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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I run almost every day, and I've also recently added light weights.  I don't see much difference at 37 and I love how toned my legs and butt are from running.

I really suggest you find an exercise routine you enjoy enough to do regularly, and then do it enthusiastically and hard enough that it will actually work your muscles.  I know this is an unpopular opinion, but yoga has never been enough/effective for my body type, and it does not give me that glorious "high" I get from a super hard run.  My friends whose exercise consists of yoga or similar ARE getting saggier with age, even if they are not overweight.  You need hard, regular cardio as you get older to keep off the middle aged spread, but it is very possible to maintain if that is what is important to you.

Also, you don't care about your "age number" when in the throes of a runner's high; you only care about how great you feel.  This is a lot better than fretting.[/quote]

[b]Uh, this is posted in 50 and over, brainiac. They don't want to hear from whippersnappers like us.[/b] [/quote]
37 is not young. Only thing separating 37 and 50 is 13 years... it will go by in a couple of blinks. Aging is relative. You'll be here in no time. Just enjoy every age.

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Actually it's not. [b]After 40, your body will break down. Somewhere between 45 - 50 you will have to stop running.[/b] You will have pain. You will go to the doctor and she/he will say it this or that or it just old age. The doctor will tell you to bike or swim and stop running. It comes quick and you are getting very close to the age. Seriously there is a reason you do not see many 50 plus runners out there. [/quote]

I don't think so.  My grandma ran her last marathon when she was 60, and she kept running 5 and 10 ks into her 70s.  I know a lot of older women who stayed in shape, and I plan to take care of my body and keep running into my old age, like my grandma.

But you do you.[/quote]

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