sea2summit
Well-Known Member
It's not all that bad...until you decide to try and get in shape for hunting season.
The Aging Process
- Thread starter Muddyboots
- Start date
Help Support Long Range Hunting Forum
I'm 64 and joined the gym four months ago , I must say I'm pretty happy with how I'm doing . In 35 minutes on the stair stepper = 112 floors at 1789 steps , sweating like a pig on the roaster spit , three days a week . Then I work on upper body stuff . The off days I'm walking with a 32lb pack , went five miles today .
I've got two Elk hunts planed this year and want to be in the best shape possible . Planet Fitness $10 a month , can't beat it .
Last edited:
So what activities.......exactly....are you referring to.....that are noticeably shorter?
Reminds me of the saying..." If you don't use it....you loose it" ..
..
Unless you are Superman, there is no way .35 minutes will get you up 5 stairs! Or is that a period.... ending the sentence?
Yes , excuse my poor punctuation , I'll edit it now .
Lol....no need...just me being me! Good on you....keep up the great effort! And best of luck hunting.I hope all the hard work has a 425 score reward!
I got a chuckle out of it , I knew you were just yanking my chain . Saul Goodman !
Some of you guys are making me feel bad about the shape I'm in. I need to book a hunt to motivate me to get in shape.
Sorry Muddy, will take argument with that. I like to follow Lucille Ball's (I Love Lucy show) example. Once she turned 29, every year she had another 29th birthay. This year I celebrated my 35th 29th birthday...I hope I didn't loose you with that arithmetic.
Muddyboots
Well-Known Member
I am thinking once you hit 50, start counting backwards instead.
I joined a fitness center in Jan this year to address the decimation of lower body strength from spinal stenosis and arthritis. Eye opening is understatement how far I had fallen. Seeing improvement but took 8 years to lose, so not gonna get it back for quite a while. Machine work, therapy pool for stretching then jacuzzi for 15 minutes with water jet on lower back. Surprised by the strength returning but longgg way to go. Its interesting if I have to miss a scheduled day how much that affects my mental state. You really become "addicted" to the workouts!!
Fixing old mountain bike for added cardio. Adding in walking in big 800+ acre park nearby that has prob 15 miles of trails thru woods. Deer, turkey, all sorts of critters. Some 2 legged ones.
I joined a fitness center in Jan this year to address the decimation of lower body strength from spinal stenosis and arthritis. Eye opening is understatement how far I had fallen. Seeing improvement but took 8 years to lose, so not gonna get it back for quite a while. Machine work, therapy pool for stretching then jacuzzi for 15 minutes with water jet on lower back. Surprised by the strength returning but longgg way to go. Its interesting if I have to miss a scheduled day how much that affects my mental state. You really become "addicted" to the workouts!!
Fixing old mountain bike for added cardio. Adding in walking in big 800+ acre park nearby that has prob 15 miles of trails thru woods. Deer, turkey, all sorts of critters. Some 2 legged ones.
Rick Richard
Well-Known Member
Where are those "Golden Years" cause I haven't seen them yet….or that Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow or Sasquatch either. I think they have been pulling our leg all of this time.
Yep, imagine what that 30 seconds is in dog years.
I will be 60 this year...still very active. I play 6hrs of racquetball every week and lift 3x's per week. I'm hoping I inherited both of my parents genes as they were both very active well into their 80's. My dad killed, loaded, and skinned 2 deer by himself when he was 85. He had a couple of mild strokes the next spring and passed a few months later.
