of bubble wrap to go with those shin guards. Godspeed! (Well it's better than saying break a leg lol)

 

[Zero]

Whatabuncha wimps.

I'm 69 and rode the DNA-clone-resurrrected Bodacious this morning before breakfast.

Twice.

And then went for a relaxing 420-foot jump on an up-geared motocross bike after lunch, setting a new world distance record:

And I'm gonna spend the evening with this young lady as soon as I finish typing:


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[ashdigger]

Used to cycle 14 - 15 miles every day. Before that, martial art. It stopped when my older son went to college. Then my health started getting worse. Need to do something about it. Maybe something new will work out, and I can add cycling back into it. Martial art is completely out. Can't move fast enough, and don't enjoy getting hit. Did yoga for a bit. It was good, but I suck at getting along with other people unless I can hit them.

If you can dodge a ball, you can dodge a wrench.

 

[Zero]

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Whiskey and cigars...and pipes, my man, and you too can live to be 112.

 

[Hillcrest]

Whatabuncha wimps.

I'm 69 and rode the DNA-clone-resurrrected Bodacious this morning before breakfast.

Twice.

And then went for a relaxing 420-foot jump on an up-geared motocross bike after lunch, setting a new world distance record:

And I'm gonna spend the evening with this young lady as soon as I finish typing:


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Wow ! What the hell did she do wrong in life to deserve that ??!

 

[georged]

Wow ! What the hell did she do wrong in life to deserve that ??!

Actually, she approached me after talking to these three ladies: