I’m half joking. But as a 30-something who used to be very active, I recognize I’m over the hill and my joints sound like pop rocks
Go for a walk (outside) every day. I used to try different posture exercises, running, sprinting interval training, but as you get older, nothing is healthier and easier on your body than just daily walks.
We kinda are walking machines anyway:
Bonus points for mental health if you walk in nature, without any headphones or entertainments.
Also do strength training (you can get hand barbells very cheap if you don’t have a gym close by), starting very light at first, and working up to whatever feels comfortable.
I bent over this morning to scoop out some feed for the chickens and threw out my lower back.
So, not enough it seems.
RIP you. How are the chick-os doing?
Well enough, I’m always injured in one way or another but the work still needs to be done. I realized after this happened the chicken feed needed to be replenished, as did the alfalfa pellets for the cows. So that was neat, carrying the feed sacks where they needed to go like a decrepit old man.
Hmm. Cows too. You have a whole operation going there. Good luck, and take it easy - you only get one body, and there are tools.
Luckily they’re (mostly) self sufficient.
Have you considered automated feeders with a timer set to go off everyday? I would want to automate as much as possible as a farmer, even as a fun mental exercise thing.
Overkill. My ladies just had a hopper feeding into a tray with a small enough gap to prevent overflow, and a piano hinge to close it up when the tray needed cleaning.
I haven’t, no. The name of this place is (or reasonably should be) Good Enough Farms.
Most of the things are pretty easy. The sheep are self-sufficient most of the time, unless they’re lambing or getting stuck in a fence. The are the dumbest mulotherfuckers around. Same with the cow, but since she’s nursing, I supplement with alfalfa pellets. Other than her and the chickens, there isn’t a whole lot to do but manage the nonsense from afar.
Lol what are these sheep doing to get stuck in the fence? Like they poke their head through and can’t get back out? You ever sit out there and just watch your animals? Because I would definitely have a designated watching chair out in the yard.
Chickens, if they have a run with enough stuff inside, can be mad entertaining too. Their brains do not work like ours.
Oh yeah, we can see everything in the pasture from the back deck of the house. The 6 month.old calf tries to play with the sheep, but they don’t understand why this giant is chasing them.
Sheep are, in my experience, the dumbest livestock around. The will shove their head through fence openings to eat the exact same grass on their side, get stuck, and then just bleat to be rescued. They are coyote unaware, and will stare at them instead of running away to the barn. They fall in ponds and creeks and can’t get back out. Get tangled up in blackberry vines and get stuck.
Wild sheep are probably smart in order to survive, but domestication has removed all semblance of cleverness.
Walk 5km a day during the week, and 8-10km a day on weekends. Weights three to four times a week, and a cardio session afterwards. I like using the ski machine, as it gives me a serious workout without any impact.
Weights has had a huge impact on my quality of life, as I am recovering (recovered?) from a serious head injury. I was not active for nearly 18 months and am feeling good about my body for the first time in years.
58m here for context.
Look at this badass over here. Im 32 and the idea of multi km walks everyday makes me knees hurt something fierce!
Time to start paying attention to the protein content of your meals. Joint issues are often postural tho
A lot of people here are saying walking, but walking doesn’t actually do that much for you unless you’re really inactive or out of shape. Gotta get your heart rate up at least a few times a week at our age. Gotta be something you at least kind of enjoy or you won’t do it. I do a running club and go jogging 3-5 times a week at around 5k each time. Also keep track of your calories intake, I try and keep mine around 1800 a day.
Strength exercise keeps your joints working well long-term
I raise my standing desk. Occasionally.
For an hour once a month or so, right?
Woah, there buddy! Let’s not overdo it
Just walk for everything under a mile. Eat one type of new fruit a week.
The less you weigh, the easier life becomes.
Drop alcohol completely.
Buy high quality shoes, beds, tired & brakes.
Which fruit you got last week?
Gooseberry last week. This week it’s Lychee.
Great choices! Have you tried kumquat?
As a 54 year old who has just had two weeks of agony because he forgot his age and tried to deadlift a 225kg motorbike by himself, I’m going to skip this one because I clearly haven’t learned anything.
A for effort though
I’m 62 and had to be advised to get a few fit young people to assist with moving a piano.
Mustn’t’ve groaned enough.
as someone over forty: Have a hearty FUCK YOU, and buckle up snowflake.
As someone over 60: you ain’t seen nothing yet.
there aint no way gramps
Not gramps yet. My kid is just 16.
I’m a big cinema fanboy, so up until last year I went to the cinema every week. It was 14km away from me, so I had to cycle on my bike a lot. That was really healthy!
But now I’ve moved into a new apartment right next to the cinema and I’ve grown quite large. I’m
still figuring it outbeing a lazy bastard now.I got really out of shape for a while after having kids. Everything was hurting and I barely had time anymore to go to the gym, so I stopped working out. Getting out of shape exacerbated the aches and pains. Eventually I saw some photos of myself on a family vacation and realized how badly I’d let myself go. I started working out again. Took baby steps at first, like walking, body weight exercises, and high rep, low weight exercises. Over time, the aches and pains went away. Got back in a routine and slowly increased my goals. Now I’m in pretty damn good shape. I only do 2 days on and 2 days off for lifting so I don’t hurt myself, and it works for me. I’ve been doing a solid routine for 2 -3 years and I’m feeling a lot better. It was so crazy to see how out of shape I’d gotten. I was an athlete in the past, so it was humbling to see myself struggling doing like 10 body weight squats. Staying in shape is definitely easier than getting back into shape. Don’t do what I did. Stay active.
I walk my dog.
at 50+ with an active job (I can plow through 12,000 steps a day) and two preteen kids - don’t really have time to do shit all else during the week.
After I broke my shoulder 18 months ago I did notice I became a lot less fit and put on 3 or 4 kg
Dance dance revolution and weight training
