To the 50 somethings, and beyond

[billy1561]

Been a late starter at most sporty things me so hopefully can equally go on for a bit longer. Started football late twenties, Packed up at 40 cos of my job! Started cycling in my 49th year and now im a good 50 i feel fitter and better than for many a year.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Look at the advantages of being over 50!
More time and money available to do stuff you want, kids getting older - left home etc.

Chance would be a fine thing, my kids moved out then moved back in again, I got made redundant a couple of years ago and I'm working harder for less cash, as for time whats that? I've less time now than I ever had.

 

[Camrider]

kids moved out then moved back in again

The old forgot to change the locks after they left mistake

 

[Globalti]

Would you like a catalogue of my aches and pains at 55? I can't resist telling you:

Occasional lower back pain esp. after careless lifting.
Crunchy neck joint.
Unidentified chronic pulled muscle at top of left thigh.
Chronic testicular pain from climbing harness accident 20 yrs ago.
Chronic mild Baker's cysts behind knees.

Other age-related irritations:

Reduced urinary flow.
Hair loss.
Poor close-up vision.
Tinnitus.
Nostril and ear hair.
Reduced testosterone and loss of muscle tone with moob growth.

So yes, it gets worse!

 

[Crackle]

Would you like a catalogue of my aches and pains at 55? I can't resist telling you:

Occasional lower back pain esp. after careless lifting.
Crunchy neck joint.
Unidentified chronic pulled muscle at top of left thigh.
Chronic testicular pain from climbing harness accident 20 yrs ago.
Chronic mild Baker's cysts behind knees.

Other age-related irritations:

Reduced urinary flow.
Hair loss.
Poor close-up vision.
Tinnitus.
Nostril and ear hair.
Reduced testosterone and loss of muscle tone with moob growth.

So yes, it gets worse!

Wasn't a Whillans harness was it?

 

[Globalti]

No, I had lent my Whillans harness to a novice and was abseiling using a couple of tape loops; I ignored the warning signals coming from the nether regions and probably stretched and tore the epididymis, which has given me pain in the intervening 20-odd years. Have had ultrasound scans but they were inconclusive so I just live with it. Even a sudden movement while "relaxed" in a hot bath can re-aggravate it and give me two weeks of dull aching pain until it settles down again. Tight pants help with recovery. I have fathered a child in the last 12 years!

 

[Crackle]

No, I had lent my Whillans harness to a novice and was abseiling using a couple of tape loops; I ignored the warning signals coming from the nether regions and probably stretched and tore the epididymis, which has given me pain in the intervening 20-odd years. Have had ultrasound scans but they were inconclusive so I just live with it. Even a sudden movement while "relaxed" in a hot bath can re-aggravate it and give me two weeks of dull aching pain until it settles down again. Tight pants help with recovery. I have fathered a child in the last 12 years!

Tape loops, I see: Tried that once as practice for an emergency, over a very short drop. I can easily imagine how that could go wrong.

 

[Davidc]

A lot depends on family history. With genes like mine I have some problems, but fitness helps keep the body working.

At the risk of lowering the tone - what was it Fred Wedlock said "When it takes all night to do once, what you once did all night" ........... ?

It was "When it takes you all night to do what you used to do all night, you're the oldest swinger in town"

 

[User269]

In recent years the numerous aches and pains have multiplied and have now joined up, so there's no 'good' bits left. Despite the pain, I've never felt better, but then I always did like a bit of [censored] ...........

 

[summerdays]

Do you have to be over 50 to join in this conversation? I've noticed the niggles starting since hitting 40, though I start with having a few congenital bits in the first place. Cycling can be difficult to get on the bike occasionally when I'm feeling a little seized up ... but being on and cycling seems to limber me up and make me feel better. I suspect as time goes on it will get worse and that I will have to devote more time to stretching.

 

[dellzeqq]

Is it to be expected that you'll get all manner of niggles, aches and pains?

I chalked up a half century last year. I also seem to be increasingly troubled by silly aches and pains. Is it downhill from here on in? I hope so because frankly my knees are killing me!

well, matey, you've done it now. I've been stricken by a stabbing pain in my left hip joint for the last couple of days. In fairness it's not entirely your fault - I cracked my pelvis ten or so years ago, and I was told that I could expect the inevitable damage to the bone to come back and haunt me sometime. But, still and all, I think you owe me a Sanatogen.

 

[ufkacbln]

The big question is can you still wear light coloured trousers?

 

[Ian H]

The big question is can you still wear light coloured trousers?

As long as you're still continent.

 

[jay clock]

50 yesterday. My daughter asked if I had woken to find huge strands of nostril and ear hair erupting! But the answer is no, I feel much younger, fit and healthy and several people thought I just had hit 40. When I was 40 I was 3 stone more, unfit, etc...

 

[VamP]

HA that

Tape loops, I see: Tried that once as practice for an emergency, over a very short drop. I can easily imagine how that could go wrong.

Ha, that 's nothing... ...I once tried the 'old school' abseiling method of wrapping rope over shoulder, then around leg - should have paid more attention when shown how; my wrap very quickly unwrapped, leaving me suspended over the drop just with hands on rope

I have since then learned how to do it properly