Why I don't post a lot.

I am 75. Today I will go to the gym and do upper body workouts for an hour as I do seven days a week. I do eight stations with fifty reps at medium weight on nautilus machines as I have done since 1983. Then I will come home and eat a small meal. I will then punp up the tires on my road bike, a Cannondale Super Six, that I paid $5,000 for. I put on some special wheels that set me back $2,000 each. I do this because an expensive racing bike is much cheaper than triple bypass surgery or a heart transplant.

I quit weed in 1974 and tobacco in 1976. I ran 70 miles per week beginning in 1973 and was running 10k's in 30 minutes before stress fractures became an issue. I was already exerimenting with a bike becuse I wanted to do triathelons which I rejected due to time constraints.

I raced bikes often and have broken both my collar bones twice, a leg, an elbow, and I have had seven concussions. I gave up racing in the early 1990's but not cycling. I still ride fifty miles a day in the summer months. It is amazing how quickly the vascular pathways in your legs come back even after a winter off riding stationary bikes or walking on a treadmill.

My resting heartrate was 53 the last time I saw a doctor. She said she would guess I am 50 because my hair is white. I used to ride with a local club but Covid destoyed that so I ride alone now fighting for space on the roads with cars.

When I was still working I would ride until after dark with lights but now that I am retired I ride three hours a day and with the gym it is like a part time job. The economy is in ruins and my retirement may not be completely safe so returning to work is not off the table. My schoolmates and relatives are dropping like flies and this saddens me. They are being replaced with people who either don't or can't think. I took a road less traveled and it has made all the difference. It is a choice I do not regret.

The gym is waiting.
I know a guy who ran 20+ miles a day, cycled stupid amounts etc.. and looked as fit as a fiddle. He had the kids one day and wasn't feeling too well for a couple of days, so he went to the doctors for an appointment. The doctor checked him over and said, "Any chance you could get someone to pick your kids up". "Yes certainly, why". Doctor said, "You need to go to hospital, an ambulance is on the way because you had a heart attack". So that's the end of of his fitness regime, he's been told by the doctors that anymore exercise could kill him. He's in his 30's.

The heart is like a stopwatch until it finally stops. It depends how fast you want to run it to the end. So I did all my cycling and running days and quit over 10 years ago, I'm in my 50's now.

Some guys are fortunate like yourself, some are not.
 
I know more exercise freaks and ex-athletes with trashed knees and ankles and wieght lifters who can no longer raise their arms and have severe arthritis and enlarged hearts in their 50's than I do sick office worker types who just walked a lot and did normal fun stuff.
 
I am 75. Today I will go to the gym and do upper body workouts for an hour as I do seven days a week. I do eight stations with fifty reps at medium weight on nautilus machines as I have done since 1983. Then I will come home and eat a small meal. I will then punp up the tires on my road bike, a Cannondale Super Six, that I paid $5,000 for. I put on some special wheels that set me back $2,000 each. I do this because an expensive racing bike is much cheaper than triple bypass surgery or a heart transplant.

I quit weed in 1974 and tobacco in 1976. I ran 70 miles per week beginning in 1973 and was running 10k's in 30 minutes before stress fractures became an issue. I was already exerimenting with a bike becuse I wanted to do triathelons which I rejected due to time constraints.

I raced bikes often and have broken both my collar bones twice, a leg, an elbow, and I have had seven concussions. I gave up racing in the early 1990's but not cycling. I still ride fifty miles a day in the summer months. It is amazing how quickly the vascular pathways in your legs come back even after a winter off riding stationary bikes or walking on a treadmill.

My resting heartrate was 53 the last time I saw a doctor. She said she would guess I am 50 because my hair is white. I used to ride with a local club but Covid destoyed that so I ride alone now fighting for space on the roads with cars.

When I was still working I would ride until after dark with lights but now that I am retired I ride three hours a day and with the gym it is like a part time job. The economy is in ruins and my retirement may not be completely safe so returning to work is not off the table. My schoolmates and relatives are dropping like flies and this saddens me. They are being replaced with people who either don't or can't think. I took a road less traveled and it has made all the difference. It is a choice I do not regret.

The gym is waiting.
I made it out of bed today by before noon! So, it looks like I’m competitive. Woo hoo!
 
You haven't seen his pics?

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That’s Bruce Willis! Or is it?
 
I know more exercise freaks and ex-athletes with trashed knees and ankles and wieght lifters who can no longer raise their arms and have severe arthritis and enlarged hearts in their 50's than I do sick office worker types who just walked a lot and did normal fun stuff.
When I complained to my doctor about not being strong enough to hike trails in our nearby park

He smiled and said
“Just walk. Even if you are grocery shopping and need to lean on the shopping cart.”
 
I am 75. Today I will go to the gym and do upper body workouts for an hour as I do seven days a week. I do eight stations with fifty reps at medium weight on nautilus machines as I have done since 1983. Then I will come home and eat a small meal. I will then punp up the tires on my road bike, a Cannondale Super Six, that I paid $5,000 for. I put on some special wheels that set me back $2,000 each. I do this because an expensive racing bike is much cheaper than triple bypass surgery or a heart transplant.

I quit weed in 1974 and tobacco in 1976. I ran 70 miles per week beginning in 1973 and was running 10k's in 30 minutes before stress fractures became an issue. I was already exerimenting with a bike becuse I wanted to do triathelons which I rejected due to time constraints.

I raced bikes often and have broken both my collar bones twice, a leg, an elbow, and I have had seven concussions. I gave up racing in the early 1990's but not cycling. I still ride fifty miles a day in the summer months. It is amazing how quickly the vascular pathways in your legs come back even after a winter off riding stationary bikes or walking on a treadmill.

My resting heartrate was 53 the last time I saw a doctor. She said she would guess I am 50 because my hair is white. I used to ride with a local club but Covid destoyed that so I ride alone now fighting for space on the roads with cars.

When I was still working I would ride until after dark with lights but now that I am retired I ride three hours a day and with the gym it is like a part time job. The economy is in ruins and my retirement may not be completely safe so returning to work is not off the table. My schoolmates and relatives are dropping like flies and this saddens me. They are being replaced with people who either don't or can't think. I took a road less traveled and it has made all the difference. It is a choice I do not regret.

The gym is waiting.


Good on you! :thup:
 
I know a guy who ran 20+ miles a day, cycled stupid amounts etc.. and looked as fit as a fiddle. He had the kids one day and wasn't feeling too well for a couple of days, so he went to the doctors for an appointment. The doctor checked him over and said, "Any chance you could get someone to pick your kids up". "Yes certainly, why". Doctor said, "You need to go to hospital, an ambulance is on the way because you had a heart attack". So that's the end of of his fitness regime, he's been told by the doctors that anymore exercise could kill him. He's in his 30's.

The heart is like a stopwatch until it finally stops. It depends how fast you want to run it to the end. So I did all my cycling and running days and quit over 10 years ago, I'm in my 50's now.

Some guys are fortunate like yourself, some are not.

Do you remember the case of Andrew Marr? Also a fitness fanatic, who suffered a major stroke while indulging in one of those short high density workouts, on a rowing machine?
 
I am 75. Today I will go to the gym and do upper body workouts for an hour as I do seven days a week. I do eight stations with fifty reps at medium weight on nautilus machines as I have done since 1983. Then I will come home and eat a small meal. I will then punp up the tires on my road bike, a Cannondale Super Six, that I paid $5,000 for. I put on some special wheels that set me back $2,000 each. I do this because an expensive racing bike is much cheaper than triple bypass surgery or a heart transplant.

I quit weed in 1974 and tobacco in 1976. I ran 70 miles per week beginning in 1973 and was running 10k's in 30 minutes before stress fractures became an issue. I was already exerimenting with a bike becuse I wanted to do triathelons which I rejected due to time constraints.

I raced bikes often and have broken both my collar bones twice, a leg, an elbow, and I have had seven concussions. I gave up racing in the early 1990's but not cycling. I still ride fifty miles a day in the summer months. It is amazing how quickly the vascular pathways in your legs come back even after a winter off riding stationary bikes or walking on a treadmill.

My resting heartrate was 53 the last time I saw a doctor. She said she would guess I am 50 because my hair is white. I used to ride with a local club but Covid destoyed that so I ride alone now fighting for space on the roads with cars.

When I was still working I would ride until after dark with lights but now that I am retired I ride three hours a day and with the gym it is like a part time job. The economy is in ruins and my retirement may not be completely safe so returning to work is not off the table. My schoolmates and relatives are dropping like flies and this saddens me. They are being replaced with people who either don't or can't think. I took a road less traveled and it has made all the difference. It is a choice I do not regret.

The gym is waiting.

You do what you think is right for you!
 
Are you that gullible?

Why wouldn't I believe the man?

He stays fit in his retired years.

What's not to believe?

He didn't just claim to be Superman.

I know a couple guys like that.

Septuagenarian gym rats.

Every morning at 0500..in there staying active.
 
I am 75. Today I will go to the gym and do upper body workouts for an hour as I do seven days a week. I do eight stations with fifty reps at medium weight on nautilus machines as I have done since 1983. Then I will come home and eat a small meal. I will then punp up the tires on my road bike, a Cannondale Super Six, that I paid $5,000 for. I put on some special wheels that set me back $2,000 each. I do this because an expensive racing bike is much cheaper than triple bypass surgery or a heart transplant.

I quit weed in 1974 and tobacco in 1976. I ran 70 miles per week beginning in 1973 and was running 10k's in 30 minutes before stress fractures became an issue. I was already exerimenting with a bike becuse I wanted to do triathelons which I rejected due to time constraints.

I raced bikes often and have broken both my collar bones twice, a leg, an elbow, and I have had seven concussions. I gave up racing in the early 1990's but not cycling. I still ride fifty miles a day in the summer months. It is amazing how quickly the vascular pathways in your legs come back even after a winter off riding stationary bikes or walking on a treadmill.

My resting heartrate was 53 the last time I saw a doctor. She said she would guess I am 50 because my hair is white. I used to ride with a local club but Covid destoyed that so I ride alone now fighting for space on the roads with cars.

When I was still working I would ride until after dark with lights but now that I am retired I ride three hours a day and with the gym it is like a part time job. The economy is in ruins and my retirement may not be completely safe so returning to work is not off the table. My schoolmates and relatives are dropping like flies and this saddens me. They are being replaced with people who either don't or can't think. I took a road less traveled and it has made all the difference. It is a choice I do not regret.

The gym is waiting.
 
Why wouldn't I believe the man?

He stays fit in his retired years.

What's not to believe?

He didn't just claim to be Superman.

I know a couple guys like that.

Septuagenarian gym rats.

Every morning at 0500..in there staying active.
Whatever

EVERYONE NEEDS A DAY OFF
 
I am 75. Today I will go to the gym and do upper body workouts for an hour as I do seven days a week. I do eight stations with fifty reps at medium weight on nautilus machines as I have done since 1983. Then I will come home and eat a small meal. I will then punp up the tires on my road bike, a Cannondale Super Six, that I paid $5,000 for. I put on some special wheels that set me back $2,000 each. I do this because an expensive racing bike is much cheaper than triple bypass surgery or a heart transplant.

I quit weed in 1974 and tobacco in 1976. I ran 70 miles per week beginning in 1973 and was running 10k's in 30 minutes before stress fractures became an issue. I was already exerimenting with a bike becuse I wanted to do triathelons which I rejected due to time constraints.

I raced bikes often and have broken both my collar bones twice, a leg, an elbow, and I have had seven concussions. I gave up racing in the early 1990's but not cycling. I still ride fifty miles a day in the summer months. It is amazing how quickly the vascular pathways in your legs come back even after a winter off riding stationary bikes or walking on a treadmill.

My resting heartrate was 53 the last time I saw a doctor. She said she would guess I am 50 because my hair is white. I used to ride with a local club but Covid destoyed that so I ride alone now fighting for space on the roads with cars.

When I was still working I would ride until after dark with lights but now that I am retired I ride three hours a day and with the gym it is like a part time job. The economy is in ruins and my retirement may not be completely safe so returning to work is not off the table. My schoolmates and relatives are dropping like flies and this saddens me. They are being replaced with people who either don't or can't think. I took a road less traveled and it has made all the difference. It is a choice I do not regret.

The gym is waiting.
Damn, that's badass. I'm 65 and would have a hard time walking a couple miles. It's about all I can do to go to water aerobics 3-4 times a week and keep up with the old ladies.
 

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