The Retirement Thread

[SpokeyDokey]

Like you I am not even close to @Drago but I do limited weights 4/5 days a week. I try to stretch 20 minutes every morning on top of this. I've been with my PT, a personal friend, for 18 months. The benefits for an older man are significant. Like you so far I've avoided the awful slack, saggy skin.

I have a friend who is a keen walker (as much as @Mo1959 !) gets out whatever the weather and has chunky calves, almost like a high-mileage cyclist.

He disses resistance training as a waste of time but... in his 60's he is starting to look very 'light' up top for a guy.

Once muscle mass declines and you stop being able to do things then you are not too far away from being chair-bound.

I also do lots of stretching exercise and am very flexible for my age (GP's words) and can easily nail those older person's signs of ageing YT clips.

All I want now, is a decent lifespan to go with my fairly decent level of fitness. 🤞

 

[Dave7]

I think Sky will be showing it?

Apparently not. It's not scheduled to be shown live, soz.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Apparently not. It's not scheduled to be shown live, soz.

It annoys me how all the different providers have now carved up chunks of the schedule - occasionally leaving the odd match out in the cold.

 

[Dirk]

I've managed to lose 4lbs this week and am now down to 190lbs. Just another 7lbs to go until I hit my fighting weight.

 

[Drago]

I have a friend who is a keen walker (as much as @Mo1959 !) gets out whatever the weather and has chunky calves, almost like a high-mileage cyclist.

He disses resistance training as a waste of time but... in his 60's he is starting to look very 'light' up top for a guy.

Once muscle mass declines and you stop being able to do things then you are not too far away from being chair-bound.

I also do lots of stretching exercise and am very flexible for my age (GP's words) and can easily nail those older person's signs of ageing YT clips.

All I want now, is a decent lifespan to go with a fairly decent level of fitness. 🤞

Aye, when you're so imfirm you can't get off the cropper you won't be wishing you'd done more cardio.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I've managed to lose 4lbs this week and am now down to 190lbs. Just another 7lbs to go until I hit my fighting weight.

Good stuff.

I put some weight on a few years back - apathy for exercise and stupid comfort eating following illness and subsequent op's.

I simply killed most carb's - cereals, spuds, bread, rice, choc (except 85% dark), biccies etc and the weight just fell off.

Apart from the odd 'treat' I don't touch, or indeed miss, any of that crap.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Apparently not. It's not scheduled to be shown live, soz.

One chap I know has a " Dodgybox " TV stick. Apparently it's a hacked Roku / Firestick type device that lets him watch stuff from all over the world, including all the football games.

 

[Dave7]

I am trying to find a gym where I can leave my body then they can phone me when it's ready to collect

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Aye, when you're so imfirm you can't get off the cropper you won't be wishing you'd done more cardio.

I love your vernacular.

It is true though, what you say.

I have read, from a number of sources, that in older age once you become chair-bound, or start falling over, both for no apparent reason, then you are in real trouble.

And the biggest, non-illness related, cause of the above is the inability of the body to support itself and/or facilitate a reasonable range of movement of limbs, etc.

 

[Dirk]

 

[welsh dragon]

We had some lamb casserole leftover for yesterday so we added did some peas and fries to go with it

 

[classic33]

We had some lamb casserole leftover for yesterday so we added did some peas* and fries to go with it

*Mushy?

 

[welsh dragon]

*Mushy?

No garden peas

 

[Dave7]

*Mushy?

I can only imagine mushy peas with fish n chips.

 

[gavroche]

Just been listening to the song : " Working men" by a Canadian choir of miners. What a beautiful song. It goes straight to your heart and fills you with deep emotions. Very meaningful and emotional lyrics that distills a lot of respect for those men who did so much for their country before being put on the scrap heap when the mines were closed down.