getting old and broken

potatolord said:
Went for a quick bike ride in menorca yesterday (on hols). I haven't been on a bike since last June.

Ended up doing about 60km and now my left knee hurts mightily and my right heel (plantar fasciitis) is excruciatingly painful.

Walking anywhere is horrible today.
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Talk about jumping in at the deep end, silly you! :p

I'm sorry you're injured, but for the first ride in 13 months, something gentle under 90 minutes would have been far more suitable.
 
potatolord said:
Went for a quick bike ride in menorca yesterday (on hols). I haven't been on a bike since last June.

Ended up doing about 60km and now my left knee hurts mightily and my right heel (plantar fasciitis) is excruciatingly painful.

Walking anywhere is horrible today.
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Kinda extreme there, even I would have moderated that, and I'm terrible at looking after myself in that way..!

PF, and metatarsalgia can be quite difficult, for me anyway, to fully recover from. Throw in a sprinkle of osteoarthritis and it can be challenging to get the right balance.
 
In my early 40s here and am still trying to be as active as the was in my 20s but do notice that my body physically is not the same.

I have a 2 year old who loves walking outdoors and just being outside so I get plenty of steps in each day which helps to keep fit.

Currently on holiday and the weather is so hot (30°c -33°c) he gets tired quickly and wants me to pick him up rather than sit in his pram. I've now got a pain down my back of my right shoulder blade and neck. Mrs. Says it's my fault but he prefers me carrying him than her or sitting in the pram.

I do stretches about 4-5 times a week this helps immensely for me not to get cramps, aches and pains.
 
UTmaniac said:
Talk about jumping in at the deep end, silly you! :p

I'm sorry you're injured, but for the first ride in 13 months, something gentle under 90 minutes would have been far more suitable.
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I only ever ride a bike on holiday, so it's been once a year for the last 5 years.

Last year I did over 80km, and got a fine sunburn, too.

In my mid-50s, and now u can't just thrash my body in the way I could a few years back.
 
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My getting old story.
Tweaked my achilles in early 2019, totally my own fault. Had a tight calf so tried doing stretches.
Then went shoppig to local Garden centre , picked up a number of heavy bags of gravel.
On to Tesco and by the time I got my shopping back to car could feel some discomfort.
Get home and I can barely walk. Left Achilles is just wrecked.
Cue 5 months of work on getting my achilles to an ok postion.
Shoud mention that my Right knee did not like this. ( was years before it got back to normal)
Any hoo.
Oct 2019 Eng v Nz at the RWC, For some stupid reason I decided to do a jig after Eng won. (some Alcohol might have been involved)
Ended up in a heap on the lounge floor after my Achilles gave up again.

Now in my mid 60's and realising that walking is really important to keeping everything going.
My Uncle recently died , he walked for roughly an hour a day pretty much all his life. He made it to 100.
 
Glaston said:
Now in my mid 60's and realising that walking is really important to keeping everything going.
My Uncle recently died , he walked for roughly an hour a day pretty much all his life. He made it to 100.
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I don't think it matters what exercise you do as long as your do something. my neighbour is also my swimming nemesis (said with a smile and she doesn't even know so it's not like it's a mad competition). but my goal is to by the end of the year be able to match her, the thing is .. she is 84. I am 49!.
she said her mum swam till ... 96 I think she said and she died within months of stopping... so my neighbour swims 5 days a week....
I have already decided when I retire I will be upping my swimming from 3 times a day to 5 and plan to get tennis coaching and golf lessons. (as well as crown green bowls ... but that is more about the fact it's at the pub rather than for fitness ;) )

not expecting to be tiger woods or Nadal but if I can have a knockabout that will do me. (who said retirement was boring :D )

I am fortunate as well that my local leisure centre is stupid good value. a fully loaded gym (which I will never use) tennis courts,.squash, table tennis, badminton, pickelball and a proper sized swimming pool all included for £460 a year. also comes with yoga lessons, and other classes all included.
 
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very easy walking this weekend 13k steps fri and sat but had a couple of hours bodyboarding today at Holywell bay ,i do it seriously so its fins to get out back and duck diving so as the swell picked up it was quite a work out ,started missing the weights on a weekend ,see more results this way , muscle grows on rest days ?
 
bigmike20vt said:
I don't think it matters what exercise you do as long as your do something.
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I agree you've got to do what works for you and what you enjoy / can best tolerate. And one that you can sustain and doesn't damage your joints.
Weight training is incredibly beneficial as one gets older to maintain bone density.
One of the worst things is when people stop exercising or just move less after an injury or strain. It can be hard if you genuinely cannot do something you were really into. For a few years, I became really into doing burpees, but I gave myself dodgy wrists as a result. It must be so hard for elite athletes. Novak Djokovic reminded me of this recently in an interview. But you got to adapt, ageing and wear and tear are inevitable, it's part of the journey, maaaaan.
 
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im 42 later this year and have congestive heart failure diagnosed a few years back and a few years before that i got told i was autistic plus the usual depression and major anxiety and some ptsd from major bullying and some other condiditons :P

the anxiety was more or less constant and didnt do my heart any good.

things could be a lot worse for you :)

i was cycling regularly 40 odd miles a day on a mountain bike twice a week or smaller 20 mile rides etc, and lifting weights in my room on the days off from cycling.

now im more or less just doing fishing for the last year and im knackered after 6 or 8 hours fishing especially if im using the big beach casters lol just constant fatigue
 
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