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- run 15-30 miles per week. According to the old Applewatch, I regularly hit 20-25k steps in a day. At work, if I can do meetings or telephone calls walking, I walk. I also, if I’m thinking about a problem or an idea, walk. If I’m chained to a meeting on zoom in my office and it’s large enough I can keep my camera off, I do pushups and planks. This is somewhat dictated by schedule and management of a tendency toward Achilles tendinitis and plantar fasciitis. Have maintain this more or less for 20 years. Had a time in grad school before that I was sedentary. Also ran and did competitive sports prior.
Up through about 42, I played a lot of pickup full court basketball against 20 somethings. Had to kill that because of children/schedule issues. The shift to working out for working out’s sake was hard for me. I previously only really liked to workout thru competitive sports. I didn’t really workout consistently prior to 30, aside from running. But now, it’s what I do.
- have a rogue rack. Do combo of squats, overhead press, deadlifts, pendelay rows, bench. Plus some dumbbell exercises or kettlebells 2-3 times per week. I’m less consistent with this. Have had issues with a previously dislocated shoulder which annoy me.
- play basketball with my son and his friends. Have to stay fit so they don’t embarrass me
I would never take advantage of an employer related fitness program. I’m not really a social animal. Don’t want to be around coworkers outside of work. If we aren’t competing, I’m also not interested relative to exercise activities. I would likely not read the email or I’d glaze over in a meeting that brought up such programs and not encode it.
As you age it’s critical to maintain fitness if you want to do anything physical but also it’s critical for brain function. Should be monitoring anything in the spectra of metabolic syndrome as well. Blood pressure, blood sugar. Also sleep apnea. Don’t be fat.
