Delusional or too old??

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  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    I certainly wouldn't think so. My 63 year old mom does 30ds.
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    I'm just a little younger than you and I'm in the best shape of my life. According to your friend, in just a few short years, I should stop working out as hard as I do and try some senior workout dvd's? I do think though, at this point in your Steve Perry, you should try something a little lower impact since you're injured. That has nothing to do with age.
  • bslic
    bslic Posts: 245 Member
    Some friend!!!! Even younger people can get injured exercising.
  • BarbWhite09
    BarbWhite09 Posts: 1,128 Member
    44 isn't old...Maybe if you're 102 you'd be too old...Not even cloooose
  • agentscully514
    agentscully514 Posts: 616 Member
    my mom is 76 years old, and last summer she was able to do 25 mile bike rides. chew on that! I only hope I will be as healthy and tough as her when I am that age.
  • BarbWhite09
    BarbWhite09 Posts: 1,128 Member
    Before meeting up with this friend the next time, you should go to a medical supply store and rent a walker like this:

    drivewlkr5whls.jpg

    When you finally meet up with her, ask if she "prefers high impact or low impact" and promptly whack her as hard as you can with the walker in the region she chooses -- head for "high" or knees for "low".

    LMAO
  • cheshirequeen
    cheshirequeen Posts: 1,324 Member
    im almost 35, my dad is almost 85, he still rides his bike 10 miles every day, rakes the yard, shovels the snow, does a garden, and mows the grass. i dont even consider him old. hes a lot healthier than most people my age. just tell her to kiss your butt.:laugh:
  • cheshirequeen
    cheshirequeen Posts: 1,324 Member
    Before meeting up with this friend the next time, you should go to a medical supply store and rent a walker like this:

    drivewlkr5whls.jpg

    When you finally meet up with her, ask if she "prefers high impact or low impact" and promptly whack her as hard as you can with the walker in the region she chooses -- head for "high" or knees for "low".

    LMAO


    Thanks for the huge laugh. I spit out what I was drinking.:laugh:
  • SusanneWhittington
    SusanneWhittington Posts: 339 Member
    my husband is 52 and did Insanity and is doing now the hybrid Insanity/P90X, I am 46 and do Insanity, P90X and Rockin' Body. I also did the 30 DS. A 20 year old can injure her/himself in each of those programs for multiple reasons, a wrong movement, not enough warm up.
    On another note my grandmother was 98 when she rode the bicycle each weekend from Tornesch to Hamburg, that is about 18 miles one way. You are never too old to exercise.
  • imjessly
    imjessly Posts: 140 Member
    LET IT HEAL! Get it checked by a physio, they will speed up the healing process. No pain no gain DOES NOT apply here. I stuffed mine several weeks back at tennis and pushed on through like an idiot. I've now got bursitis in my shoulder as well, so i switched to doing heaps of leg work and now i have shin splints. :grumble:
    Some of us have minds that think we're more capable than our bodies tell us. If i've learnt anything, listen to your body! I'll be easing back into things, using some gym equipment like spin or elliptical that is easier on your joints than just doing stuff on the floor.

    Definitely not too old. Just too gung-ho!
  • naomi8888
    naomi8888 Posts: 519 Member
    LOL! I love those sort of comments. I hope you laughed at her!
  • tjpinch
    tjpinch Posts: 87 Member
    My work out partner is my 55 year old Dad. He kicks my *kitten*...hard. Work out to your ability.

    And the senior comment was rude. You're 44.
  • julieinomaha
    julieinomaha Posts: 38
    You are fine, I am 44 too and we are not dead yet! However we are no longer in our 20's and years of doing whatever you have been doing has taken its toll. Listen to your body, if things are destructive to you they are not a good fit, find another method of exercise that agrees with your body. You will find the perfect fit, but don't try to force something that works for somebody else, keep looking!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    So I was telling my friend that Day 3 into 30DS I hurt my rotator cuff. She said I might be too old for 30DS and should consider a Yoga for seniors dvd. Explained that perhaps at my age I shouldn't be doing the high impact jumping jumping and such... I'm 44, I didn't think I was too old...or am I just being delusional?

    That is the craziest thing I have ever heard and worst advice!
  • SixPackIsMyGoal
    SixPackIsMyGoal Posts: 121 Member
    Age is just a number.... You are as young as you feel!
  • apriliamark
    apriliamark Posts: 22
    44 is the new 34 - rest up, heal and get back to it!

    I play Ice Hockey and I train with people that didn't even start playing till they were 40..... age is just a number!
  • trapitt
    trapitt Posts: 93 Member
    Your post made me laugh. God bless those young ones. They too will be "old" someday.
  • margo36
    margo36 Posts: 222 Member
    I'm 63 tomorrow and I work on the principle if you don't use it you lose it :smile: :smile: I'm alot fitter than some people half my age and intend to carry on.
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