 | frogio (47)
10/17/2006 | Actually, it's been the onset of of incontinence that has set a quicker pace in my life. Have you ever tried to hurdle a conference table while holding your crotch? And I'm not talking to your average Bill Clinton types here either...
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 | kamylienne (77)
10/17/2006 | Haha, I guess for me it's good news, because you can't lose it if you've never had it!
Seriously, though, it does worry me about losing flexibility and stamina through age, but that has more to do with how I handle it. Life isn't defined by the situations you're in, it's how you handle yourselves in those situations.
One of the most effective commercials that I have ever seen is that Bowflex commercial with the 50-year-old woman with the body of a 20-year-old. You don't HAVE to go down broken and feeble, but you've got to work for it, and that is the hard part: getting the motivation to actually do it. But it IS possible. Sure, I may need a walker when I'm old, but hopefully I'll do something about it so that, if I do, it'll be much later on in life than what it would be.
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 | numbah16tdhaha (147)
10/17/2006 | Yeah, I was out running yesterday and I don't think I'll ever be back in the running condition I was in when I ran track in school or ran Marines 'till they puked when I was a Corporal. UPDATE: That is a good point. My crazy old weight training coach in high school was pushing 70 and he could still bench nearly 300 pounds. That man was a beast.
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 | magellan (153)
10/16/2006 | I'm somewhat terrified of this one. I've always sort of defined myself by the ability to excel at sports - particularly basketball. There a few guys in the NBA at my age, but not that many.
I'm still pretty close to the top of my game, but I don't know how much longer that will be true. This is why I play ball every single chance I get. Eventually, I know I'll have to find another hobby to burn off my competitive edge(golf? cards?). The day I can't compete against with the top pickup players in my city will be a depressing day for me.
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