Why do we spend so much time getting into shape when our bodies are ultimately gonna be broken if we live long enough?

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2 years ago 04/12/2022 11:31am EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

61 yr old stiff here. I spend a lot of time exercising - working out 7 days a week priimarily for the mental health aspects and control of my post-traumatic OA pain. I've been a life-long fitness enthusiast having done bodybuilding & powerlifting for 10 yrs after college then transitioning to running & triathlon for the better part of 30 yrs. But the running has taken its toll on me sustaining some serious tendon & ligament ruptures & joint problems over the last 10 yrs (plus a bad back suffered in a MV accident a few yrs ago). Sadly, this has regulated me to 1 or 2 days "jogging" per week with no more than 4 or 5 miles a pop. Most of my excercising these days is weight lifting & non-weightbearing cardio such as spin biking.

And I'll tell you guys - this isn't easy at my age (you older dudes should know what I'm talking about). I recently had my testosterone levels checked and they're about half of what they were when I had them checked way back in 1992 (32 yo). With T levels half of what they were back in my prime, it's difficult to build any lean muscle mass & burn bodyfat. And my metabolism has gone to crap where I gain weight just looking at food! (despite eating a 100% whole-foods organic diet - no junk food or alcohol). Now I'm a shorty at 5'6" packing on 175 lbs at 20+ % BF with a little belly & man boobs. Lol. So, I'm not going to impress any ladies & I need to keep my shirt on when outside, but my labs are good & I'm not on any prescription meds - so my doc says don't worry about my physique & not looking like a "Greek God." Lol.

So, yeah... I'm ultimately broken down & somewhat a sad sight for sore eyes, but daily exercising helps my stress levels & anxiety (I'm a widower having lost my wife of 19 yrs to an illness several years ago) as well as control my OA pain & discomfort. Plus, the excercising keeps age-related metabolic disease in check & I don't have to be on meds nor be in & out of the medical system like so many of my sedentary peers these days.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 12:34pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

2 years ago 04/12/2022 12:40pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Serious question. We put so much emphasis on health and fitness yet we're all gonna be hobbled, crippled or otherwise burdened by old age one day. Alternative is to die before you get old enough to see your body deteriorate. So what's really the point in the end?

Been there, now where you suggest.

15 surgeries. Not counting the circumcision.

7 in the last 10 years including a neck fusion, Total Knee replacement, discectomy, spinal fusion l5 s1, Shoulder reconstruction due to a cycling accident, biceps repair. On blood thinners permanently due to a persistent pulmonary embolism.

Have a strong heart, and am sore all over. 24 / 7

Am weeks away from another fusion L3 levelish

If I don't do a form of exercise my life is miserable. If I keep exercising I feel worthy of a beer.

I take a great deal of pleasure in the struggle. When you are getting to the end, its not as much fun watching netflix or amazon prime

2 years ago 04/12/2022 12:43pm EDT

re: This is Jim Kiler

This is Jim Kiler wrote:
Image:healthhabits.files.wordpress.com/2008/...

Taking his photo and not blurring his face is a violation of this individual's privacy. I hope he is aware of this photo and sues you.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 12:47pm EDT

re: Heireo

Heireo wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
You should simplify your question: if life always ends in death what is the point of living? If you don't know the answer to that question - or the version you have posed - then you are wasting your life. It is to be lived.
You are not necessarily wasting your life if you don’t know the point of living, or if you are, then you are all wasting your lives, because none of you know what the point of living is.

Actually, quite a lot do. They live - with goals, pleasures, commitments, relationships and learning all the while, and none of it less meaningful because it isn't forever. Perhaps children don't yet grasp that. As we see here.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 1:04pm EDT

re: Ex L

Ex L wrote:
The medical advances keeping sick seniors alive longer is very costly to the population as a whole.
Both in additional cost of healthcare and reduced social security funds available.

Sooooo are you advocating for something like Carousel in Logan's Run?

2 years ago 04/12/2022 1:15pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
This is Jim Kiler wrote:
Image:healthhabits.files.wordpress.com/2008/...
Taking his photo and not blurring his face is a violation of this individual's privacy. I hope he is aware of this photo and sues you.

The person is on a public street. Unless the photo is used for a commercial purpose it is legal. There is no privacy on a public street, sidewalk or park.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 1:16pm EDT

re: Armstronglivs

Armstronglivs wrote:
Heireo wrote:
You are not necessarily wasting your life if you don’t know the point of living, or if you are, then you are all wasting your lives, because none of you know what the point of living is.
Actually, quite a lot do. They live - with goals, pleasures, commitments, relationships and learning all the while, and none of it less meaningful because it isn't forever. Perhaps children don't yet grasp that. As we see here.

I owned you in my reply. You could not provide a meaningful rebuttal so you called me a child. You are an idiot and it is all the more tragic because you cannot recognize it. Please provide a rebuttal to my post or STFU you old fool.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 1:25pm EDT

re: Heireo

Heireo wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
Actually, quite a lot do. They live - with goals, pleasures, commitments, relationships and learning all the while, and none of it less meaningful because it isn't forever. Perhaps children don't yet grasp that. As we see here.
I owned you in my reply. You could not provide a meaningful rebuttal so you called me a child. You are an idiot and it is all the more tragic because you cannot recognize it. Please provide a rebuttal to my post or STFU you old fool.

You were rebutted but like the child you apparently are you can't see it.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 1:30pm EDT

re: Armstronglivs

Armstronglivs wrote:
Heireo wrote:
I owned you in my reply. You could not provide a meaningful rebuttal so you called me a child. You are an idiot and it is all the more tragic because you cannot recognize it. Please provide a rebuttal to my post or STFU you old fool.
You were rebutted but like the child you apparently are you can't see it.

Please describe the point of living. You waste your life as an old man here hurling childish insults so you clearly have no clue. So you have been owned and taken to the wood shed old man.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 2:02pm EDT

re: Heireo

Heireo wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
You were rebutted but like the child you apparently are you can't see it.
Please describe the point of living. You waste your life as an old man here hurling childish insults so you clearly have no clue. So you have been owned and taken to the wood shed old man.

Armstrong is bitter because the baseball games don't hand out free bats like they did in his day.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 4:01pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Serious question. We put so much emphasis on health and fitness yet we're all gonna be hobbled, crippled or otherwise burdened by old age one day. Alternative is to die before you get old enough to see your body deteriorate. So what's really the point in the end?

I’m old and going to pass within a year. But I ran because it was so much fun. It never seemed like work. And sometimes it was even utilitarian. More than once, I would fly to Europe on Icelandair, land at Luxembourg City and while waiting for a train go for a 2 hour running excursion of the city. Went for group runs in Richmond Park, ran by the beaches in Rio, combined running and back-packing in Wales, met a lot of nice people. So I say if you like it, enjoy it as long as you can. And you’ll stay fit too.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 4:24pm EDT

re: Heireo

Heireo wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
You were rebutted but like the child you apparently are you can't see it.
Please describe the point of living. You waste your life as an old man here hurling childish insults so you clearly have no clue. So you have been owned and taken to the wood shed old man.

It's funny because he is a 68 year old man who spends hours every day on Letsrun hurling childish insults at other posters.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 5:46pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

Are you 12? You couldn't be more incorrect.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 5:58pm EDT

re: This is Jim Kiler

This is Jim Kiler wrote:
Are you 12? You couldn't be more incorrect.

No. I is 33.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 6:23pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Serious question.
Please call this number if you are serious. 800-273-8255. There is help available 24/7.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 8:08pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

So stay fat, sad sack. Do you stop having sex when you or your partner are infertile?

2 years ago 04/12/2022 8:18pm EDT

re: samcallan

samcallan wrote:
bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Taking his photo and not blurring his face is a violation of this individual's privacy. I hope he is aware of this photo and sues you.
The person is on a public street. Unless the photo is used for a commercial purpose it is legal. There is no privacy on a public street, sidewalk or park.

Barty Max is kinda the Dwight Shrute of LRC.

2 years ago 04/12/2022 8:22pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Serious question. We put so much emphasis on health and fitness yet we're all gonna be hobbled, crippled or otherwise burdened by old age one day. Alternative is to die before you get old enough to see your body deteriorate. So what's really the point in the end?

maybe already pointed out in the thread, i haven't read through it, but if you're at all serious...

1. It feels good

2. Brain works better when we are healthy/fit

3. Allows us to be a better version of ourselves

4. Inspires others to do the same

As for the point in the end, in regards to life, it's really a mystery. Life itself seems kinda pointless, for sure, but it certainly feels real in the moment so better to feel good than bad. But yeah, it's over in the blink of an eye isn't it?

2 years ago 04/12/2022 10:30pm EDT

re: bartholomew_maxwell

This is a serious question?

Your point of awareness and intersection with reality lays in the present moment. The only moment. The good news, we have a plentiful supply of them.

Smell the roses, have a spinach/mango/yogurt smoothie and go for a friggin' run.

Dying is normal. We all do it. Walk into your fear with open eyes, open mind.

Repeat.

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