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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 50.  I spent the past weekend babying my knee because I did something to it to make it stiff and sore.  That NEVER used to happen to me.  And thankfully it rarely happens now.

But, yeah, my body is aging.  I do not think I'm elderly but I am not in my youth anymore.

People who insist that they feel the same at 50 as they did at 20 either have extremely poor memories or they are kidding themselves.  Or they were pretty darned stiff and decrepit at 20....[/quote] You are wrong.  We are people who are active--all of the time, not just weekend warriors.  I am in much better shape at 55 than I was 20 years ago.[/quote]

O.k.  Then maybe it is fair to say that you were a bit on the decrepit side when you were younger but have since gotten yourself into good shape for a 55 year old.

As for me, I remember what it took to get into shape at 35 after my first was born.  If I compare what I have to do now to get into similar shape....ugh.  I just don't think that'll be happening.

It doesn't mean that I'm falling apart at 50 or that I'm "old".  But my peri menopausal body is not the same body that it was at 35.  And it sure as heck ain't the same lithe, flexible body I had 20.[/quote]

What have you done consistently to stay fit since you were 35?[/quote]

I did trails regularly until some overuse injuries cropped up.  I also did strength training at the gym.  I can't push my body like I used to unfortunately. I still get out and walk...but when I feel a body part hurting I stop. When I was 35 exercise and diet were both more effective than they are now.  It takes a lot more effort to get results these days.

If you START exercising when you're 50 maybe you have an easier time because you don't have old injuries to contend with.  Do it long enough and eventually you'll know what I am speaking of.

Don't get me wrong - I still get out and do things.  My health is not bad or anything.  I am just not 35, 25 or 20 anymore...[/quote]I think maybe you're not feeling the same things that some of us are feeling because you're not at the same level of conditioning - which is okay, it's just not my experience.  I've been a jock my whole life and have been through two knee surgeries.  Forty years ago, an ACL tear forced me to give up a lot of sports but I hung in there and kept working out and eventually found out at the age of 49 that technology had advanced to the point where they could effectively repair my ACL.  But I still stay away from those other sports (the twisty turny kind) and I've stopped taking boot camp style classes because my knee can't take the pounding anymore.  But there are still wonderful things to do out there and I feel great.

Pp, it might be that this just wouldn't work for you, I understand that.  But you might want to check out rowing, which is a fabulous sport for our aging bodies.  You get a full body work out but none of the pounding from running or twisting from basketball and soccer.  If you hung in there, you might get the payoff some of us are getting.  Or not - it's up to you - just a suggestion.  Good luck.[/quote]

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