Exercise and Age

"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: We seem to suffer from similar problems. I've had sciatica problems for
: several years. In fact, I'm currently recovering from a bout of it

caused

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: by trying to grab my bike when the wind blew it over. Next time I'll

let

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: the d*mn thing fall<g> :
: Beverly

well, not if it were falling on the derailleur side, surely!

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Pat in TX
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That bike can be repaired much easier than my back 🙂

Beverly

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I don't understand why you would need inspiration unless you have bought
into the stereotypes that once you are over 40 you are over the hill. Who
cares what other people think about if you are young or "not young"?

Definately true. I know lots of cyclists in their 60s and 70s who are
still riding hard. Many of them are in better shape than people half
their age, partially because they are retired and their kids are grown
and they have time to ride 4 or 5 times a week.

Friel wrote a excellent book *Cycing Past 50* that focuses on the
needs of older cyclists (training and nutrition). I highly recommend
it for people in that age group (or getting there).

I look forward to retirement when I'll have more time for riding. I ride
with several people who are retired and most of them are in excellent
condition. One fellow who is near 70 thinks nothing of riding 70+ miles a
day.

The book sounds very interesting. I just ordered it from Amazon. What did
I ever do without this website 🙂

Beverly

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That's just nice perfect day. I assume that everything is just fine
for
you Maggie. I don't know your american mentality but I do your kinds
of
believe if life is so perfect from head to toe. You got perfect
house. you got perfect car. you got perfect hair. you got perfect
chest. you got perfect butt.
you got perfect jean. you got perfect shoes. Everything is gergeous
and everything is perfect. Life is perfect! Oh I miss one...your
bicycling is perfect. YOu seem to not having a bad day huh when the
Uncle Sam debt is over 7 $trillion. Pathetic!!!!!

Not to worry Red Clouds. I just came accross a very large inheritance
and I intend to pay off the national debt tomorrow or the next day.
Then you, I and everybody else will be able to concentrate on our
bicycling. I do appreciate your concern. There have already been many
days this year that I haven't been able to ride because I have been so
upset about the national debt. Thank goodness that will not be a
problem any longer. Whew!

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Maggie wrote:

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One thing I have found as I age....I certainly can't participate in
some of the things I did when I was young. Now that I have taken an
interest in riding a bike I realize that people older than me are
doing it. It's a wonderful sport and its age friendly. I remember
my father in law riding a bike well into his 70's. So, ok, we have
to leave some of the sports we loved behind us....but its nice to
know there are age friendly sports still available to us. I tried
playing volleyball last summer with a bunch of my daughters
friends. )All in their 20's.) They were fine the next day. I was
soaking in ben gay. And I was a damn good volley ball player in my
twenties. Damn good. It's a little depressing to admit you can't do
the same things you could do when you were younger......In some
sports you are considered TOO OLD when you hit thirty five.
Whoever said age is a state of mind did not try to play volleyball
for hours on the beach at age 50 with team members in their
twenties. I look forward to enjoying my bike.

Well, David Hasselhof does it!

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I'm sorry, but your thinking is very, very flawwed. You are giving
in to this notion that you can't do this or that because of age. It's
not true. Sure, you shouldn't, after sitting on your butt for years,
expect you get up one day and compete in strong fashion in volleyball
against 20 yos.

Whether you're 20 or 80, you can't perform well at anything after sitting on
your butt for a long time. As you get older it takes longer to bounce back, and
you don't bounce back as far. But there's no reason you can't maintain very
good fitness throughout your life. Use it, or lose it.

I can ride rings around many 20-somethings. Likewise, there are many
50-somethings who can kick my 40 year old ass.

The bottom line is that whether or not you do stay in good shape throughout your
life, you're doomed if you don't at least try.

Matt O.

(Maggie) said:

Yet still he will admit he has slowed down quite
a bit. I think age is supposed to bring the wisdom to know we are not
20 any longer.

Thank goodness (I'm in much better shape now at 47 than when I was
20).

I was riding up National Trail in South Mountain Park in Phoenix a
couple years ago. I came across a group of fit, college-aged riders
who were hanging out at "the Waterfall", and ended up hooking on to
the back of their group as they resumed their ride up the mountain.

One by one, whoever was at the front would put a foot down (it's a
very technical trail), and after a couple miles I found myself at the
front of the group. I just held a nice, steady pace hoping I wasn't
going to slow them down too much.

At the top of the next climb, I stopped and realized that there was no
one behind me. After a couple minutes, the strongest of the riders
pulled up behind me wheezing and red. He drooped over his handlebars,
looked up at me and asked "HOW old are you?"... ;-)

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

"B i l l S o r n s o n" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Red Cloud said:

That's just nice perfect day. I assume that everything is just fine
for
you Maggie. I don't know your american mentality but I do your kinds
of
believe if life is so perfect from head to toe. You got perfect
house. you got perfect car. you got perfect hair. you got perfect
chest. you got perfect butt.
you got perfect jean. you got perfect shoes. Everything is gergeous
and everything is perfect. Life is perfect! Oh I miss one...your
bicycling is perfect.

Yo, Maggie. So how YOU doin'?!?

Methinks Red Cloud gottum crush.

Me thinks maggies are dopping!

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Whoever said age is a state of mind did not try to play volleyball for
hours on the beach at age 50 with team members in their twenties. I
look forward to enjoying my bike.
http://hometown.aol.com/lbuset/

That's just nice perfect day. I assume that everything is just fine
for
you Maggie. I don't know your american mentality but I do your kinds
of
believe if life is so perfect from head to toe. You got perfect
house. you got perfect car. you got perfect hair. you got perfect
chest. you got perfect butt.
you got perfect jean. you got perfect shoes. Everything is gergeous
and everything is perfect. Life is perfect! Oh I miss one...your
bicycling is perfect. YOu seem to not having a bad day huh when the
Uncle Sam debt is over 7 $trillion. Pathetic!!!!!

WHAT'S UP WITH YOU BOY?????? No one has a perfect life. GET OVER
IT!
You think I have lived this long and my life has been perfect. I can
dream about that perfect body stuff though......that would be very
very cool. PERFECT BUTT....ummmm. I was born in Newark. I grew up
poor. Give me a break here. This country has given me the freedom to
work my butt off to have the things I have.
http://hometown.aol.com/lbuset/

Badger <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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This idea that there's some arbitrary age at which you are 'not young any
longer' is baloney. Here I am at 52:

http://www.pbase.com/gunncb/image/18847396/medium

...I didn't start biking until a year later.

-B

You sure do have alot of muscles there Badger. Very, Very Nice pic.
I have no clue how to post a pic to a newsgroup but if I did, I would
post a before cycling pic now and then post an after one in a year.
Hopefully the after one would be better. ;-)
You are in fine shape Badger. I admire your determination.
http://hometown.aol.com/lbuset/

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The only drawback is for me, getting caught doing some of the things
that people my AGE should not be doing. Having kids around makes you
not want to admit you can't do something. I am looking forward to
teaching my Great grandchildren some of the finer points of riding.
Bill Baka

My first great granddaughter was born in July and I already have the Burly
sole trailer just waiting for warmer weather.

Beverly

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Michael Warner <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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On 10 Nov 2004 03:51:44 -0800, Maggie wrote:

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OTOH, I rode 120km on Sunday in under 4 hours, felt rather sore
when I got up on Monday and went for a gentle recovery ride, then
absolutely fine on Tuesday, when I went on a normal training ride.
I wouldn't have believed this possible when I took up cycling seriously
only 6 months ago, since I'm pushing 40. Trust me, you'll become a

superwoman :-)

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I doubt if I will become superwoman but I will give it my best shot.
Don't worry about pushing 40. When you turn 40 you will get so many
lame gifts reminding you that you are old that you will laugh about
it. It seems 40 is the age where you walk through these gates that
read.....You are now officially NOT YOUNG any longer. When you are
fifty people leave you alone because they know you already know. I
found a great website that gave me inspiration.
http://pweb.jps.net/~prichins/aging.htm
Check it out.

I especially like this line from the article:
The greatest threat to health is not the ageing process itself, but
rather inactivity.

As my doctor put it "If you rest, you rust".

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You sure do have alot of muscles there Badger.

Yeah, lots of over-developed, heavy ones on the upper body :-)

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Maggie said:

I doubt if I will become superwoman but I will give it my best shot.
Don't worry about pushing 40.

I'm not worried about it at all. I look and feel better than I have since I
was 25, I'm not balding, and I have the greying temples of maturity
and wisdom :-)

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Badger said:

Now I'm riding 15-20 hilly miles in the am, and 10-12 on flats in the pm,
seven days a week.

That's pretty impressive. You must have more free time and less need
for sleep than me :-)

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Badger said:

Now I'm riding 15-20 hilly miles in the am, and 10-12 on flats in the pm,
seven days a week.

That's pretty impressive. You must have more free time and less need
for sleep than me :-)

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Badger <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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This idea that there's some arbitrary age at which you are 'not young any
longer' is baloney. Here I am at 52:

http://www.pbase.com/gunncb/image/18847396/medium

...I didn't start biking until a year later.

-B

You sure do have alot of muscles there Badger. Very, Very Nice pic.
I have no clue how to post a pic to a newsgroup but if I did, I would
post a before cycling pic now and then post an after one in a year.
Hopefully the after one would be better. ;-)
You are in fine shape Badger. I admire your determination.
http://hometown.aol.com/lbuset/

Yeah, problem is too much muscle in the upper body. Makes it harder on the
climbs. I'm trying to cut down to under 200lbs by spring, though.

-B

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Badger <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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This idea that there's some arbitrary age at which you are 'not young any
longer' is baloney. Here I am at 52:

http://www.pbase.com/gunncb/image/18847396/medium

...I didn't start biking until a year later.

-B

You sure do have alot of muscles there Badger. Very, Very Nice pic.
I have no clue how to post a pic to a newsgroup but if I did, I would
post a before cycling pic now and then post an after one in a year.
Hopefully the after one would be better. ;-)
You are in fine shape Badger. I admire your determination.
http://hometown.aol.com/lbuset/

Yeah, problem is too much muscle in the upper body. Makes it harder on the
climbs. I'm trying to cut down to under 200lbs by spring, though.

-B

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:23:50 +1030, Michael Warner <[email hidden]>

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Maggie said:

You sure do have alot of muscles there Badger.

Yeah, lots of over-developed, heavy ones on the upper body :-)

Pencil-neck geek.

-B
;-D

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:23:50 +1030, Michael Warner <[email hidden]>

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Maggie said:

You sure do have alot of muscles there Badger.

Yeah, lots of over-developed, heavy ones on the upper body :-)

Pencil-neck geek.

-B
;-D

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:26:39 +1030, Michael Warner <[email hidden]>

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Badger said:

Now I'm riding 15-20 hilly miles in the am, and 10-12 on flats in the pm,
seven days a week.

That's pretty impressive. You must have more free time and less need
for sleep than me :-)

Yep. Retired. Plenty of free time.

Not that impressive, b/c I'm pretty slow, only getting 10-12mph in the
foothills - I need to drop about 30 more lbs.

-B

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:26:39 +1030, Michael Warner <[email hidden]>

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Badger said:

Now I'm riding 15-20 hilly miles in the am, and 10-12 on flats in the pm,
seven days a week.

That's pretty impressive. You must have more free time and less need
for sleep than me :-)

Yep. Retired. Plenty of free time.

Not that impressive, b/c I'm pretty slow, only getting 10-12mph in the
foothills - I need to drop about 30 more lbs.

-B