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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 46, I feel no different.  I e always been a 6-day per week exerciser.  Even with all the stress of competitive soccer and 6 marathons--I have zero aches and pains.  No bad knees, back, shoulders, etc. I am still one of the top in every exercise class I take even competing with late 20/30-somethings.

My siblings (48 and 50) never regularly exercised and are falling apart.[/quote]

How do you possibly have the time for this? I was a competitive athlete in my teens and 20s, kept up a very rigorous exercise routine in my 30s, but in my 40s, so much has had to give. Metro ridiculousness has been eating into my day for years, kids and husband have their needs, as do pets and aging parents. Not to mention, the demanding job. I get migraines on less than 7-8 hours of sleep too. Am barely able to keep a healthy sleep routine as it is. I can't imagine being able to spend two hours going to the gym, working out, and coming home - as I used to do daily. I'm not achy or anything, but I've definitely lost fitness. I try to run for 30 minutes a few days a week, but most days I'm 30 minutes behind the minute I wake up. I have seriously considered quitting my job because it's basically the only way for me to get any time in the day to myself.

Do you have a gym in your house?[/quote]

My workouts are much shorter than they used to be.

2 days per week UXF class 40 min (it's like a boot camp/crossfit).
Run 45-60 min 2 days per week. 
Spinning class 45 min (1-2 days per week).
I do weights 3-4 times per week for 20 min--typically in gym at UXF class or if it's a treadmill run in gym.

So 45-60min Max 5-6 days per week.

That one hour had been fixed in my life for decades. Yes-pre-kids it was 90 minutes minimum but not since I have them (they are 8 and 10).

I get creative too---I might run during their soccer practice, etc.

I do live in Clarendon so I only have to walk 2 blocks to gym, spinning studio, etc.  that helps tremendously.  I also WAH now, but before I teleworked I did it at lunch hour or end of day at work gym which was a pretty decent gym.[/quote]

You are 46. Please come back when you are 56, ok?  This isn't information that  answers the question.

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