Thread: Not good news for couch potatoes.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Lot of people have died running including Jim Fixx who invented jogging. He was only in his forties. Does this tell you something?

That you didn't read the article?

Originally Posted by scarry

A younger dog to join the family?

Its often only because of the dog,we find ourselves at the park,going for long walks,riding in the parks and forests,etc.

Not an option unfortunately at this point in time. ☹️

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Lot of people have died running including Jim Fixx who invented jogging. He was only in his forties. Does this tell you something?

Start jogging after reaching 50!

Originally Posted by scarry

I have always been very active and do a lot of exercise in my job.

Some work days i do over 14,000 steps on my fitbit,most days i do over 10 000.

In fact today i have done over 16 000.

The down side my knees are now shagged.

Oh well ,i suppose things could be worse.

Loads of Xrays post not driving my disco crash was interesting. All the three teams of surgeons and nursing staff who feed me significant loads of fentanyl were subjected to my HIGHs and incesent chatting about marathon running. Several of them did as well.

Knees got a look and a lot of interest in my hips ( Pelvis is now reinforced with a load of stainless steel screws) The short yarn is my hip joints were closely examined and in great condition after 5 decades of running and well over 100km per week for 7 years.

My theory is genetics Couch Potato or hard working/sports types may get knee/hip issues if mum and dad or gran and pop got knee/hip issues younger than 80 years old.
The other interesting research is moving even if impacted by arthritis and dodgy hips/knees reducing the impacts of those injuries. Being in a Rehabilitation hospital for a month with hundreds of 60-70-80-90 and even older showed me some people who recovered really well from the new knees or hips and sadly to many how had allowed there physically fitness to deteriorate so much they had significant trouble standing up from a chair.

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Not an option unfortunately at this point in time. ☹️

Just to clarify, ideally I need something I can do on my own that I enjoy doing - a hard one as I got back on a bike not so long ago and didn't enjoy it at all - not the actual exercise part but pretty much everything else. Have certainly lost my love of this for some reason. I like walking but that doesn't exactly get the heart racing, but need to make a start at getting back into this - the dogs I have could keep up with me on short walks but I couldn't walk either of them for an hour any more, it would nearly kill them, but I do need to stop making excuses and get out there and do something. Hard to do this when it's all up to yourself - was much easier with a second person.

And as I type this I'm pretty much laid up anyway after a fall at work. While my knee is healing well, it will be a little while before I can even start to think about doing anything more than a quite walk around the block, but I maybe I should start there and get into a routine again.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Just to clarify, ideally I need something I can do on my own that I enjoy doing - a hard one as I got back on a bike not so long ago and didn't enjoy it at all - not the actual exercise part but pretty much everything else. Have certainly lost my love of this for some reason. I like walking but that doesn't exactly get the heart racing, but need to make a start at getting back into this - the dogs I have could keep up with me on short walks but I couldn't walk either of them for an hour any more, it would nearly kill them, but I do need to stop making excuses and get out there and do something. Hard to do this when it's all up to yourself - was much easier with a second person.

And as I type this I'm pretty much laid up anyway after a fall at work. While my knee is healing well, it will be a little while before I can even start to think about doing anything more than a quite walk around the block, but I maybe I should start there and get into a routine again.

Ever thought of relocating to warmer climes? I'd be more than willing to assist in your goals by supplying a 20 litre backpack sprayer and let you wander around the property, spraying lantana and the like.
There's even a place just a few paddocks over that's on the market.

Um, probably not my first choice no, I like cooler weather. Walking around with a 20 litre back pack has nothing to do with it...

Originally Posted by Homestar

Just to clarify, ideally I need something I can do on my own that I enjoy doing - a hard one as I got back on a bike not so long ago and didn't enjoy it at all - not the actual exercise part but pretty much everything else. Have certainly lost my love of this for some reason. I like walking but that doesn't exactly get the heart racing, but need to make a start at getting back into this - the dogs I have could keep up with me on short walks but I couldn't walk either of them for an hour any more, it would nearly kill them, but I do need to stop making excuses and get out there and do something. Hard to do this when it's all up to yourself - was much easier with a second person.

And as I type this I'm pretty much laid up anyway after a fall at work. While my knee is healing well, it will be a little while before I can even start to think about doing anything more than a quite walk around the block, but I maybe I should start there and get into a routine again.

Wheel chair and Crutches for me for a few more weeks. Bet you would speed past me at present Homestar