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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: 3toe]
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10/21/22 09:43 AM
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I’d be careful with weights. Our muscles can’t take the abuse like they once could and you’ll wind up tearing one if you go too hard.
I’d do more cardio. I walk 4 miles at lunch 5-6 times a week. Lost weight and all my vitals are in good shape except a little high cholesterol. This is sound advice, IMHO.
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 10:34 AM
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Irish, I’m going to suggest something you may think is crazy. I have arthritis in my lower back, three bulging discs, a partially torn rotator cuff and arthritis there too. I take meloxicam for inflammation and it helps a lot. BUT, I’ve found out that taking about 1/3 the recommended dose of creatine daily has really helped my pain. If I hadn’t experienced it, then I wouldn’t believe it. I lift moderate weights and exercise to stay in shape and this has improved my recovery times, lessened my arthritis, and helped strengthen muscles around the sites I have that stay sore and painful. You may want to give it a try and see if it helps you. Creatine... I had never thought about that, but it makes sense. I was thinking about starting to take it anyway to help with my lifts. I'll check it out and give some unbiased feedback. Thanks for the suggestion. If you're taking creatine, make sure you increase you water intake by about 50% daily. There are conflicting studies that it might or might not affect your kidney and liver function but most say it is fine in healthy individuals. It absolutely helps with recovery but I do increase my water intake just to make sure I am flushing it through my system.
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Mbrock]
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10/21/22 10:42 AM
10/21/22 10:42 AM
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Posts: 5,244 Central, AL
280Rem.
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Irish, I’m going to suggest something you may think is crazy. I have arthritis in my lower back, three bulging discs, a partially torn rotator cuff and arthritis there too. I take meloxicam for inflammation and it helps a lot. BUT, I’ve found out that taking about 1/3 the recommended dose of creatine daily has really helped my pain. If I hadn’t experienced it, then I wouldn’t believe it. I lift moderate weights and exercise to stay in shape and this has improved my recovery times, lessened my arthritis, and helped strengthen muscles around the sites I have that stay sore and painful. You may want to give it a try and see if it helps you. What brand are you taking?
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: 280Rem.]
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10/21/22 11:38 AM
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Posts: 8,247 Right behind you
Mbrock
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Irish, I’m going to suggest something you may think is crazy. I have arthritis in my lower back, three bulging discs, a partially torn rotator cuff and arthritis there too. I take meloxicam for inflammation and it helps a lot. BUT, I’ve found out that taking about 1/3 the recommended dose of creatine daily has really helped my pain. If I hadn’t experienced it, then I wouldn’t believe it. I lift moderate weights and exercise to stay in shape and this has improved my recovery times, lessened my arthritis, and helped strengthen muscles around the sites I have that stay sore and painful. You may want to give it a try and see if it helps you. What brand are you taking? I just take sixstar creatine x3 from Walmarks. The bottle says to take more than I do. I take a pill with breakfast and a pill with supper. I’m not “stacking” before or after workouts.
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 12:26 PM
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hunterturf
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i’m only 40 but i have the miles of a 60 year old. i went full carnivore on june 1. 3-4 weeks in there was a significant drop in aches and pains. 2 months in there are none. i’ve slowly started adding back in different things over the last 2 weeks. potatoes, bread and pasta 100% result in several days of aches. i take tumeric as well and a plethora of other vitamins.
Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers.......... Si Robertson
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 01:00 PM
10/21/22 01:00 PM
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Mid 40s here. Sprained my 1 good ankle pretty bad last fall cruising timber. Took a while to totally recover from that even with phy therapy. As a result, I stopped walking and jogging in the evenings until this may. Boy, was it an eye opener how quickly a middle aged body goes down the tubes. I really just am getting back to the level I was prior to the sprain. Minor aches and pains are the norm... just have to loosen up before much of anything physical. Being a forester helps, as some of my work requires a good bit of walking.
Kids in sports, job with decent travel amounts, and other commitments makes exercising a chore to find time to do. Most of the time I jog/walk around the neighborhood in the evenings. I gave up on weights years ago, so I mainly stick with cardio. It helps, and my blood pressure is in good shape with no pharmaceutical assistance but I'm still overweight and likely my cholesterol is high. What I'm able to do is good, but it never seems like enough.
You gonna pull them pistols, or whistle Dixie?
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 01:03 PM
10/21/22 01:03 PM
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Posts: 11,418 Kennedy, al
globe
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I unLoaded a pallet of corn, filled 6 feeders, moved a 14’tripod by myself, took down and put up a ladder stand in the last two days. I’ll feel it for a week, but I can still do it. Over the years I’ve started and stopped regular exercises, but simple push ups, sit ups and lunges have helped me more than anything without tearing something.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: globe]
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10/21/22 01:11 PM
10/21/22 01:11 PM
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Posts: 20,223 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
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I unLoaded a pallet of corn, filled 6 feeders, moved a 14’tripod by myself, took down and put up a ladder stand in the last two days. I’ll feel it for a week, but I can still do it. Over the years I’ve started and stopped regular exercises, but simple push ups, sit ups and lunges have helped me more than anything without tearing something. At one point I was doing 2-3 miles/day on the treadmill (alternating walking/jogging) and I was doing 100 pushups, situps and squats every day....best I'd felt in a long time. Quit when I broke my arm (couldn't do pushups anymore or run on treadmill)...starting to try to get back into it
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 01:22 PM
10/21/22 01:22 PM
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Posts: 21,930 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Lifting weights makes me get bulkier and stiffer.......One of the things I struggle with is flexibility......I think for me personally doing something like yoga is a more effective way of "staying in shape"
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 01:38 PM
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Posts: 1,107 Birmingham,AL
low wall
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A high energy dog is an awfully good motivator. We do 3-4 miles every morning, just to keep him from driving me nuts during the day. Started me walking about 12 years ago, and helps to maintain the pattern. If I slack off, I feel it quicker, and it takes longer to get my wind back every time.
Used to be a lifeguard, until that blue kid got me fired.
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 04:58 PM
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Posts: 1,626 North Baldwin County, Al
TensawRiver
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I did P90X for 5 years and was in the best shape of my life. Went through my divorce and haven't done much for the last 7 years. I've just recently started P90X again at age 52. It's tough but it's a total body workout and has proven its benefits to me before. My knees, hips and other joints don't like it and I can't get after some of the exercises like I did before my divorce, but I do what I can do and am starting to see improvements. Main thing is I feel better.
Last edited by TensawRiver; 10/21/22 05:11 PM.
Romans 8:1-2 "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of Sin and Death"
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: CNC]
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10/21/22 05:07 PM
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Posts: 9,375 Jasper, AL
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Lifting weights makes me get bulkier and stiffer.......One of the things I struggle with is flexibility......I think for me personally doing something like yoga is a more effective way of "staying in shape" Swing a golf club for upper body flexibility. Seriously it works and you can do it in your yard. I started a pretty religious workout program last August. Today was my 212 workout (weights) in 14 months. Coupled with cardio I have lost 34lbs and down to about 12% body fat. At 43 I’m stronger than I’ve ever been in my life. But…..I’ve had to modify a lot of lifts due to tendinitis in shoulder and elbows. Keep taking the supplements but I’ve is your friend for the joint issues (if it’s tendinitis). It’s the only thing that really helps me. Anti inflammatories kill my stomach so I tread lightly. And I’ll add A LOT of lower back issues can be alleviated with hamstring stretches. Tight hamstrings will absolutely cause SI discomfort. Deadlifts help me keep those stretched pretty well.
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 05:07 PM
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Posts: 11,165 Earth
TDog93
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^^^^ If I did P90x - I would prob hav a heart attack and die 😀
I know young in shape dudes that said that killer
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 05:15 PM
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DGAMBLER
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Heck I can't stay in shape being young. Gonna have to change my ways to get old. Lol
To GOD be All the glory!!!
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/21/22 05:16 PM
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My grandad would just laugh n say you ain’t seen old yet…
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: TDog93]
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10/21/22 05:26 PM
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Posts: 1,626 North Baldwin County, Al
TensawRiver
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^^^^ If I did P90x - I would prob hav a heart attack and die 😀
I know young in shape dudes that said that killer If you pace yourself, do what you can do, you'll slowly increase and build up to more and more. I like what the trainer Tony Horton says, "do your best and forget the rest" and "just keep pushing play" or " Rome was not built in a day". I'm not and never tried to work so hard to look like those muscled up guys. I just do it for my health, my results are just a leaner body, some definition, stronger, more energy, and so forth. But either way it is still a tough workout.
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Romans 8:1-2 "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of Sin and Death"
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Re: Trying to Stay in Shape When You are Old...
[Re: joshm28]
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10/21/22 07:35 PM
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Posts: 4,753 Moody, AL
willdo22
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Lifting weights makes me get bulkier and stiffer.......One of the things I struggle with is flexibility......I think for me personally doing something like yoga is a more effective way of "staying in shape" Swing a golf club for upper body flexibility. Seriously it works and you can do it in your yard. I started a pretty religious workout program last August. Today was my 212 workout (weights) in 14 months. Coupled with cardio I have lost 34lbs and down to about 12% body fat. At 43 I’m stronger than I’ve ever been in my life. But…..I’ve had to modify a lot of lifts due to tendinitis in shoulder and elbows. Keep taking the supplements but I’ve is your friend for the joint issues (if it’s tendinitis). It’s the only thing that really helps me. Anti inflammatories kill my stomach so I tread lightly. And I’ll add A LOT of lower back issues can be alleviated with hamstring stretches. Tight hamstrings will absolutely cause SI discomfort. Deadlifts help me keep those stretched pretty well. X2 for stretches I’m 33 and lower back is painful at times.
A mans got to know his limitations.
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