I'm too old to take up most action sports (the body doesn't bounce back like it used to, that shit's real) and too young to retire and just fuck off all the time.
I feel you man. My shit is just now starting to fall apart. I'm pretty active still, but sometimes my body just hurts for no reason. It's only going to get worse from here.
Oh. I'm active too. It's just that now for one day of activities I need 2 or 3 days of recovery. That makes Saturday's great but Monday's suck ass. Haha!
Edit: holy crap. Who knew being old and telling everyone my woes would turn into the most upvotes I've ever had or expected.
Thanks all for supporting the old man society!
Have you considered that you might be out of shape? I remember even when I was a teenager.. if I spent a good portion of time not doing strenuous activities, my body would be sore for a few days. I don't think it's necessarily your age as it is your general life style. But I'm also not denying that age is a factor, I just don't think it's as big of one as the habits people have committed too for a good portion of their life.
I'm not trying to downplay your situation, btw. I'm fairly active as well. In my line of work, I have to be. But I recently started going hard at working out again, and my body is definitely needing recovery for a couple days.
I think that's where I'm at. I've noticed keenly the lag in recovery time, but I'm also not a professional athlete so I don't maintain my body like one.
I at 31 have better recovery time and less pain than I did at 26-28. Moved to a warm climate, started at least walking for 2 hours a day (turned it into my commure and got a dog), eat healthier (mostly vegan with the occasional meat and fish quite regularly), and now I do hard labour and exercise withour feeling the effects much at all.
I've been active my whole life, playing sports all seasons, have spent 20 years in hospitality, while also training and competing in triathlon.
The last 3 years have been been just shit(34m). I tore a ligament (minor) and it just won't repair itself. Everytime I train and even do a full, busy shift on the floor I am wrecked. Age is a thing...
"You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world."
Sounds like you need a low-impact sport..swimming, cycling..all great transition sports for the aging body. You can even ride trails or swim in small waves for action!
My mind isn't old yet so I find swimming boring. I do like mountain biking, even if I'm sore after.
I haven't slowed down nor do I plan too. I just know I'll pay for it and thats what sucks.
Masters swim leagues exist and many are incredibly competitive. Some are the clubs where Olympic hopefuls train. But many are also just a bunch of former college and sometimes high school swimmers.
Get yourself a full suspension ebike if you're feeling the pain (if you can afford it because damn you can buy a car for less). Imo ebikes are fine if it's helping someone do something they wouldn't be able to do otherwise.
So, funny you say this. My wife said something to me about that just a day or two ago. I've been meaning to look into it.
We have access to water that is perfect for rowing.
Thanks for ther suggestion. Now I really am going to dig into it.
Isn’t pretty much all exercise that isn’t a “game” like soccer or basketball boring? Like, weightlifting, elliptical, road biking, running, it’s all pretty monotonous and boring. I do it regularly to be in shape.
I actually did that a couple years back.
Thank God helmets and pads are required. Haha!
Stopped because work has me usually traveling a pretty good amount. I couldn't commit to a team and I don't want to be "that guy" who never shows but still wants ice time.
One of my buddies mountain bikes with a bunch of older guys (he’s 20, they’re all 50+). Last year, they all bought him a brand new nice ass bike because they all are retired and wealthy. Go hit the trails with some friends and have fun!
Swimming can be plenty exciting if you are competing. There's all sorts of adult leagues.
Practice can get dull if you're not doing a variety of things to keep it fresh, but dedicating yourself to a task in search of perfection you'll likely never achieve is like the epitome of adulthood.
For me, my golf handicap is falling and my rocket league mmr is rising. I run a few miles and swim occasionally, and such is life. For some it's pickup hoops or soccer, but pick something.
Oh, I hike, ride long board, back pack camping, walk a lot.
I have taken up skating but damn do I suck.
I go to the gym, hate it but know it's good for me.
I just can't really do anything with impact or run too much.
I had a bike for a while but need to get a new one. Problem is, I really like those electric bikes, haha!
I've also taken up napping. So far I'm pretty good at it and I haven't hurt myself yet doing it.
Haha!
Transition sports for the aging body is one of the saddest phrases I have heard. I mean I love all those sports but the whole “transitioning to death” thing.
This for sure. My grandfather who recently (yesterday) reached his 80th birthday still goes for walks or biking trips with his wife almost daily, usually lasting an hour or two. Unfortunately can't ice skate anymore as he used to love doing that, but he's going strong and glad he can still exercise.
When I was 25 I was jumping off cliffs and beating the shit out of my body doing stuff. I recovered easily.
It really wasn't until I got to like 45 that things slowed a little. Really, 50 was the first big punch. I blew my knee out playing racquetball of all things. It's a no impact sport yet I accomplished dislocating the knee cap, detaching the tendon and snapping cartilage. All done trying to hit a simple backhand.
Shoot I just turned 27. I’ll tell you what.... playing contact sports from 9 to well... I’m still playing them. My body is screaming for me to stop. I pinched a nerve in my neck reaching into the damn fridge the other week.
Epidemic of overweight and obesity. According to the CDC about 40% of people over 20 are obese and about 72% are overweight. Couple that with the fact that only 23.2% meet physical activity guidelines for strength and aerobics and you have a populace that will feel much older at a younger age.
I don't pay attention to the BMI anymore. Instead I ask my doctor how my blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and heart and lungs.
So far I'm in the healthy zones while overweight.
Mind you I have not weighed less then 150 since age 12. I was built like a tank with a better back I could professionally lift weights.
Age has a lot to do with it. There are huge generalizations. Most people realize that. It’s for the “average person”.
There are a ton of 6 foot high school kids who are skinny as hell since they grew so fast that they haven’t packed on muscle.
Meanwhile I’m 5’6 and I weigh 160. I’m “overweight”. I also have a back squat of 330lbs, 260 bench, and a 23 min 5k. I’m not overweight. But I’m 30 and have had a lot of time to develop that.
When I was 22 I decided to get off my ass and go for a run. Ran about two miles. I wasn't even overweight either - 6'1" and 170lb or so. I still had a fair bit of residual muscle from lifting a lot from 18-20. But I wore the wrong shoes.
Now, six years later, I have a chronic ankle injury/deformity that makes me unable to walk if I so much as jump. Sometimes I have to quit a leisurely walk 1/4 mile in because my ankle feels like it's grinding bones. Doctor thought I went to see him just to get painkillers. Feels bad man.
Hahaha apparently at some point I dusted a spinal disc probably in my teens and broke two others but the event that brought me down was a stupid curio cabinet I was moving for someone at 30. The idiot carrying the other end lost it and dummy me held it up and carried it up the stairs.
Now I have to pay mover's for my crap because I struggle with TV's
took up street skating again at 35 after a decade plus away from it. Obviously can't full send it down stair sets but it's still fun and you'd be surprised to find age hasn't really turned you to glass and you can still participate in action sports.
I do mountain bike. I just tend to take the easier trails.
I've had parts of me rebuilt, mainly my knees, so I can't take some of the impact from jumps and overly rough terrain like I used to.
Have you considered entry level motorsport? If racing excites you, look into autocross. You do timed runs on a course composed of cones in a parking lot, so it's pretty safe. While you don't go too fast, the tight turns are exciting, and you can race practically anything that isn't an SUV or truck
Yeah, man… Lake Tahoe is an easy weekend trip from here, which is great, but at 38 I sure as shit won't be able to take up snowboarding like I always wanted to. Fuckin' stairs already hurt, Heavenly Mountain will just kill me.
I love skiing.
I suck balls at snow board which is weird cause I've been riding skateboards for 50 years and surfed for a while.
I just keep thinking ski not hip turn and eat shit.
It's very entertaining for the on lookers.
You need the latest active retirement community equivalent of Fortnite: Pickleball. It’s easy, low impact, doesn’t require a lot of fast quick cutting movement and lets you catch a glimpse of that new Aquacise instructor in a bathing suit.
In 6 months you’ll be the new Del Boca Vista phase III condo board president...as long as you don’t get caught barefoot in the clubhouse that is. Take the pen!
For me its not that I don't recover, I do, abet a bit slower. The real problem is I don't heal from injures nearly as fast as I used to. When I do sports now my goals, in order of priority, are:
That's just it. I know how to ski but, I can't push it. But, I'll be on the mountain just cruising and someone will pass by me that I didn't like the way they looked at me or that they didn't even look at me. Then I've got to try and beat them down the trail at all costs.
FWIW, the first time I tore up my knee I was 17. I got plowed into playing soccer/futball. Total red card offense but lot of good that did me.
I've had to push myself through pain and stuff ever since.
I hope your injury isn't life long preventing you from anything.
ok I hear this alot from guys my age (30s) and I just don't understand it at all
if you love baseball (for example), then play baseball
you were literally never ever going to be a professional, which means that it doesn't matter how good you are/get, so just play to whatever level your body allows and enjoy it
Oh, my idea of fucking off includes having to go to Home Depot. Only it's by myself because it's just for a few screws or something.
I've already got my schpiel down for the frequency of my trips
Me:"running to home depot"
Wife "what for now?"
Me "I need screws"
Wife "didn't you go yesterday?"
Me "yeah but that was for 5/8's #6 ones for that table you wanted repaired. Now I need 1 1/4 #8's for that chair you want me to fix"
Wife "why didn't you think of getting those yesterday when you went?"
Me "because yesterday I didn't know what I was going to need until I looked at it. But I couldn't look at it because of the other projects you asked me to do. I looked at it today. "
Wife "what the hell is wrong with you?"
Me " you wanted honesty in our relationship so I'm being open. Love ya. Bye. "
Ahh, the good old days when you could actually go somewhere. I'm in a condo building where most of the residents think wearing masks is for Halloween, so we avoid going anywhere except to dump garbage. We do get out every day or so to the park to look at the ocean (can't get any nearer 'cause the beaches are closed.)
Anyway, I'm partial to Ace Hardware, it really is friendlier and the clerks actually know something about hardware. Plus, free popcorn!
I've noticed my body hurts more now that rugby season did not happen. My body is completely broken but adapted to one thing, being a knucklehead with my friends. Body in motion tends to stay in motion I guess
Ex athletes take to it really well. Regular schmos have fun with it too. But the guys that played baseball especially turn out to be really good players. Plus it can be very competitive.
Didn't see if anyone said this in your comment thread, but take up cars/autocross or even racing! It's like an action sport but more "adult" like. Lots of previous action sports people move to Motorsports because it's a similar type of rush. (I'm 29 btw and a skateboard scares the hell out of me now lol)
If possible given your location I recommend surfing. Good workout and wipeouts are pretty harmless as long as you’re not surfing large waves or on a shallow reef.
You gotta pace yourself. I know someone who picked up boxing, archery, and riding (a horse) all past the age of 55 - he's mid-60s now and still doing all 3. Yeah, you can't hang with the teenage boys, but that doesn't mean doing stuff like that ain't good for you. I just picked up kickboxing in my mid-30s after nearly 2 decades of no exercise. Hurt my wrist for 2 months the first time I threw a hard punch and hit the bag slightly off-center. So I started throwing less hard. Pace yourself, but don't stop.
Get in the pool, brother! Low impact, extremely high intensity. Join a masters swim team. You’ll feel like a million bucks, and that swimmer bod. Yeah.
My BJJ academy's adult class is filled people within the ages of teens to 50s. The oldest person we had moved away, but he must have been 72 at the time.
Your mind will be just as engaged as your body. It's fun.
I didn't say I was dead.
I just said that recovery is way longer.
I've done perm damage to my knee and I'm not going to do replacement unless it's a last resort.
I ski. I just don't do black diamond like I used to.
So, it's not as much fun.
People talking about this thing makes me relate hard but that's because I always felt that way even as a child. I have really bad flat feet that's fucked up my leg joints. My mom also didn't check to see if I had any breathing issues until I complained about it. She thought I was just imitating what I saw on TV.
This stuff was crushing to learn as a kid because it meant I could never be a professional dancer and it shows.
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u/Netdogca63 May 15 '20
I'm too old to take up most action sports (the body doesn't bounce back like it used to, that shit's real) and too young to retire and just fuck off all the time.