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> At 70, your body is generally not able to do the same things you were doing at 20/30, at least not with the same ease. My father is almost 70, and going on h
by Dewie 13y ago
> At 70, your body is generally not able to do the same things you were doing at 20/30, at least not with the same ease.
My father is almost 70, and going on hikes with him leaves me pretty winded. Certainly no walk in the park. I'm just a little more than one third of his age. If he would do some strength training in addition to his jogs and hikes, I imagine he would be in great overall shape.
I don't think that I'll necessarily be anywhere near his physical fitness when that time comes. But with retirement or a decreased workload, I intend to dedicate more time to keeping fit and treating my body as more of a temple.
With societies obsession over youth these days, it's gonna be interesting to see how the youth of today hold up in forty to fifty years.
- nasmorn 13y agoMy father in law is turning 78 and still does 200km bike rides that I cant keep up with. He trains very dedicated about 5 times a week for the last 15 years. Which was the mOst surprising part to me. I always thought no performabce could be gained that late in life much less so much.
- mahyarm 13y agoYour father has a lot of time for recovery, making all the perfect food and exercising in the first place that lets him beat the average chair sitting office worker.