I am also less Beastly. I'm more concerned with exerting myself then making gains.

Like, today my spin teacher said that most people bike 12-15 miles in her class. Well, I bike around 10, give or take. I still get a sweaty workout, my heart still races.

It's plenty for me right now. I don'tneed to kill myself, you know what I mean?

I'm 69 and definitely find it harder to maintain my level of fitness, even compared to early 60's. Plus, I'm more prone to injury as a master's track and field athlete. I tore my hamstring in March at a national meet and had to hobble over hurdles. I can run 2 miles now without pain, but I have to run slow and steady, without strong push-offs or long strides It's frustrating! I have read it's better to do intervals than long distances as we age. When I'm healed enough to do them, I'll start doing intervals again to increase my cardio fitness.

I'm 63. Have been active outdoors all my life - camping, hiking, fishing, hunting. Only started working out seriously in the gym for the last five years. Have been overweight most of my life, too - started a weight loss program in March 2017 - down 47 pounds today. Another 20 or 30 to go. Has already made the hiking and climbing easier.

Never been very flexible, so I am working on that. Took my first ever yoga class last week, in the hope that a regular regimen will improve flexibility.

I lift with some younger guys - good because they encourage me - bad because I sometimes try to match them pound for pound. I have learned to listen to my body to avoid injury. Most of the time.

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I'm 63. Have been active outdoors all my life - camping, hiking, fishing, hunting. Only started working out seriously in the gym for the last five years. Have been overweight most of my life, too - started a weight loss program in March 2017 - down 47 pounds today. Another 20 or 30 to go. Has already made the hiking and climbing easier.

Never been very flexible, so I am working on that. Took my first ever yoga class last week, in the hope that a regular regimen will improve flexibility.

I lift with some younger guys - good because they encourage me - bad because I sometimes try to match them pound for pound. I have learned to listen to my body to avoid injury. Most of the time.

It's refreshing to read you say that simple, logical thing :flowerforyou: : So many times IRL, I've talked with people who say "I'm not flexible enough to take yoga" even after saying they'd like to improve their flexibility!

I've been to six yoga classes now. Balance is improving. Flexibility improvements are small so far, but I can see that yoga will help if I continue the classes.

Had some hip pain earlier this week, and pigeon pose help to alleviate that. Used that pose several times during the work day. The hip is feeling better and I'm planning to deadlift in the morning.

I was never very active, but started to do a bit more in the last two years after being told I was pre-diabetic.

Does anyone know why treadmill exercises would give me hip pain??

Treadmills impose an unnatural gait. When we walk on the ground, we propel ourselves forward whereas the treadmill moves the "ground" under your feet. It's not unusual for people who walk or run on a treadmill exclusively to end up having issues... everything from shin splints, ankle, knee or hip issues... even back issues.

You might be better off to try an elliptical trainer. Depending on the model, they're usually low-to-no impact and the motion is natural enough to avoid joint issues.

As much as I hate running, I do it. In the winter I’ll use the treadmill, but like UncleMac says, it’s a whole different beast. I notice different muscle area DOMS, foot strike issues etc. When I start running outside, it’s almost like a whole different experience.

I look to be one of the younger on here -- going to be 54 this year. Like many of you, I have a bad right knee and my back could be better but I'm not complaining.

I injured my right knee when I was heaviest -- shredded the meniscus off the bone and tore basically every ligament left except the ACL, which was gone from years ago. Took two years to walk again. That was when I was 42. That was really what started my journey back to fitness. When you can't walk for a year at all and limp heavily for a few more, it changes how you perceive exercise, but also pain. Doc said my knee that year was the worst he'd seen (from a guy that did 300 plus knees a year). Wanted to do a knee replacement but back in 2006 or so, I was considered too young.

Went from walking a few feet (actually just standing in pain) to turning a stationary bike a few revolutions, to walking more and more each day. Ended up doing 3 miles a day within a year or so, limping in pain most of that. Eventually, the gym adding in more weights, then Spinning classes (those were comical at first), then jogging and trail running up to 6 to 8 miles very slowly!

Ended up losing 70 pounds total. Knee sucks still but I found indoor rowing (not outdoor like Ann does, totally different -- just a machine and a chain) at 49 and fell in love with it. I now row roughly 6 hours a week and I compete in indoor competitions. Placed 2nd my first meet, 1st my second year and nearly took my first regional competition this year (close second place to a huge leap in competition).

My long term goal is to place in the top five for my age group at the Crash-Bs in Boston in 2020 when I'm 55 and be sub 7 minutes on the 2K (I'm currently at 7:11, which was a 8 second improvement over the last year). I know when to stop pushing and what is injury pain versus soreness pain. I'll certainly never be a true "world class" indoor rower -- I'm short and squatty with hamster arms, I'm pretty much the "anti-rower" body but it's fun for me.

I'll likely compete at this as long as I physically can. I enjoy the interaction with other rowers and the competitions/training.

Thanks Farback. Just like everyone else, you just do what you can and try not to injure yourself!