Something I have noticed more and more in recent years. There is this thing where people talk about how their bodies start hurting, how a day of hard work now takes them down for a whole day after, needing all this extra sleep suddenly, etc. And these people are saying this starts at THIRTY years old. This is kind of disturbing to me lol. I mean, not only would I have never even thought of these things at 30, I barely think them at 48 (well actually 49 as I have a birthday about to hit here). I mean I obviously notice that I dont have quite as much energy as I did at 30 of course, but it is not too far off. I still have a habit of staying up till 1am on weekends yet still get up at 7am, or if going to an autox, staying up till after midnight and getting up at 5am, and then doing it 2 days in a row. I dont feel beaten up when I do these things. I am not here trying to say I feel like I am in my 20's anymore, but I seem to feel better than how a lot of 30 year olds describe their lives!

Now I know we are all different and I can see how some feel worse at different ages based upon job type, health issues, etc. But this whole trend of acting like you are worn out and old at 30 is concerning. I just wonder how people doing that are going to feel when they actually hit 50, 60, etc. Is this just people trying to be funny and exaggerating, or is this a sign of peoples lifestyles and how they treat themselves? Cause at 30, there was no way in the world I was worried about feeling old!

 

I see a lot of this kind of "talk" on line and I personally can as can many others here as to what we can still do in our 50's 60's 70's and 80's. There are a lot of unfit people out there and that (if it's not illness related) can often be linked to lifestyle. At almost 70 I'm at the gym five-six days/week. Am i doing a soul and body crushing work out? No. But I'm keeping active, using light weights, using body weight and even take spin classes. When I take the Saturday spin class I often wonder why I do that to myself, but then I'm always glad when the class is done that I showed up and did the work out. When we are out and about I often look around at people much younger than I am and remind Rick that I look good.

I've been down for the count for a few days with an asthma flare and I can't wait to get back to the Y. Younger folks might need to develop better habits in their 30's, and 40's, and even their 50's. It's better to get off the couch, before you can't get off the couch.

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One fit guy

 

nice lol!

Yep I worked with my hands until I was through college, so then I missed doing that and have tried to remain very active since. If I sit around too long I start getting miserable and have to find something to do. I have worked with plenty of people in their 20's even though that just love to sit at home, netflix and chill or whatever. Which is fine sometimes, but they can just live that way. I saw it way more after Covid. So many younger people I know that almost seemed excited to be stuck in the house and just do nothing. Now they moved to even ordering food in all the time and ordering groceries and paying the high fees just to not have to leave the house. They work from home, then sit at home after that. I work from home and start going nuts if I dont have something to do outside after!

I worry about my boss too. he is older than me (in his 50's) and 100% took to staying at home all the time. He almost never gets any exercise unless he gets on a stationary bike for a bit but he admits he does not do that often. He orders everything he can get delivered, eats out all the time (or door dash to the house), etc. We have worked together off and on for 13 years now so I also consider him a friend and it worries me for him. He has never been a very active person and does not really like outdoor activities much at all, and now being even more glued to his house in his 50's I can tell the impacts on his mental health, and I know how bad it is for physical health!

My genetics dont allow this for me though. My dad is probably in his shop trying to work on a customers car right now.... at 78... while still getting over going through lung cancer and treatments from that late last year! So maybe we are just all wired the way we are wired

 

I was still very active at 70, including regular hour long workouts and plenty of golf. But recently several health challenges have slowed me down considerably, a situation that I hope is temporary.

So you have a long way to go. Stay active and you may see 100.

 

I feel things more but pretty much ignore aches and pains. I walked 12 miles over the weekend and my body was a bit beat up, but today I am much better. I am better off physically than some my age and will try to keep it that way!!

 

I don't talk to anyone that age (30s) who is complaining about age without due reason. Who are you talking to, engifineer? Perhaps you're hearing it on TV shows? Reading it online? I think people on say, The Jimmy Fallon, show will exaggerate stuff just to try to entertain.

I do talk to younger people occasionally, when I drive them, but their problems are more based on being on the spectrum. My kids are 38 and 37. My almost 37 year-old son is active (home gym and studio rock climbing) and works hard mentally, for Google. No complaints out of him. He does claim to be staying 25 years-old. My 38 year-old daughter has a physically demanding job as zookeeper at the Denver Zoo and she's feeling a bit older but not complaining. He biggest problem is our political climate.

 

Don't let the old man in.

I don't give birthday cards that make fun of old people. I don't pass on those emails that describe the trials and tribulations of getting old. Not me. Nope. Not letting the old man in. I have rizz baby RIZZ!

 

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I never had an ache or pain in my life until this year when some kind of sciatica / pyriformis pain just knocked me on my ass for five weeks. I am fully recovered but that was bad, I am still embarrassed telling people about it because no one can understand how painful it was. I honestly never even took any pain relief pills my entire life. My wife would ask me many times if I wanted a pill and I always said no. If I had a headache or backache I just ignored it and powered through my day. I'm in my late 50's, and generally feel fine all the time, I don't exercise much, I just eat, sleep, work, and relax when I can, tinker on cars as a pass-time, and enjoy family time most. I like my vacations though.

My father died at 67 though, he was one person who was never sick a day in his life, I mean I don't even remember him having a cold or flu. During his busy work season he tended to work 18-hour days 7 days a week. He had no ailments at all. When he turned 65 we convinced him to slow down and think about retirement, but then he was diagnosed with ALS and he was gone within 2 years of diagnosis. I don't put much faith into anything related to what people feel or don't feel, sick or not sick, when our time comes it comes and you ain't doing anything to stop it. In my daily life I see a lot of older people who might be in their 90's, but they aren't doing shit, just sitting in a wheelchair watching the world pass them by, many don't even likely know where they are. You can be alive but not really living.

 

I worked until I retired at 73. I still put in 16 to 17 hour days. Aches and pains? Yeah, everybody has then, not a big deal.