Did 100 pushups yesterday. Hadn't done any in weeks. Feel slightly sore in my arms today, but nothing major.
Did 100 pushups yesterday. Hadn't done any in weeks. Feel slightly sore in my arms today, but nothing major.
45 and in the best shape of my life
i understand where people are coming from who say if you feel better at 40+ than you did at 20 you prob were a trash athlete when you were young or something akin to that
but there's a critical difference here people need to recognized
being in great shape and having great fitness are different things
shape has to do with how one's body is represented geometrically in 3-dimensional space, it technically has nothing to do with measurement of one's fitness, which is one's ability to perform work
for most people their best shape and highest level of fitness occurred at the same time
however, for those who make it a way of life to continually refine their shape and how they use their body in general, it is very much possible and even expected to get in better shape with age, despite peak fitness clearly being a thing of the past in anything one was elite at during their prime physical age
as one gets in better shape it's natural to feel better doing anything related to the body, be it sitting in a chair, walking, lying down, playing sports, etc.
tldr; being in good shape is more important than having great fitness if the goal is to "feel good"
shape v fitness wrote:
45 and in the best shape of my life
i understand where people are coming from who say if you feel better at 40+ than you did at 20 you prob were a trash athlete when you were young or something akin to that
but there's a critical difference here people need to recognized
being in great shape and having great fitness are different things
shape has to do with how one's body is represented geometrically in 3-dimensional space, it technically has nothing to do with measurement of one's fitness, which is one's ability to perform work
for most people their best shape and highest level of fitness occurred at the same time
however, for those who make it a way of life to continually refine their shape and how they use their body in general, it is very much possible and even expected to get in better shape with age, despite peak fitness clearly being a thing of the past in anything one was elite at during their prime physical age
as one gets in better shape it's natural to feel better doing anything related to the body, be it sitting in a chair, walking, lying down, playing sports, etc.
tldr; being in good shape is more important than having great fitness if the goal is to "feel good"
Like I said a POS at 20 or 40
i can tell you are a POS at 45.
If that is true you must have been a pretty unfit 20 year old.
I felt great at 40 and didn't have any aches or pains. I'm almost 50 now and have only missed 1 week of running to injury unlike these chronically injured pros. I still lift but even in ideal shape sprinting takes more stretching at 40 than 20, flexibility is a little less, and recovery a bit longer. I also don't bounce back from poor sleep as well.
If you truly feel the same at 40 as 20 that isn't a sign of a healthy 40 year old, it was the sign of an unhealthy 20 year old.
thumbnail imagees wrote:
I'm basically almost 40 but I feel like I did at 20. basically i saw some "meme" about guys over 40 and their knee pain while skiing and i was like - what? I don't feel any pain in my knees....at all.
only things that are definitely different are i get occasional hand pain (I think this is from damn smartphones and scrolling so i've stopped and my hands feel better), I can't see QUITE as good (90% as good), and alcohol hits me harder the next day alhtough i dont drink a ton.
my. BP was 105 over 71 today, 55 bpm. feeling solid. hopefully cancer and microplastics don't get me - legit worried about this.
Does it count if you are flirting with a 40-year-old?