Are your parents fit and active in their 70s?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter - their fitness level - people in their 70's are going to get tired. Or they are going to hide it. They may talk a big game re: all they do to stay fit. Older age with aches and pains comes for us all. Don't kid yourselves, thinking there is some secret sauce.

Ordinary people of all fitness levels age relatively the same, unless they are an outliner with a chronic condition.

It matters. I start lifting weight after watching my Dad losing his mobility in the last few months of his life. He was walking till 92. More than half of the people in the private training sessions are over 60. The instructor said there is a 90 year old lady which I am dying to meet.

Lifting weights is extremely important after age 50. You lose about 1% of your muscles a year, increase the % of fat in your body, and start losing balance when you get much older (70s, 80s, 90s). That's why older people fall and break their hip and end up on a walker or in a wheelchair.

I lift weights 2-3 days a week. I HATE it, but I do it because I want to be active until I'm 100!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On vacation with my parents and they tire easily and aren’t the most fit. They weren’t really ever active (no regular exercise, etc.) and I’m thinking a lot about the future when I’m in my 70s.

If your parents are fit, what sorts of things have they done to get that way or stay that way? Did they eat certain things, exercise a certain way, etc.

Thanks!

70 is very old. What are your expectations? By then your body and mind are well into their accelerating downward slide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter - their fitness level - people in their 70's are going to get tired. Or they are going to hide it. They may talk a big game re: all they do to stay fit. Older age with aches and pains comes for us all. Don't kid yourselves, thinking there is some secret sauce.

Ordinary people of all fitness levels age relatively the same, unless they are an outliner with a chronic condition.

This is very, very wrong.

To be clear, what i mean is: the statement that ordinary people of all fitness levels age relatively the same is very wrong. People age at very different rates. But yes, everyone ages.

Gawd, PPP is SO WRONG.
I know people my age who can't climb a flight of stairs. They are sedentary and aren't likely to live past 75.
I know others 10 years older than me who hike and run half-marathons and are amazingly fit.
We all age, but if you take care of yourself, you will age better and be healthier as you age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On vacation with my parents and they tire easily and aren’t the most fit. They weren’t really ever active (no regular exercise, etc.) and I’m thinking a lot about the future when I’m in my 70s.

If your parents are fit, what sorts of things have they done to get that way or stay that way? Did they eat certain things, exercise a certain way, etc.

Thanks!

70 is very old. What are your expectations? By then your body and mind are well into their accelerating downward slide.

You are so full of sh*t!!

You may be "very old" PP, but I know a lot of people in their 70s and 80s who are amazing -- still working, still healthy and fit. One is a surgeon, one is a college professor, one is a lawyer, one teaches elementary school, one is a substitute teacher. Their minds and bodies are doing well. Not perfect, not as fit as they were in their 20s and 30s, but still in good shape, sharp, active, productive people.

[Anonymous]

My dad is 76 and goes to the gym for an hour 5 days per week, my mom is 73 and goes to 2 aerobics/weight classes at the senior center and walks probably 5 per day. They were always into sports and exercising so it’s not really new.

[Anonymous]

^ should say walks 5 miles per day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On vacation with my parents and they tire easily and aren’t the most fit. They weren’t really ever active (no regular exercise, etc.) and I’m thinking a lot about the future when I’m in my 70s.

If your parents are fit, what sorts of things have they done to get that way or stay that way? Did they eat certain things, exercise a certain way, etc.

Thanks!

70 is very old. What are your expectations? By then your body and mind are well into their accelerating downward slide.

You are so full of sh*t!!

You may be "very old" PP, but I know a lot of people in their 70s and 80s who are amazing -- still working, still healthy and fit. One is a surgeon, one is a college professor, one is a lawyer, one teaches elementary school, one is a substitute teacher. Their minds and bodies are doing well. Not perfect, not as fit as they were in their 20s and 30s, but still in good shape, sharp, active, productive people.

Again, well into their downward slide.

[Anonymous]

Bryan Johnson the bio hacker is not getting old. Just do what he does.

[Anonymous]

keep believing it makes a difference

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Of the people I know who died young, all died while exercising. I'm not kidding. They had some unknown and couldn't have been known irregularity. If they hadn't exercised intensely, they'd still be alive. My Grandfather on the other hand who lived to be 96 would say he never exercised. Things just needed to get done, things lifted, muscles used. I think his lifestyle made more sense

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My mom 60 years old very healthy but yet she had cancer, we knew it that septembre 😥😢

[Anonymous]

The sas thing is that my 80 yo dad always tries to stay active and eat healthy, yet he isn’t very fit now! Yes he can walk 10k steps on a good day (according to him, unfortunately I can’t trust his judgment anymore) but it’s only on certain days, certain time of the day, only on xyz conditions (surface, what he has eaten etc).
So it’s 10k steps at a nearby stadium but at the same time he refused to take day trips with us in the summer which would involve very modest walks and maybe an hour drive?
This is all to say that even if you lead a healthy lifestyle it’s not a guarantee you’ll be able to travel for example.

[Anonymous]

My mom is 74 and still walks with her friends a few miles every day and was just at a waterpark doing water slides during our family vacation. She has noticeably slowed down from her mid-60s when she was still pretty comparable to me energy wise but is still doing well. My dad died at 53 of a heart attack but mom’s partner was out body surfing with us at the beach. He has a harder time with walking (pain) but is still walking all around the resort and probably walking a few miles a day here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On vacation with my parents and they tire easily and aren’t the most fit. They weren’t really ever active (no regular exercise, etc.) and I’m thinking a lot about the future when I’m in my 70s.

If your parents are fit, what sorts of things have they done to get that way or stay that way? Did they eat certain things, exercise a certain way, etc.

Thanks!

70 is very old. What are your expectations? By then your body and mind are well into their accelerating downward slide.

You are so full of sh*t!!

You may be "very old" PP, but I know a lot of people in their 70s and 80s who are amazing -- still working, still healthy and fit. One is a surgeon, one is a college professor, one is a lawyer, one teaches elementary school, one is a substitute teacher. Their minds and bodies are doing well. Not perfect, not as fit as they were in their 20s and 30s, but still in good shape, sharp, active, productive people.

Again, well into their downward slide.

By your definition 39 is very old.

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Mom still runs in her late 70s on the local path/trail and does a pretty fast 5k.

Dad died younger due to cancer but if he hadn’t gotten sick, I think he would have been ok as he liked tennis.