swimming or at least water walking. Takes huge pressure off of most of your joints due to low impact. Most sportcentres have water exercise clases
As an overweight 55 year old I started back at the gym about 10 weeks ago, the first time since doing my shoulder in at Silverstone in April 18. It’s taken fecking ages to get a reasonable amount of fitness back but really more about losing weight, shed about 11 lbs so far but still a way to go yet.
this is pretty much what I did a few years ago. Had a serious accident at work and smashed my foot to pieces. Was off work for a total of 18 months and 3 operations. Started rehab and went from 116 kgs down to 80. Stopped all junk food, pasta, bread, beer and that. Wasn’t too bad but started to put it on again recently through just being too busy with life. Beer tastes to good anyway so fcuk the six pack!
I’m 49 and probably due to fortuitous genetics more than anything else as I’ve never really watched what I eat, have always managed to stay in reasonable shape and I still fit into clothes I had in my 20s. I’m constantly told I don’t look my age facially either (profile pic is 4 years old but I still look the same, though my beard has gone grey). I boxed regularly until I had a weird health issue last winter until early this spring and I stopped (I found that suspected viral meningitis didn’t mix well with being hit in the head), but now that I’m better, turning 50 next year has focused my mind on getting back into exercise once more. Not sure I will/should box again though because last time I took a break about 10 years ago, it was very difficult to get my stamina back afterwards, so I was gassing mid-round (and thus getting caught a lot) and I imagine it will be even harder now. I used to play American football in my 20s (played at free safety, if anyone knows the game) until I shattered my elbow and when I took my kids to watch one of the NFL games at Wembley the other week they were trying to persuade me to get back into it. I’m still quick over a short distance and one of my proudest moments in recent times is last year beating both my sons, then 18 and 16 (the former a decent boxer and the latter plays in goal for a top youth team), in a race up a flight of 150 stairs at Borough tube station, so I reckon I might be able to get fit and strong enough not necessarily to play competitively again, but at least to train with a team, catch a few interceptions and knock a few people over in practice. The girlf is a fair bit younger than me (34), she’s competed in amateur fitness/bikini competitions, and she wants to get back in the gym and do a competition next year, so that’s also an incentive and it helps to have a training partner. On the other hand, I also recognise that these could well be the symptoms of a full blown mid-life crisis which will end with me having a defibrillator strapped to my chest. Let’s find out!
Yes! totally, yet Watney Mann used to produce the best ale in the country at one point. The first to give way to the temptation of massive profits from inferior mass-production. I think Truman's were to blame after takeover in 1974.
I'm now 52 and reckon I'm pretty fit still. For about 20 years or so, up to aged 46 I cycled almost every day, averaging around 100 miles/week with commuting and road racing (TTs and road races). Never great by any means but for about 2 years my 25 mile TTs were all under the hour which, in Scotland with it's generally tougher courses was ok. Changed circumstances meant that I lacked the time to cycle much so I started running. Of course as a fit guy I could run fast immediately - nope, massive shin splint and knee pain issues but I got over that and have done a couple of races, 10K and 1/2 marathon. Now getting back into cycling again so the running is mainly the daily runs with our 2 dogs, 1 - 5 miles generally. I, like some here, seem blessed with the genetics - about 5'11 and 67kgs and doubt I've ever been over 75kgs. I try to eat pretty well, avoid sweets etc and rarely drink - prefer an espresso to a beer or wine so I'm no party animal ! Since restarting slightly more serious cycling 6 months ago I desire that feeling of power I used to have when I could ride 50 miles with the and be able to to smash it up every hill but so far that's not the present reality and I think without more structured training (which I was not generally one for) I will need to slightly lower my aspirations. If I am ever forced away from my daily exercise, such as a recent bout of man-flu, I really loathe it so hopefully even if/when the ability to continue with pretty strenuous exercise I'll still cycle/run very regularly.
