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Post by John Knight on Feb 5, 2016 9:38:37 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Feb 5, 2016 15:39:47 GMT -6
Guys!!
You may not believe me but Evel Kenieval had a miserable life after 40.
Huh....wonder why
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Post by gccwolverine on Feb 5, 2016 16:52:24 GMT -6
What percentage of 59 year olds are running up and down the basketball court? Or hitting the slopes?
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Post by fantom on Feb 5, 2016 16:53:46 GMT -6
Guys!! You may not believe me but Evel Kenieval had a miserable life after 40. Huh....wonder why I'm 62. I have a mildly arthritic knee that prevents me from running. Know what I call that? A great excuse. I've always freakin' hated running.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Feb 5, 2016 21:31:01 GMT -6
What percentage of 59 year olds are running up and down the basketball court? Or hitting the slopes? Exactly. Genetic freaks or ones that sat in the stands their entire lives.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 6, 2016 20:34:18 GMT -6
I'm about 40 and I'm not nearly as spry as I was at 30. Go figure. It's called getting old.
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Post by coach2013 on Feb 6, 2016 21:01:31 GMT -6
hes gotta be ten years older than me and I cant do much either and I never played past high school
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Post by Sparkey on Feb 7, 2016 7:01:03 GMT -6
I'm about 40 and I'm not nearly as spry as I was at 30. Go figure. It's called getting old. Oh, trust me, you don't know what old is at 40!
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Post by mrjvi on Feb 7, 2016 7:02:14 GMT -6
I'm 56 with 2 artificial hips and an artificial shoulder. I still exercise hard but only on limited things. I can walk and do my work around my "hobby farm". (chainsaw, tractor, fencing, etc.) Having retired from teaching last spring but still coaching, I consider myself in a good place. Would I still want to run and sprint like crazy with all the young athletes? Not really. I can still demo a pretty good dead lift for the "young bucks". I want to live a long time and have enough mobility to do normal stuff. Wouldn't trade anything I did, though I might have lifted a bit smarter as I thought I was a lifting, super recovery superman. Didn't have anyone to show me properly.
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Post by fantom on Feb 7, 2016 12:08:50 GMT -6
I'm 56 with 2 artificial hips and an artificial shoulder. I still exercise hard but only on limited things. I can walk and do my work around my "hobby farm". (chainsaw, tractor, fencing, etc.) Having retired from teaching last spring but still coaching, I consider myself in a good place. Would I still want to run and sprint like crazy with all the young athletes? Not really. I can still demo a pretty good dead lift for the "young bucks". I want to live a long time and have enough mobility to do normal stuff. Wouldn't trade anything I did, though I might have lifted a bit smarter as I thought I was a lifting, super recovery superman. Didn't have anyone to show me properly. Funny thing: I played high school football, college football, and semi-pro football (Sorry if I said "Football" too much) then five years of rugby. I mentioned my arthritic knee earlier. Didn't get it from football. I got it wrestling at the frat house. Football isn't great for your body but getting old hurts whether you played football or not. The ladies that I taught with are basket cases and they never played a freakin' down.
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Post by gccwolverine on Feb 8, 2016 8:54:45 GMT -6
I'm about 40 and I'm not nearly as spry as I was at 30. Go figure. It's called getting old. Oh no? What did this to you? Who slash what can you blame? Perhaps there's a lawsuit you can look into.
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Post by coachcb on Feb 8, 2016 10:30:42 GMT -6
Above and beyond old age, many of these pro-football players have to realize that they made a CHOICE to play what is probably the most violent game around. You can't expect to walk out the game without being chewed up after you've taken a beating on the field for decades.
I used to play rugby in my late twenties and early thirties and LOVED it but I quit after the toll it was taking on my body became evident.
I focus more on throwing, power-lifting and the Highland Games now and those sports don't near as much impact on my body as football or rugby does. But, even at 35 years old, I still have to be cognizant of when I'm pushing things too hard.
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Post by hsrose on Feb 8, 2016 13:00:45 GMT -6
Memento Caesar; es mortalis
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Post by WingTheT on Feb 10, 2016 13:19:41 GMT -6
Funny thing: I played high school football, college football, and semi-pro football (Sorry if I said "Football" too much) then five years of rugby. I mentioned my arthritic knee earlier. Didn't get it from football. I got it wrestling at the frat house. Football isn't great for your body but getting old hurts whether you played football or not. The ladies that I taught with are basket cases and they never played a freakin' down. Oh the frat house life...more injuries will occur at the frat house than on the football field imo. The people at the frat house just can't remember what happened until they see the video on their buddy's phone...guess all those spirit beverages can cause "concussions" to occur
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Post by 33coach on Feb 13, 2016 9:25:26 GMT -6
I'm in my mid 20s and I feel like I've been beat up pretty bad.
- wrestled from 10-22 - played football from 8-18 - lifted every day from 12 - 22 - did tri's and marathons my whole life.
Now that I'm at a desk for 10 hours a day, standing up is a task
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