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[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]Did someone say that on this thread?  My body is in better shape than it was when I was 40 but I'd never make that statement about my 20-year-old self.  But I feel fantastic!  I didn't feel fantastic in my 30s or 40s.  I'm sure my 30-year-old self could have whooped my ass in a triathlon today but I don't care - what matters is how I feel.  I feel a lot better.  So maybe it's not just physical fitness, but maturity - feeling free from all those worries about fitting in that I had when I was younger and not feeling overwhelmed with work, child-rearing, and debt.

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Good for you!  I really do think that is great.  But if you had trained at 35 and gotten yourself into shape and feeling fantastic you would realize that physically at 50 you do, in fact, feel different.

Again - I am not saying that 50 is old.  50 is not old!  And as you have found, there are some clear advantages to being older and wiser and less concerned about what others think and less burdened by heavy duty childcare, expenses, debt.

I'm really not trying to be at all controversial.  Just practical - yeah, I'm not a kid anymore.  Doesn't mean I'm ready for "the home" either.[/quote]You don't understand - I [i]was[/i] in shape at 35 (and I've been working out since high school)!  In fact it was before I had a kid so I was still free to work out a lot.  I understand that you feel differently but my point is that for me (and I dare say some of the other pps on this thread - though I shouldn't speak for them), we have [i]always[/i] worked out.  My point is that I'm not as fast as I was then but I actually do feel better than I did at that time.  But I've been lucky to have fewer physical problems than you during my life span.  Maybe that's the difference.[/quote]

I was in decent shape as a teen and beyond.  So, yes, I've been active throughout my life - hiking/swimming/dancing/running/walking distances - it was fun and just what I did.  I never even entered a gym until I had kids and had some weight to lose and some flab to firm up.

Trails, strength training became a part of my regular exercise.  I felt great exercising like that.  But I have some physical wear and tear on my body from it.

Physically, I haven't really had that much in the way of problems.  But I'm feeling wear and tear now - in my feet.  My knee - that's a new one.  It is MUCH better today thank goodness.  I'm going to watch it this week because I do not want this to get any worse.  Surgery scares me.

My hormones are changing too and I'm perimenopausal.  Wah, wah, wah.  Sorry to sound like such a baby.[/quote]

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