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Do you work out? I am 58 and have worked out fairly regularly most my life. Weights mostly and some streaks where I jog. My employer has a program it is offering and I have been selected through an application process to participate in. I have yo-yo’d my entire life. This 12 week program combines a dietician, strength and conditioning coach and meditation app all based on individual goals. I am one week in and have dropped five pounds. I am re-invigorated and loving life. I can picture this as a real game changer for me. Does anyone’s employer offer such a thing? Do you work out on your own? If so, doing what?
 
I am older than you - and I belong to a gym. It’s really important to stay physically active as much as you can for as long as you can.
It helps you sleep better and the combination of the two - sleep and exercise and a decent diet are essential for “keeping all your marbles” as my Dad called it.
Good for you!
 
I'll be 64 in a few months. I've always been physically active in both my personal and professional life. Unfortunately, the arthritis I was first diagnosed with in my 20s, has restricted my activity level. I'm under the care of a pain management doctor and he's helped some but not as well as I would like.
 
I'll be 64 in a few months. I've always been physically active in both my personal and professional life. Unfortunately, the arthritis I was first diagnosed with in my 20s, has restricted my activity level. I'm under the care of a pain management doctor and he's helped some but not as well as I would like.
"Movement is medicine." It can be tempting, when you have almost constant pain, to greatly restrict your movement. This is a bad idea. You NEED regular movement. The other mantra to remember, especially over 60, is "use it or lose it." Atrophy is your enemy. Whatever causes muscle contraction or increased circulation is your friend. Avoid inflammatory food. I would seriously consider an all-meat diet for 6 weeks, and see what kind of result you get. When in doubt, beef is best.
 
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"Movement is medicine." It can be tempting, when you have almost constant pain, to greatly restrict your movement. This is a bad idea. You NEED regular movement. The other mantra to remember, especially over 60, is "use it or lose it." Atrophy is your enemy. Whatever causes muscle contraction or increased circulation is your friend. Avoid inflammatory food. I would seriously consider an all-meat diet for 6 weeks, and see what kind of result you get. When in doubt, beef is best.
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I'll be 64 in a few months. I've always been physically active in both my personal and professional life. Unfortunately, the arthritis I was first diagnosed with in my 20s, has restricted my activity level. I'm under the care of a pain management doctor and he's helped some but not as well as I would like.
Hmph. 64. You're probably a cherubic-looking young rascal.

When I was your age, I still remembered things.
 
Do you work out? I am 58 and have worked out fairly regularly most my life. Weights mostly and some streaks where I jog. My employer has a program it is offering and I have been selected through an application process to participate in. I have yo-yo’d my entire life. This 12 week program combines a dietician, strength and conditioning coach and meditation app all based on individual goals. I am one week in and have dropped five pounds. I am re-invigorated and loving life. I can picture this as a real game changer for me. Does anyone’s employer offer such a thing? Do you work out on your own? If so, doing what?
66 year old here. Swim 3 times a week with master's. Not laps, but real workouts; ie interval training, etc. x-country skiing during winter when there is decent snow. Don't ski on icy trails anymore. Again, not flats, but up and down hills and small mountains. Hike up mountains here in NH some, but have curtailed that a lot lately. Use to love to winter hike in the Presidentials, but don't do that anymore. Started swim coaching part time and walk up and down the pool for a couple miles 6 days a week. Love to eat and drink though, so always fighting with my weight.
 
"Movement is medicine." It can be tempting, when you have almost constant pain, to greatly restrict your movement. This is a bad idea. You NEED regular movement. The other mantra to remember, especially over 60, is "use it or lose it." Atrophy is your enemy. Whatever causes muscle contraction or increased circulation is your friend. Avoid inflammatory food. I would seriously consider an all-meat diet for 6 weeks, and see what kind of result you get. When in doubt, beef is best.
I'm not sedentary but not as active as just a few years ago. It's not much of a brag to say my neurosurgeon said the arthritis in my lumbar region is some of the worst he's ever seen and is surprised I'm as active as I am. A MRI last August showed bulging disks at every level, severe nerve impingement at two and advanced arthritis throughout. The good news is that other than those things, it's perfect! The ablation I had last month has given me some relief but not the results I hoped for. I've also had a multi level cervical diskectomy and a total knee replacement largely due to arthritis.
I try to keep stretched out with my inversion table and conventional methods. It helps. As my surgeon and I joke, the person who finds a cure for arthritis will have a very large ship docked at their private island.
 
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I'm not sedentary but not as active as just a few years ago. It's not much of a brag to say my neurosurgeon said the arthritis in my lumbar region is some of the worst he's ever seen and is surprised I'm as active as I am. A MRI last August showed bulging disks at every level, severe nerve impingement at two and advanced arthritis throughout. The good news is that other than those things, it's perfect! The ablation I had last month has given me some relief but not the results I hoped for. I've also had a multi level cervical diskectomy and a total knee replacement largely due to arthritis.
I try to keep stretched out with my inversion table and conventional methods. It helps. As my surgeon and I joke, the person who finds a cure for arthritis will have a very large ship docked at their private island.
Jeebus, Jim. I complain about my back and arthritis all the time, but it ain't nothing like that. You have my sympathies.
 
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I'm not sedentary but not as active as just a few years ago. It's not much of a brag to say my neurosurgeon said the arthritis in my lumbar region is some of the worst he's ever seen and is surprised I'm as active as I am. A MRI last August showed bulging disks at every level, severe nerve impingement at two and advanced arthritis throughout. The good news is that other than those things, it's perfect! The ablation I had last month has given me some relief but not the results I hoped for. I've also had a multi level cervical diskectomy and a total knee replacement largely due to arthritis.
I try to keep stretched out with my inversion table and conventional methods. It helps. As my surgeon and I joke, the person who finds a cure for arthritis will have a very large ship docked at their private island.
Damn. I will no longer whine about my “58 year old knees.”
 
Do you work out? I am 58 and have worked out fairly regularly most my life. Weights mostly and some streaks where I jog. My employer has a program it is offering and I have been selected through an application process to participate in. I have yo-yo’d my entire life. This 12 week program combines a dietician, strength and conditioning coach and meditation app all based on individual goals. I am one week in and have dropped five pounds. I am re-invigorated and loving life. I can picture this as a real game changer for me. Does anyone’s employer offer such a thing? Do you work out on your own? If so, doing what?
I drink Jack Daniel's every day... on every third day I listen to Townes Van Zandt, and smoke a joint with my whiskey.
I feel great.
 
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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.
 
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66 here

I am physically active in my work by choice ( still can outwork the young punks)

I don’t drink or drug

I don’t need viagra or a helper pill in bed
At least I don’t think I will, been celibate for, well forever

Thinking of tightening up the bod a bit, summer is fast approaching and the hootchie mamas might be looking at itch!
 
I'm not sedentary but not as active as just a few years ago. It's not much of a brag to say my neurosurgeon said the arthritis in my lumbar region is some of the worst he's ever seen and is surprised I'm as active as I am. A MRI last August showed bulging disks at every level, severe nerve impingement at two and advanced arthritis throughout. The good news is that other than those things, it's perfect! The ablation I had last month has given me some relief but not the results I hoped for. I've also had a multi level cervical diskectomy and a total knee replacement largely due to arthritis.
I try to keep stretched out with my inversion table and conventional methods. It helps. As my surgeon and I joke, the person who finds a cure for arthritis will have a very large ship docked at their private island.
Does the inversion table help? I woke up Oct 8th with a pinched left sciatic nerve and I have to take 800mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day as it hasn't gotten better. In fact, I got two steroid shots in L4 and L5 to ease the pain and it made it worse. I've gained about 8 pounds since Oct as I just can't do much. Try to do some yard work and work on my cars but have to sit down quite a bit to let the pain subside.
According to my MRI, I have bulging discs at L4, L5, and S1.
Looking at trying an inversion table to help.
 
Does the inversion table help? I woke up Oct 8th with a pinched left sciatic nerve and I have to take 800mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day as it hasn't gotten better. In fact, I got two steroid shots in L4 and L5 to ease the pain and it made it worse. I've gained about 8 pounds since Oct as I just can't do much. Try to do some yard work and work on my cars but have to sit down quite a bit to let the pain subside.
According to my MRI, I have bulging discs at L4, L5, and S1.
Looking at trying an inversion table to help.
It helps me. I set mine to 60° below horizontal of incline. It stretches me without putting a lot of stress on my knees and ankles.
 
66 here

I am physically active in my work by choice ( still can outwork the young punks) as long as they have you they’ll just get out of your way and let you lead,

I don’t drink or drug good health decision

I don’t need viagra or a helper pill in bed
At least I don’t think I will, been celibate for, well forever
We’ll take your word for it 😂😂😂

Thinking of tightening up the bod a bit, summer is fast approaching and the hootchie mamas might be looking at itch!

good luck!!!
 
66 here

I am physically active in my work by choice ( still can outwork the young punks)

I don’t drink or drug

I don’t need viagra or a helper pill in bed
At least I don’t think I will, been celibate for, well forever

Thinking of tightening up the bod a bit, summer is fast approaching and the hootchie mamas might be looking at itch!
By choice? Because if I was just going to be celibate I would probably weigh 350 pounds. I mean, why even try? Haha…
 
Does the inversion table help? I woke up Oct 8th with a pinched left sciatic nerve and I have to take 800mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day as it hasn't gotten better. In fact, I got two steroid shots in L4 and L5 to ease the pain and it made it worse. I've gained about 8 pounds since Oct as I just can't do much. Try to do some yard work and work on my cars but have to sit down quite a bit to let the pain subside.
According to my MRI, I have bulging discs at L4, L5, and S1.
Looking at trying an inversion table to help.
Hope it helps..
 
I'll be 64 in a few months. I've always been physically active in both my personal and professional life. Unfortunately, the arthritis I was first diagnosed with in my 20s, has restricted my activity level. I'm under the care of a pain management doctor and he's helped some but not as well as I would like.
I am closer to 80 than 40 these days as well. The scoliosis that ole Doc Holland in Tally diagnosed at 14 continues to further restrict my flexibility and response to old injuries is messing with my abilities to do overhead work…. sanding ceilings, rope climbs, and other above shoulder “such” is less likely in play.
More days than less, I walk 5 to ten miles a day… walk not run. Getting physically worn out during the day is still kind of a goal, as it aids sleep and helps me to keep on keeping on.
The regular back packing and paddling has slowed and that is something that I hope to correct, as being “out there” is a real tonic.
 
56. I travel a lot so my exercise is mainly limited to walking whenever I can and the normal steps I get in terminals and at the locations I travel to. I usually get about 15-20k steps a day unless I have a chance to go on a hike. The big challenge is diet and eating right while on the road. It's tough but I've found that sticking to a planned regimen helps. I have back and neuropathy issues from an injury while active duty. I fractured T12 and C7 so that has caused me increasing problems as I get older along with the obligatory rotator cuff surgery on both sides. I don't do pain meds and have found that keeping the weight off and inflammation down is the best alternative. However, as I get older the pain continues to ramp up will have to reevaluate down the road.
 
56. I travel a lot so my exercise is mainly limited to walking whenever I can and the normal steps I get in terminals and at the locations I travel to. I usually get about 15-20k steps a day unless I have a chance to go on a hike. The big challenge is diet and eating right while on the road. It's tough but I've found that sticking to a planned regimen helps. I have back and neuropathy issues from an injury while active duty. I fractured T12 and C7 so that has caused me increasing problems as I get older along with the obligatory rotator cuff surgery on both sides. I don't do pain meds and have found that keeping the weight off and inflammation down is the best alternative. However, as I get older the pain continues to ramp up will have to reevaluate down the road.
I used to travel more for my job than I do now and I was horrible when it came to eating in restaurants all the time. The fact that I didn’t want to be there made me go to the comfort foods and heavy beers….
 
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I used to travel more for my job than I do now and I was horrible when it came to eating in restaurants all the time. The fact that I didn’t want to be there made me go to the comfort foods and heavy beers….
Thats the hardest part of it. Wanting fish and chips and a pint of porter but trying to stick to a salad and water.
 
Thats the hardest part of it. Wanting fish and chips and a pint of porter but trying to stick to a salad and water.
I travel a good bit. I like to go to nice restaurants. If I’m in New York, I’m usually hitting a Michelin rated restaurant of some sort. I tend to attempt to make healthier decisions than I used to. I don’t eat too heavily. Still won’t order a salad though. Lettuce is useless. I always bring workout gear and take advantage of the hotel gym.
 
I travel a good bit. I like to go to nice restaurants. If I’m in New York, I’m usually hitting a Michelin rated restaurant of some sort. I tend to attempt to make healthier decisions than I used to. I don’t eat too heavily. Still won’t order a salad though. Lettuce is useless. I always bring workout gear and take advantage of the hotel gym.
Yeah, I'm not a big restaurant person. I like good food but not all the extras that come with fancy places. Best ill do is a nice steakhouse. I got talked into a fancy place in Spain and ended up at the street vendors after because the scallop flavored sea foam didn't fill me up. I'm not knocking it but it's just not my thing. I prefer street food over a restaurant any day. Which causes decision problems with food. I was only using the salad reference as a example. If I eat one it's on the side.
 
Eating well and going to good restaurants is my primary hobby. Every year, I try to check off each of the LATimes 100 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles and to hit any new Michelin starred restaurants in the state. This year, I am adding a goal of going to each 2 Michelin star restaurant in California. The kaiseki restaurants have always been a daunting challenge, but after finally managing to score a reservation at Phenakite a while back, I am feeling more confident.

As for salads, I actually love them. My all-time favorite salad (and one of my all-time favorite meals) is a McCarthy Salad for brunch at the Polo Lounge.
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Looks like a fancy cobb salad. Can you get it with blue cheese? I doubt they would want someone going there in flip flops unless I had a recent implant mishap.
 
Eating well and going to good restaurants is my primary hobby. Every year, I try to check off each of the LATimes 100 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles and to hit any new Michelin starred restaurants in the state. This year, I am adding a goal of going to each 2 Michelin star restaurant in California. The kaiseki restaurants have always been a daunting challenge, but after finally managing to score a reservation at Phenakite a while back, I am feeling more confident.

As for salads, I actually love them. My all-time favorite salad (and one of my all-time favorite meals) is a McCarthy Salad for brunch at the Polo Lounge.
mccarthy-salad.webp
Wasnt it you that said you eat alot of fast food, chips ect...?
 
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