Beat, battered, and bashed, I am.

Zorba

Zorba

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I have 3 dance teachers and I'm in classes 4 nites a week. One of the teachers is going to "pumpkin out" and move away in a couple of months, so I thought I'd pick up a new Egyptian style class on Wednesday nite that is held just before the "Belly Yoga" class I'm in anyway. Its taught by the "Belly Yoga" class instructor's daughter. Said daughter subbed for tonite's class, "Belly Dance Fitness Fusion" (which I call "Belly Dance Fitness Crucifixion") which is normally taught by her mother. Daughter is just as intense as mother is, except with a LOT more energy. I'm 65, Mom is 45 and kicks my ass every week; but daughter is either 19 or 20, I forget which. I crawled out of "Fitness Fusion" tonite. I don't think daughter's Egyptian style class is nearly as intense, because if it is, I'm not gonna be able to keep up! Call the corpsman, put me and my rifle on the stretcher, and carry me off the battlefield... ;)
 
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I wake up and run 4 miles (7:30 minute pace), then do 45 minutes of weight training. In 16 years I haven't missed a single workout day. People ask me why and I tell them that I want to be alive and healthy for my grandchildren one day.

Besides, if you don't move, you die. I always tell people you can catch up on all that sleep when you die ;)

I thought the 8 year age gap between my wife and I was a lot. You got me beat...by a lot!
 
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CMBD said:
Sounds terrible.

But you will probably live longer because of it :D

I'm 54 and need to get more active. That doesn't sound like my thing, but would totally go do that with you 😄
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We do this "thing" in "Belly Dance Fitness Crucifixion" that the teacher, Bianca, calls "7 minutes in Heaven". It may be 7 minutes, but I think she has "Heaven" confused with another word that starts with "H"! We do all this arm work for 7 minutes, and it just absolutely KILLS my arms. I have always had relatively weak arms, I've never been able to do a pull-up my entire life, blah, blah, blah. So I figure its good for me, but it sure isn't fun!
 
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It’s always hard at first, then gets more reasonable after a while, then later you look back and say “Eh, that wasn’t so bad”.
 
Napping gets easier for me. I just got back from 3 weeks in Europe. We walked 7-10 miles a day up and down hills and stairs. I ate like a pig on the 12 day cruise part and drank a lot of good beer on the land part. I lost 2 lbs on the trip. I can’t run but being able to walk 10 miles a day at 66 is OK by me. I do need to start some weight training to get some strength back. I needed help lifting a 40 gal water heater and I used to have no problem before.
 
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bucky said:
Napping gets easier for me. I just got back from 3 weeks in Europe. We walked 7-10 miles a day up and down hills and stairs. I ate like a pig on the 12 day cruise part and drank a lot of good beer on the land part. I lost 2 lbs on the trip. I can’t run but being able to walk 10 miles a day at 66 is OK by me. I do need to start some weight training to get some strength back. I needed help lifting a 40 gal water heater and I used to have no problem before.
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Yea, I feel your pain. I have always needed about 9 hours of sleep a nite - but, like my late father, I do like to take a nap of an afternoon where I never did before. I used to be able to walk into a dance class and start dancing. Now I have to do warm ups, cool downs, the "Belly Yoga" to keep stretched out and limber, blah, blah, blah. Its annoying.

I developed a problem with my hip flexor muscle in my right leg several years ago. After a bunch of research, it turns out this is an affliction peculiar to old Belly Dancers - I kid you not. To much hip work on the right without balancing it on the left. Bianca has been working with me for about the last two years to "fix" it. It is tons better now, but will probably never go away completely. I have problems sitting cross legged - which is actually an improvement as I couldn't sit cross legged at all for awhile. I also will often do hipwork on the left even when the teacher is doing it on the right for this very reason.
 
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Zorba said:
Call the corpsman, put me and my rifle on the stretcher, and carry me off the battlefield... ;)
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Chris said:
I want to be alive and healthy for my grandchildren one day.

Besides, if you don't move, you die.
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This!
Good on all of you for moving! Zorba, I am not capable of any kind of dance. I'm always a little jealous of that ability.
6 Kids, 3 grandkids and one overdue as of today, wife is 13 years younger than me and i almost didn't marry her because i don't want her to have to care for an invalid.
But at age 60, I can still pull off an unplanned marathon or even a half ironman if I have to. A full ironman would be a stretch.
I'm slowing down a bit and recovery takes much longer than it used to. i rarely lift super heavy anymore, but lift enough to maintain muscle mass.
We've been slacking due to the move, but number 5 (18 years old) and I are heading to the gym now.
She said I pushed her too hard Monday!
Anxious to get my household goods so I can workout at home. The gym is such a hassle and a huge timesuck!
What I've learned over the years is that sleep is a lot more important than I used to think-getting a solid 6 hours with a 20 min nap has dropped my BP back to 115/75ish.
After age 50, I could no longer outrun the effects of a poor diet.
If you ain't moving, get moving. If you are, keep it up!
 
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Mhass said:
This!
Good on all of you for moving! Zorba, I am not capable of any kind of dance. I'm always a little jealous of that ability.
6 Kids, 3 grandkids and one overdue as of today, wife is 13 years younger than me and i almost didn't marry her because i don't want her to have to care for an invalid.
But at age 60, I can still pull off an unplanned marathon or even a half ironman if I have to. A full ironman would be a stretch.
I'm slowing down a bit and recovery takes much longer than it used to. i rarely lift super heavy anymore, but lift enough to maintain muscle mass.
We've been slacking due to the move, but number 5 (18 years old) and I are heading to the gym now.
She said I pushed her too hard Monday!
Anxious to get my household goods so I can workout at home. The gym is such a hassle and a huge timesuck!
What I've learned over the years is that sleep is a lot more important than I used to think-getting a solid 6 hours with a 20 min nap has dropped my BP back to 115/75ish.
After age 50, I could not longer outrun the effects of a poor diet.
If you ain't moving, get moving. If you are, keep it up!
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I've noticed the biggest difference in the last year or so - so yea, as App says, just gotta put that big boy skirt on and nut up. Getting more forgetful, more easily confused, and clumsier too! I only wear a skirt to a dance class if we're doing an actual skirt dance - and I friggin' forgot one on Monday nite. Fortunately, there were loaners. I'd forget my own damn name if people weren't yelling it at me all day. Spacial coordination is slipping a bit too - I'll clunk something on the edge of a shelf or cabinet opening when putting it away, etc, etc. Cue violin music here... ;)
 
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Zorba said:
These days even the pills don't work as well as they used to!
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If you find it necessary, try trimix.
My little brother drank himself to a stroke (he's sober now), and said trimix is failproof.
Also, (everybody) consider a cognitive test to baseline your memory. If you have early onset dementia, there are a lot of new treatments that can improve your memory and extend your quality life years.
My mom had dementia and Aricept in the patch form was like a miracle drug for her. Gave her a good 5 more years of pretty good life.
 
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