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Are you feeling your age?

Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:34 am
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:34 am
I’m mid 40s and can honestly say I feel at least 90% as physically/athletically capable as when I was in my mid 20s.

How about you baws in your 50s?

My dad could sprint as fast as an average teenager when he was almost 70. It was a family Christmas ritual to race him.

Posted by WoWyHi
Member since Jul 2009
23339 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:35 am to
Yes, I'm 350,0 weeks old.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78654 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:35 am to
Still clocking in sub 17 minute 5k’s. Life is good.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
88509 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:36 am to
Hangovers are way worse but otherwise it’s pretty much the same.
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:36 am to


I couldn’t even do that in my 20s.
I’m still more of a sprinter than a runner.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53961 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:37 am to
You're only as old as the women you feel
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:37 am to
quote:

Hangovers are way worse


That’s for damn sure.
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
7826 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:41 am to
I'm 53 and will give you an honest answer.

First of all, congrats on your mid-40's physical prowess. Most men start to lose that around 40. What happens around 50 is totally on another level. Stuff literally starts to break down. Joints become problematic (arthritis), back and neck problems can manifest, you are more susceptible to injury,, and it takes a lot longer to warm up before physical activity.

And don't get me started on my evaporating memory.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71132 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:44 am to
my brain tells me I'm younger but my body tells me I'm older

I have the maturity of a 22 year-old but the body of a 40 year old, and my actual age is somewhere in between.
Posted by Bryno1960
Off River Road
Member since Aug 2013
4179 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:46 am to
I'm about to turn 60 and do feel my age sometimes. Mostly, it's because my knee has started to bother me a little when I run. I'm venture to say I'm about 85%, physically and athetically, as I was in my mid to late 40's.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:49 am to
47

I rode my bike for 20 miles yesterday, then came home and cut the grass with a lwanmower with a busted self-propel so I had to push it.

I was a little stiff when I got up this morning, but some light stretching fixed that.

Aerobically speaking, I'm probably in the best shape I've been in since my mid-20's. My muscles are defeinitely a lot tighter though. Takes much longer to get them properly stretched.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
23221 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:53 am to

Yeah, I still feel the same as my 20s mentally and physically (save a couple of past injuries).

It's scary when you see people older by 20 years and wonder when the wheels are going to fall off.

(Edit: closing in on 60 here.)
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 10:55 am
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38225 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:53 am to
quote:

First of all, congrats on your mid-40's physical prowess. Most men start to lose that around 40. What happens around 50 is totally on another level. Stuff literally starts to break down. Joints become problematic (arthritis), back and neck problems can manifest, you are more susceptible to injury,, and it takes a lot longer to warm up before physical activity.



agree. much more noticeable at 50.

depends on how hard you pushed when you were younger. The miles add up
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:53 am to
Yeah...getting up after a lot of activity takes a minute.
Posted by Placebeaux
Bobby Fischer Fan Club President
Member since Jun 2008
51852 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:54 am to
42 and feel 32

My peak of physical fitness was probably 22
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:56 am to
quote:

Are you feeling your age?
As former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards said, "You're only as old as the woman you feel."
Posted by GreyWhiskers
St. Tammany
Member since Nov 2018
913 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:58 am to
I feel my age everyday especially when I go to work and have to deal with all the knuckleheads. I’m nearing retirement, just a couple of more years and I’ll be outta there.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 11:00 am to
quote:

Are you feeling your age?
All I know is that it now takes me all night long to do what I used to could do all night long....
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 4:58 pm to
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53814 posts
Posted on 5/3/19 at 5:15 pm to
I don't feel much different at 41 than I did at 35. A lot more grey facial hair.
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