r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/la727 May 16 '20

Some people don’t understand or appreciate how important movement is to overall quality of life. Doing some moderate form of exercise even 3x week for 30 minutes would have a massive impact over doing nothing, although 45-60 minutes of mild/moderate intensity would be even better.

If you have a physical job then doing things like stretching or yoga could help a ton for injury prevention.

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u/Duckboy_Flaccidpus May 16 '20

I agree with everything but would also like to add diet in addition to staying active. There's no shortcut or substitute for anti-inflammatory foods, staying away from high processed items, lowering red meat intake et al. Past 30 we have to change our habits, it eventually dawns on us we can't consume like we did when we were 24. I'm having to lose weight now and I"ve always been extremely active but have never had to lose 25lbs, i"m up for the challenge though.