Ok so maybe not the new 20’s, but I heard a quote today which I found very useful “The 50’s is the start of your Senior years as was the 20’s the start of your Adult years ”.
Continued with a pause to think that at 50 the time back to your 20’s is the same amount of time most of us have until our 80’s (or a point at which we are likely unable to be as mobile and energetic) of about 30yrs, think of all the things we have done, and therefore that can be done in that space of time.
Made me pause to think anyway.
First lap of life you are a kid, the youngest generation, somewhere around 25-30 typically you start lap 2 as a parent, 50-60 you're just starting lap 3 as a grandparent, and some people even get to set off on lap 4
Don’t think too hard, just live for the moment however old you are.
Very much this. It’s just a number. I’m 54 on Friday. In my head I’m 24. It’s just a pity my knees feel like they’re 84 😂
Don’t think too hard, just live for the moment however old you are.
Very much this. Currently 57 and don't think I've peaked yet.
I'm 57 - nothing wrong with reminiscing, I've done a lot with those years.
But equally I'm very forward looking, Still pushing my climbing grades, just started a new academic major challenge. The body and mind may be older and not as quick but are more skilled and experienced
Recently took out travel insurance with Saga 😕 main reason* being they actually have pretty good activity coverage that others don't.
* & I fit their demographic
Another 54 with the body of 84, but my head still says 24...and then I get off the sofa and poo, argh, groan ..
I genuinely cook up all sorts of ideas for rides and adventures in the sofa and then get up and think maybe not 🤣
The odd time I've been out and about and feeling enthusiastic and clambered up or across somewhere and think 'oh bugger, I might have got stuck now' 🤣 My wife just rolls her eyes and said I told you so!
Don’t think too hard, just live for the moment however old you are.
Very much this.
I'm doing more* of the things I enjoyed in my 20's now than I did in my 20's.
I'm 56 in a few weeks.
*Well apart from large quantities of MDMA.
55 here. Same size as I have been all my adult life. Don't feel particularly old (or grown up). Going for a karate Dan Grade in May if all goes to plan!
Have noticed that my memory isn't what it once was and my knees are ruined.
Other than that everything is tickerty-boo.
I've often thought like this. I was thinking the other day when I found out my 94 year old grandad has prostate cancer, that at 47 I have more 'life' in the future than I had in the past. You don't start living until your late teens so the first 18 years don't really count.
I then realised I need to improve my fitness if I want to carry on for another 40 years though!!....
The 50’s is the new 20’s…
In that when you were 20 you thought you would have to work another 30 years? Turns out that nowadays when you get to 50...
When I look in the mirror, there's some old dude staring back at me. Freaks me out everytime
My Garmin tells me I'm 56. I'd happily go with that, even if it meant giving up my bus pass.
I couldn't give a toss how old I am or how old I get tbh. Maybe that'll change in another 30yrs when Im 85.
Hi Kryton,
A few months after my 50th birthday I thought to myself, "This is great". I felt like a load of pressure had been lifted from my shoulders. I no longer felt like I needed to strive in the workplace or prove myself to others. I started to think about what I might like to do with the rest of my years. I really felt like that turning 50 was ace. I had a couple of years of this before disaster struck!
60 in 6 days time, trying to retire early in the Rhondda Valley, was pretty fit and let it go in recent years, currently losing weight on my way to 11.5 stone.
Started rucking 3 hikes ago and that seems to be kickstarting my leg fitness quite well, faster than just hiking was.
Macebell has meant my back is in better shape than it's ever been.
Just got to complete the upgrade to the gravel bike and I'll be off and running (or cycling...).
Last time I was at minor injuries. No queue, seen immediately, the nurse checked my back over, did a few tests Then told me I was good to go.
But because of my age she would need to run it by the consultant first.
So over 55 I think it was you are old according to the NHS. On the other hand if I match my dad I have 34 years active life after 55. Still bivvying in the mountains in his 80s.
"I get off the sofa and poo"
Well you haven't reached really old age yet then.
During the last Dig Day over at the bike park there was some discussion of age among the group of us digging. The guys in their early 20's were laughing at the teenagers who were trying to show how big and strong they were by trying to move the loaded wheelbarrow. Then a couple of blokes in their 30's said something about experience. Anyway this carried on for a while until I said "What about me, I am over 50"
"You don't count, you are freekin immortal Nick" was the response from one in their 20's.
I am not sure whether to be flattered that they think I am ageless or upset that they think I am ancient.
Crikey this is resonating...
58, trying to do things to keep in good shape so my healthspan is as long as possible. With my finances ravaged by Brexit, Covid and Truss, and junior in 6th form I've got no chance of retirement.
Dry Jan probably needs extending to protect me synapses, and weight bearing exercise for muscle mass.
This was an interesting listen, food for thought in a couple of areas, though struggled a bit with the idea that an Airbnb guy would be fretting about retirement
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2zvZKzp9f8FjUXBljnUiYJ?si=ljzXIIPIS6y19YHmV4W8hQ
“You don’t count, you are freekin immortal Nick” was the response from one in their 20’s.
As in you frequently experience mortal injuries but refuse to die?
As someone that spent most of my time 18-45 going out boozing, going to gigs, having big holidays, generally 'living my best life' - at 46 I had my first hard fought for child - can't help but think I've done things the opposite way round to most people I know.
Not sure where I fit into the 'life begins at 40' - '50s are the new 20s' etc
Now the little one is 2 years old...at this point I'm basically just tired all the time
I've spent a lot of time in hospital over the last year. At 50 it's heartening to be regularly referred to as 'young and fit'!
In hospital terms, 50 is still considered young, so you can take some solace in that.
@gravedigger - what does that mean?Started rucking 3 hikes ago and that seems to be kickstarting my leg fitness quite well, faster than just hiking was.
Now the little one is 2 years old…at this point I’m basically just tired all the time
And you will be for quite a few years. Tired and stressed, it's like having a hangover for a decade or two. Then they grow up a bit, become self sufficient and one day you realise that you don't need to spend most of your life running around after them, you can spend more time in your own company. That's when people get accused of having a mid-life crisis, which isn't really fair because it's often just a resumption of activities from before children.
My doctor says I have the spine of a 52 year old.
Didn't start snowboarding until I was 40. Started skateboarding at 50.
I am not sure whether to be flattered that they think I am ageless or upset that they think I am ancient.
Indestructible, I think is what they mean.
Anyrhing I drop, tends to stay there a lot longer than it did 30 years ago. I know where it is if I need it.
58 - doing the same things for the same reasons I always have
My only responsibility is to make myself as happy as I can in any given circumstance. I am very good at this
Started rucking 3 hikes ago and that seems to be kickstarting my leg fitness quite well, faster than just hiking was.@gravedigger – what does that mean?
It is basically hiking/walking with weights in your rucksack - I often walk my girlfriends Maltese whilst she is away working live-in care and, although he is keen, hikes around the hills of > 10 miles seem to knacker him out a lot the next day, so I was wanting to retrict the hike length, hence the weights.
I've done 3 now with 8Kg in a 10 litre Evoc cycling rucksack, cobbled together from dumbell and ankle weights, but have gone for a better rucksack targetted at rucking (has internal weight pockets, better shoulder and hip belts and is a more robust 1000D cordura) with some weight plates for better weight distribution.
From here as this seems to be the best available for a reasonable price:
https://www.yomp.store/collections/bags-rucking-backpacks/products/yomp-backpack-shadow-black
Got a nice local loop of around 9 miles and 2300ft of ascent in 3 steep climbs (offroad ascent really seems to get the breathing going).
Notably if you record the activity with an Apple watch then you need to record it as "Functional Strength Training" otherwise it thinks you are getting realy unfit with a low VO2 max because you are going slower than normal with a much higher heart rate !
It is basically hiking/walking with weights in your rucksack.I’ve done 3 now with 8Kg in a 10 litre Evoc cycling rucksack
Ok. So the 8kg is in addition to anything else you're carrying? I'm trying to work out how heavy my bag's starting weight would be, with water, food, maybe a flask of tea, binocs, maybe a bird book, waterproof, fleece, and all the other bits and bobs I carry. At least it's lighter at the end of the walk. 😀
And you will be for quite a few years. Tired and stressed, it’s like having a hangover for a decade or two.
🙂
Yep, it's terryfying how long this will go on for...one day at a time:)
Very much this. It’s just a number. I’m 54 on Friday. In my head I’m 24. It’s just a pity my knees feel like they’re 84 😂
In my head, I’m still in my early 20’s. However, the increasingly painful thumb joints and knee joints are letting my nearly 70yo self know that I really need to face up to some sort of reality.
Not without a fight, I’m not! My increasing collection of tattoos being one aspect of that.
As a wise man once said, growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
Still, my bus pass does mean I can hop on a bus just over the road and pop down to Bath or elsewhere, without paying stupidly expensive car parking prices, and in the case of Bath, enjoy a rather excellent pie and mash with a couple of beers in The Raven, and not worry about the consequences of driving home! 😁
52 and off to get another tattoo next week*- I steadfastly refuse to grow up.
*even though this is increasingly an old person thing.
My punk rocker mate used Indian ink to scrawl on his wrist when he was 19, “Live Fast Die Young”. I went to his 60th the other day.
I like the idea those last two posts are linked.
52 and off to get another tattoo next week*- I steadfastly refuse to grow up.
*even though this is increasingly an old person thing.
Yeah, I was just thinking that none of daughters' friends seem to be bothered about tattoos.
50 next year. A few weeks ago I had s strong mental impression of my 50th birthday as a brick wall and my approach to it as a slow motion car crash, it stayed with me for several days. Feeling a bit more positive this week. Mostly. I think.😁👍🖖
If the fifties are the new twenties, I am nearly thirty two
Ok. So the 8kg is in addition to anything else you’re carrying? I’m trying to work out how heavy my bag’s starting weight would be, with water, food, maybe a flask of tea, binocs, maybe a bird book, waterproof, fleece, and all the other bits and bobs I carry. At least it’s lighter at the end of the walk. 😀
yes, although I wasn't carrying a lot extra as limited space in that cycling rucksack once all the various weights were in there.
I've now got a better rucksack with weight pockets and some cast iron weight plates or around an inch thickness, so will haver a lot more room in the bag for stuff.
It's based on army training, and in the field, where they are carrying big weights. SO they train with them as well.
notice the comments that talk about lack of injuries
Does it count it the extra kgs are round my middle?
As both ex-army and ex-rugby prop forward, I thought i was rucking when i did the latter, turns out i was doing it in the former..... no wonder my knees are jiggered!
I'm 49 next month, all my 20's people told me life began at 30, then at 40, now in 40's, they tell me it will begin at 50, when will life begin, as to be honest I am still a large man-child?
Rucking for sake of it is dumb, at this point I'm not doing it without some reason like getting to hills for a lunch, fixing trails or going hiking. Yesterday I walked to shop and back for groceries, good exercise and useful at the same.
Mr Billingham may have been fit once but he sounds out of breath and totally unfit in that video. I don't know anyone I ski mountainner with who would remain out of breath like that once sat down for a few minutes even at 3000m. I've carried an 8-12kg pack (occasionally more when climbing gear has been needed) for thousands of kms in the mountains and on long distances routes but just don't see the point of putting extra strain on joints, ligaments and tendons just for the hell of it. Locally I walk with what will fit in my pockets.
Being with thousands of other walkers on those routes has told me that the more people carry the more likely they are to go home injured.
More distance less weight will get you fitter.
More distance less weight will get you fitter.
it will **** my girlfriends dog right up though, 10 miles in the hills is just about ok but much more than that and he looks a bit worse for wear the next day and I feel a bit guilty. He’s only a Maltese, although he’s up for the longer walks and pulls hard on his lead right ‘til the end.
As I said I am trying to maximise the benefit I am getting from the dog walks, and it seems to be beneficial. My knees and ankles seem to be more stable already on the rocky descents, leg strength is also getting better.
Just hiking is a pretty slow way of getting fit, and not particularly effective imho. This way I was panting pretty hard on the climbs today as I had added more weight, and the inside of my jacket and fleece were fair soaked with sweat when I got home. Not feeling any pain in my knees either, so I’ll keep doing it for now as it seems to be good payback for the effort.
Im 52 in a couple of weeks too, off this morning to finish my tattoo sleeve(don't know where the kids get the money to be covered in them?).
Its cliche i know but it is 'Just a Number', but i've never really felt adult, always looked around at my peers, why don't i seem as grown up as them? feel a bit guilty but sod it I'm happy, certainly a lot happier than they seem half the time.
Life's what you make it. God i sound like an athena poster! (showing my age there)
