Athletic performance in your 40s?

[Lvovsky]

Take a lap. Did you see ?

I want to hear how oldgoat and others stay fit past them 40’s. Turning 50 myself soon.

[EWG]

Take a lap. Did you see ?

I want to hear how oldgoat and others stay fit past them 40’s. Turning 50 myself soon.

Oh come on. Nobody exercises after 50.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Thread drift is one of the only things keeping this place alive. You gotta root around like a snowshoer on acid and see what you find.

[The SnowShow]

Take a lap. Did you see ?

I want to hear how oldgoat and others stay fit past them 40’s. Turning 50 myself soon.

Me too! I cannot believe how fast 50 is coming up after 40 🤬

[Supermoon]

Me too! I cannot believe how fast 50 is coming up after 40 🤬

The only options are to take up pickleball or join a bird watching group.

[Lvovsky]

Two impossible choices!… How can you choose one over the other?

[Supermoon]

Two impossible choices!… How can you choose one over the other?

Luckily you have the wisdom and life experience at such an advanced age

[zion zig zag]

The only options are to take up pickleball or join a bird watching group.

Nooooo! I’m less than a year from 50 now and this hurts.

[Supermoon]

Nooooo! I’m less than a year from 50 now and this hurts.

Just wait til you’re sixty and you have to get really into the civil war.

[zion zig zag]

Just wait til you’re sixty and you have to get really into the civil war.

Gah! Do I have to watch a full Ken Burns documentary!?!

[Supermoon]

Gah! Do I have to watch a full Ken Burns documentary!?!

You have to read the books

[Buzzworthy]

You gotta root around like a snowshoer on acid and see what you find.

Stop tempting me with a good time

[XXX-er]

the 50's were great IME, just sayin , I was in better shape in the 50's than 40's cuz I wasnt wrking

[EWG]

10 years from now each of us will look back at the age we are now and think about how great that age was. Go get ‘em mags. Go big and go long. You’ll never be this young again.

[digitaldeath]

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[Trackhead]

I picked up pickle ball and golf this year and have had injuries from both Riding my bike remains the one thing that does not cause disability.

[Name Redacted]

I picked up pickle ball and golf this year and have had injuries from both Riding my bike remains the one thing that does not cause disability.

Bike with motors can be problematic when you learn to ride them in your 40's. Maybe if I had kids I would abstain from such activities. Shoulda picked up golf or pickle ball.

[goldenboy]

^^ Damn that's a lot of screws in one place.

Honestly the worst injuries I ever seem to hear about from the super athletic 40's crowd around here are usually caused by a) softball or b) a townie bike crash.

[Name Redacted]

^^ Damn that's a lot of screws in one place.

Honestly the worst injuries I ever seem to hear about from the super athletic 40's crowd around here are usually caused by a) softball or b) a townie bike crash.

Doc said it was like screwing together “Applesauce”. Boxers fracture.

[Trackhead]

Honestly the worst injuries I ever seem to hear about from the super athletic 40's crowd around here are usually caused by a) softball or b) a townie bike crash.

Exactly. An athletic early 40s patient recently had a significant quadricep tendon/muscle injury running to 1st base playing softball. Lost essentially 3 units of blood into his quad, anemic, had moderate rhabdomyolysis.

[EWG]

^^ Damn that's a lot of screws in one place.

Honestly the worst injuries I ever seem to hear about from the super athletic 40's crowd around here are usually caused by a) softball or b) a townie bike crash.

Well, I mean, both usually involve lots of drinking, so...

[The AD]

Take a lap. Did you see ?

I want to hear how oldgoat and others stay fit past them 40’s. Turning 50 myself soon.

I'm 53 so have some experience. I can't say I feel much different, to be honest. Keep working out hard and make sure you rest when you need to. Don't overeat or overdrink.

I know I need to work in more weight training, but haven't been able to get myself to commit to it.

[XXX-er]

Take a lap. Did you see ?

I want to hear how oldgoat and others stay fit past them 40’s. Turning 50 myself soon.

don't blow a body part so don't get hurt, enough things will eventualy quit working very well even without you doing something stupid

As oposed to wanking on about how " the BMI doesnt work for me " try to be as close to normal as you can, if you got a gut it ain't the BMI thats not working

[mcski]

Im 58 and have to remind myself I’m way older than the target demo for this thread. I feel as fit as 40 and do pretty much everything ive always done on skis and or bike. Some of it better - partly newfangled equipment and partly just more reps. Not as fast but not slow either. The main thing is it takes a looong time to heal up. Also, like said earlier, don’t blow a body part out if you can help it. My current ACL injury is bumming out my summer

[farmguy]

OK, Im WAY over the target group here. 64 yrs but here my .02

The only thing harder then getting in shape, is letting yourself get out of shape then try to get back in shape. Year round effort. Joe Friel book, Fast after 50 he has a saying, nobody is over trained, they are just under recovered and as you age you need more down time, also, shifting from 7 days weeks go to a 10 day plan. I ride bikes a LOT, gravel, road, MTN. I have been better at the MTN style as I have backed off a little as crashing really really sucks and the down time makes getting back in shape 2X as bad so gravel and road are 80% of my time. I just finished a 235 miles over 10 days training block. I do weights in the winter...sometimes. Find a groups to train with, it keeps the interest up. Sign up for something, that makes a goal to keep.
For cycling I use Trainers Road, a good plan to follow for what ever you want to do.