Thread: Getting old sucks

Originally Posted by Tins

Well, getting old and unfit sucks.

I've had this discussion with my 100 year old grandfather recently and the general consensus was that it is still better than not getting old.

Originally Posted by BradC

I've had this discussion with my 100 year old grandfather recently and the general consensus was that it is still better than not getting old.

My mum passed this year at 102. She agreed with you grandfather up to the time when she couldn't get out of bed at all. I had to care for her for nearly five years, with help for the personal stuff.

I'm only 68. Point was I feel like I can do things I no longer can. Just having a whinge really. Yep, I don't want to be dead.

its not too late to help yourself.

advice is free....go into a sporting shop and buy a pair of 2-3kg dumbells.....no heavier

go home and for 5 mins each day do things with them....whatever activity you feel like doing.....youll settle into a routine.

start out with sets of 10 repetitions of whatever movements you have chosen and do those until your 5 mins are up.

do sets of ten until you are comfortable, then increase to 15-20 and work that number until you comfortable, just for 5 mins then rest

you can do your increases by number and or speed , up to your comfort.

the whole of the Royal Australian Navy did a very simple daily 5 minute fitness program, without weights, for many years called the 5BX....til some higher power changed it.

with the dumbells it is so simple to increase your workload , I use 5kg but if you get comfortable you can increase the weight.....one thing.....you WILL see it in the mirror....so will significant others.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

its not too late to help yourself.

advice is free....go into a sporting shop and buy a pair of 2-3kg dumbells.....no heavier

go home and for 5 mins each day do things with them....whatever activity you feel like doing.....youll settle into a routine.

start out with sets of 10 repetitions of whatever movements you have chosen and do those until your 5 mins are up.

do sets of ten until you are comfortable, then increase to 15-20 and work that number until you comfortable, just for 5 mins then rest

you can do your increases by number and or speed , up to your comfort.

the whole of the Royal Australian Navy did a very simple daily 5 minute fitness program, without weights, for many years called the 5BX....til some higher power changed it.

with the dumbells it is so simple to increase your workload , I use 5kg but if you get comfortable you can increase the weight.....one thing.....you WILL see it in the mirror....so will significant others.

Great post, thanks. I was in the Army once. It's just that the last four years have been utter ****. But I need to stop making excuses.

However, sporting shop, in Melbourne, unvaccinated. That ain't going to work. I can't even go to bunnings. But I CAN go to Dan Murphy's. I cannot buy clothes or shoes. Who knew they weren't essential? But booze is. There is a local tool emporium that doesn't ask, but that's about it. Before Jan died I was going to the gym. After, I gave that up. Was going back but then covid happened. No gym for John. Now they are open again, but not for me.

I do have some weights that velcro to my wrists. Not 5k i don't think, but I can wear them while I walk. It's the walking I need to resume.

Originally Posted by Tins

Well, getting old and unfit sucks. Had a flat tyre on my OKA today. By the time I got it somewhere safe the tyre had come completely off the rim. Luckily I had bought a new jack for it. Unluckily I hadn’t yet put my 18v 3/4 drive rattler in it. No way I could get the wheel nuts undone

I mentioned to one of my sons that I had to swing on a long piece of pipe to loosen the nuts on my PM after having driven home with a flat inner rear which I wasn't prepared to change just on dark and with rain approaching. He suggested using the jack under the socket handle which I'll try on the other wheels, none of which I've needed to remove in the 9 years of ownership.

I’m not old yet - mid 50’s but I keep fit by doing things outside I really enjoy, the main one being rollerskiing.

Buggered if I’m going to lift weights or do one of those crazy boot camp things you see unhappy people being pushed through.

Just find anything at all that gets you moving you like doing 😊.

Originally Posted by simonmelb

I’m not old yet - mid 50’s but I keep fit by doing things outside I really enjoy, the main one being rollerskiing.

Buggered if I’m going to lift weights or do one of those crazy boot camp things you see unhappy people being pushed through.

Just find anything at all that gets you moving you like doing .

Exactly, can't think of anything worse than going to a gym or using weights.
Just do plenty outdoors, walk and generally just keep active.

Yep, I thought getting out and about was fine too. My cardio rehab physiologist had something to say about that though.

Unless you are moving such that you are breathing hard enough to have difficulty talking or whistling, your heart is not getting the cardio workout required to stay fit and healthy. Just saying... from experience...