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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Ok, so at 56 she can't expect to be able to do one hour of exercise a day? How is this irrelevant? Maybe it can't prevent an aging body but it can certainly benefit health and well being. There are workouts for people over 50.[/quote]

Sigh.  you're missing the point, along with so many other people on this thread:

the 50s are really, really different physiologically than the 40s.   [i]that is true no matter what your personal baseline is[/i]

Exercise is lovely in any decade, no one said it isn't.[/quote]

My instructor in UXF is 52 and in phenomenal shape.  My 66 year old neighbor does ultra bike and running races.  My 74 year old parents go to Gold's gym daily and look only 60.

My point is: use it or lose it.

The people I know that consistently exercised over decades handle aging and their bodies don't fall apart as rapidly over time.

Fact: you can still gain muscle until 70.

My goal is to start doing more weights vs cardio because that becomes much more important in later decades.

Mind over matter.[/quote]

Then you do it and report back in 5 to 10 years to tell us how it's going for you.   I will about bet that if you are honest you have aches, pains, joint popping, surgeries...and don't even get me started on feet.

50's are different than your 40's.  All of the exercise that you did in your younger days caused wear/tear on your body and that starts to catch up with you.  You can definitely still do exercise but it will not be the same stuff that you were doing at 30/40 or even 45.  I see lots of relatively (and admirably) fit 50/60/70 year olds.  None of them look 30, none of them claim to be 30.  And most have the good sense to modify exercise as they age.  It may take time for that to sink in, but it is necessary for it to sink in.

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Knock on wood. I'm lucky--no surgeries, pain, etc.  But--I never said I'm trying to look 30.  I think that's why people in America do aging so poorly. We are a youth-centric culture.  The exercise is part of my mental health and keeps my body from breaking down as rapidly. I have 40-something friends (and siblings) that are moaning about aches and pains, but they never really exercised---or would do it a month or so.  The lifestyle really catches up with you in the second half of life.  My exercise class is filled with moms from 40-57 and they all kick ass.  All were athletes in their youth.  They do workouts that people half their age can't do.

You can knock it, that's fine.  I hear excuses all of the time.[/quote]

np - we are old and feeble but we get it. why don't you move along. [/quote]

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