"Be the oldest person at the gym, not the youngest person at the nursing home"

[Harpy Eagle]

Was listening to a retirement podcast today and one of the host is a gym rat and he said his goal was to be the oldest person at the gym, not the youngest person at the nursing home.

I thought, that is a great way to look at things.

I know it is not really original, but to hear it put into words can be helpful.

One of the things my wife and I have been focusing on as we plan for retirement is our health. When the kids were growing up and work was long hours it was hard to find the time and energy for such things. But now that it is just us again we are making it a focus.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Was listening to a retirement podcast today and one of the host is a gym rat and he said his goal was to be the oldest person at the gym, not the youngest person at the nursing home.

I thought, that is a great way to look at things.

I know it is not really original, but to hear it put into words can be helpful.

One of the things my wife and I have been focusing on as we plan for retirement is our health. When the kids were growing up and work was long hours it was hard to find the time and energy for such things. But now that it is just us again we are making it a focus.

If there is one thing I am thankful for, it's a lifetime of gym and weightlifting. If there is one worry off my list, it's breaking a bone.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

If there is one thing I am thankful for, it's a lifetime of gym and weightlifting. If there is one worry off my list, it's breaking a bone.

I have most of a lifetime of running that has now been replaced by walking. There was about a decade in there where I sort of let it all go but am now working hard to recover from that.

When I was a runner I never liked the gym, never liked lifting weights but now I love it and today I see an Ortho Doc about a rotator cuff tear and a SLAP tear along with "severe osteoarthritis all in the same shoulder. Hoping whatever they say does not involve being cut off from they gym for a while.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I have most of a lifetime of running that has now been replaced by walking. There was about a decade in there where I sort of let it all go but am now working hard to recover from that.

When I was a runner I never liked the gym, never liked lifting weights but now I love it and today I see an Ortho Doc about a rotator cuff tear and a SLAP tear along with "severe osteoarthritis all in the same shoulder. Hoping whatever they say does not involve being cut off from they gym for a while.

I have some stenosis in my spine. I will be treated for that. I have no arthritis anywhere. Bone density tests are all so good I don't even take them anymore. I love going to the gym. I always have. I'll be glad when I can go back to lifting weights.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I have some stenosis in my spine. I will be treated for that. I have no arthritis anywhere. Bone density tests are all so good I don't even take them anymore. I love going to the gym. I always have. I'll be glad when I can go back to lifting weights.

So, I like being different, but this was a new one to me...Quadrilateral Space Syndrome. It is rare enough that when my wife asked the PT at her hospital they had never heard of it.

Seems more physical therapy is in my future, along with sessions of ice/heat and a tens unit zapping my shoulder for the foreseeable future.

Just needs to be better by April when local golf season starts again!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

So, I like being different, but this was a new one to me...Quadrilateral Space Syndrome. It is rare enough that when my wife asked the PT at her hospital they had never heard of it.

Seems more physical therapy is in my future, along with sessions of ice/heat and a tens unit zapping my shoulder for the foreseeable future.

Just needs to be better by April when local golf season starts again!

Wow I never heard of it either.

 

[Coyote]

I like running, I do 3.3 miles at lunch during my workdays. But it really isn’t enough. It’s only cardio. I’ll be 65 this year and health is something I suddenly started taking seriously

 

[MarathonMike]

Don't forget flexibility. My wife and I do a simple 15 minute yoga stretch routine 3 or 4 times a week. If I don't stretch I'm basically a frozen rope.

 

[justoffal]

Was listening to a retirement podcast today and one of the host is a gym rat and he said his goal was to be the oldest person at the gym, not the youngest person at the nursing home.

I thought, that is a great way to look at things.

I know it is not really original, but to hear it put into words can be helpful.

One of the things my wife and I have been focusing on as we plan for retirement is our health. When the kids were growing up and work was long hours it was hard to find the time and energy for such things. But now that it is just us again we are making it a focus.

Excellent post title...

 

[katsteve2012]

I like running, I do 3.3 miles at lunch during my workdays. But it really isn’t enough. It’s only cardio. I’ll be 65 this year and health is something I suddenly started taking seriously

It's never to late to start. I never liked running, (especially roadwork in training for bouts)
but, I still work on the heavy bag, and speed bag and still get quite a bit of rope skipping in every week.

 

[DGS49]

I am in several Facebook groups reflecting my "hobbies" in retirement...biking, hiking, weightlifting, golf, and bowling...and I find it disappointing that so many people think they can be fulfilled, fitness wise, with just one of those activities, done to excess. I do them all and try to keep them in perspective. At 75 I'm in pretty good shape, other than the perpetual fight with BMI.