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General => Riding Tips & Tricks => Topic started by: 81cr450 on February 07, 2015, 12:43:57 PM
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When did you get old & really start to "feel" the wear & tear on your body?
I'm 38 & my body has has kinda gone in the sheet'r. I feel like a crybaby ,38, even asking this, but I'm hoping it's just the age & maybe some of you older Gents' have some input or tips on improving your physical comfort with age. I eat ibuprofen pretty regular & it does seem to help some but I know it's not the greatest for your liver. Like the wine as well :-D
Smoother lines & not pushing as hard would probably be wise. I guess it's me worrying every time my knee starts acting up or my hip clicks or my back... that at some point I'll be relegated to road rides only or no rides. How do I extend my favorite pastime?
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Im with ya bro, never did live a clean lifestyle but now at 37 everything seems to be catching up with me. AND IT SUCKS!!!! You know its bad when your wife tells you your getting old or maybe that's just what they do :lol:. Whenever it gets to me Itake the young bucks on some tight trails and fill there faces with some good ole Terra firma.
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Im with ya bro, never did live a clean lifestyle .
Yea part of my problem :wink:
Rockchuckin is the best, no one wants to ride with me though :-D
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Unfortunately it doesn't get much better, but you can still have a lot of fun. I would highly recommend stretching daily. As you get older, you lose a lot of flexibility. Tight muscles pull too tightly on tendons and joints. This leads to knee pain, etc. Also, don't be afraid to try physical therapy for chronic aches. I'm currently seeing a PT to work on my lower back, and it's already a lot better after a couple of visits. Oh, and as much as it sucks, you need to exercise regularly. Nothing fancy, a 30 minutes walk a couple of times a week will do.
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Out for a quick check out ride without gear - I endowed. On the ride the the next day I felt like an old lady. 3rd time falling in deep sand, my 70 yo bud took my bike & told me to ride his out ! lol
He did have a rear tire fitted to the front (laced up rear rim) of his XR650R for hi floatation... :-
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Im almost 47. Im actually holding up pretty good! Ive raced enduros for 30 years now, not as much in recent years though. I ve been banged up over the years but I really dont feel any worse than I did when I was in my 20s. My speed is more or less still there and I still look for nasty challenging stuff to ride, probably more than when I was young! Never smoked or drank heavily and I never really worked out but started this year, about 20-30 minutes a day and Ive changed my diet some. My blood pressure has gone down and Ive been losing weight. I do have 2 bad knees with some arthritis in them. It seems like when I dont ride and sit around my body starts aching so I try to ride as much as possible.
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Some good points for sure. I struggle with taking the me time , I need to get a routine down. The reminders help, still stuck in my 20 year old mindset of go like stink & you don't need to do anything for your body.
I was doing pretty regular lower back exercise just laying the floor watching tv , then we got a dog who wants to play so I haven't been laying on the floor. Gotta take the floor back & add some leg stretching to the mix. Icey hot is my friend.
Being on cement floors on my feet all day for the last 15 years is a factor for sure, my shoes fold up like bananas about every 3 months. No serious crashes other than a broken thumb :roll: , thank goodness.
My diet is actually one of my better areas, I love food, good food , fruits veggies. My wife has actually gotten mad for me eating her diet foods. Smoked for 7 years in my youth, smoke free for the last 16 or so though. Could cutback on the wine for sure, but don't really do the binge drinking thing.
Definitely should be riding more , as much for the mental benefits. Hope I can still ride in my 70's d**n, I've heard old guys have the finesse
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Luckily I'm on my feet all day at work (vineyard managment and wine maker actually the only employee) and walk an average of 2 to three miles a day at work but I'm still over weight and smoke. Don't drink to often due to gout. Guess its time for more excise n healthier eating habits. Love good for ya foods just to much of em
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The family doctor told my father that it's not what you do as you get older that will hurt you. It's what you stop doing. You stop moving and doing active things, and get more and more sedentary.
Of course I took that to mean I needed to keep riding at all costs. :-D
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Love good for ya foods just to much of em
No doubt , that was the problem I'd eat the diet goods & every thing else too. Without the munchies even :mrgreen:
Running a winery sounds like 'dream' job material. Miss being outside
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Love good for ya foods just to much of em
No doubt , that was the problem I'd eat the diet goods & every thing else too. Without the munchies even :mrgreen:
Running a winery sounds like 'dream' job material. Miss being outside
it is a great job!! Done everything from Kirby salesman to workin in lumber mills and everything in between and hopefully I will never have to do anything else it's a blast
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Well.... lets see...
Tuberculosis at 4... jacked up my lungs
Broke my right collar bone the same year.
Knee started giving me trouble at 14..... had surgery on it at 19.
Large herniated disc at 30.
Broke my left collar bone and ribs at 47.
Asthma at 49.
Strained both big toes prepping for a tough mudder at 50.
At 52 I still ride like Bower... get in my way and I'll run you over cause I can't see and don't have the reflexes to stop if I did...
But I still ride :-D
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Like Sandblaster, at 43yo I've had multiple injuries over the years....
my right shoulder was dislocated 17 times over 3 years before I finally had it fixed in March '94...
I had a collapsed lung in May '94...
I shot my right knee with a 3 1/2" spike from a nail gun in Aug '94...yeah, '94 wasn't a fun year...
Nov '99 I cracked my skull vertically across my right eye socket and almost died...
Feb '01 I blew my L4 and L5 discs simultaneously...
I was born with mono-articulate arthritis in my right ankle...
and almost exactly a year ago, I had major surgery on my stomach for a massive hernia...this is actually still bothering me from the scar tissue, I have an 11" scar from just under my belly button to just under my chest...but the hernia IS fixed.
80% of what I eat is plant based, with the occasional fresh tuna steak, turkey, shellfish, and whole foods. I don't eat anything from a can or a box....I make my own salad dressings/marinades.
I do drink periodically...2-4 times a week...I think I'd go postal if I didn't.
I've always kept in good shape by lifting weights almost daily since I was 10ish...and even with all the injuries I've had, I still feel pretty d**n good.
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That pics cool Foxx, always nice to put a face to the name. I gotta ask though, did the cracked skull involve a frying pan? :-D No really though I'd be interested in the entirety of that story.
And Blaster , you got a horrific list there & the strained toes almost sound like a joke compared to the rest. Glasses are in my near future , not far off on that just run it over gig.
Okay so I'm Officially a gigantic crybaby, nut up & ride. I've been graced with quite good health for years, so this ache & pain nonsense is kind of a new thing. So ingrate should be in there with crybaby too :roll:
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Pain is just a way to let the weakness out :-D
Glasses.... Forgot about those.... I only need them for comfortable reading and parts inspection 8-)
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I gotta ask though, did the cracked skull involve a frying pan? :-D No really though I'd be interested in the entirety of that story.
haha...that was funny!...as I know 2 people that've been massaged with a cast iron pan before...
I was working for a buddy I grew up with since 1st grade building a house just outside of Boston...it was my 3rd day working on his crew. It was at the end of the day on Friday Nov 19th '99, about 2:45pm...I had been busy all afternoon framing the 1st floor exterior walls. At some point during the day, someone had cut out the plywood that covered the stairwell hole to the cellar, then just threw a full sheet of 1/2" plywood over the hole...WITHOUT nailing it down, or writing CAUTION or DANGER on it. The buddy who I've known for so long, asked me to brace up the walls for the weekend whist he and the other guys wrapped up the tools. Well, that piece of plywood was in my way, so I went over to it, and stood it up the 4ft way...and just as I started to step towards it...down I went...head 1st onto concrete. The amount of blood that dumped outa my nose for about 4 seconds was horrifying!. I didn't know it at the time, but that blood was from a brain hemorrhage. So after sitting there for about 15mins, and everyone asking me if I was ok....I said let's get the F outa here and go home...which ended up being a 2 1/2 hour ride in bumper to bumper Boston traffic. I knew something was really wrong whilst sitting in the passenger seat...but I just wanted to get home.
I had my buddy drop me off at the local hospital here in Plymouth...they brought me right in, and did all kinds of MRI's, then I found out I cracked my skull. The hospital called my folks who were just getting ready to eat dinner, and told my mother it was the hospital calling, and that your son has just been admitted with a severe head injury, and he has a 50/50 chance of making it. I still had no idea of the severity of my injury at that point...all I knew was that my head hurt really bad. Once my parents got there, the doctors revealed the brain hemorrhage/cracked skull. After the 2nd day, I noticed my entire face was turning really dark purple, almost black especially around my eyes. Come to find out, that was because the bleeding from my brain had released pressure around my eye sockets...and that's what doctors said saved my life. They said if that pressure hadn't released...I more than likely would've died at the job site.
Then the biggest kick in the nuts....was a few days later, whilst I was laying in the ICU...my buddy showed up...to tell me he wasn't gonna let his insurance cover it. So I got a family attorney to call him to find out what was going on, why he was saying he wasn't gonna cover it....his response..."never worked for me, I never paid him". So my lawyer says "I thought you guys were friends?"....his response...."we are friends"....my lawyer then asks him, "what kinda friend leaves another friend for near death, with $50K in medical bills?"...his response..."oh well".
I think that hurt more....knowing that it took something like that to find out who a friend really was.
But in the end, I did sue him...and won a pretty decent amount after 7 years of battling.
whew...was that enough detail? :lol:
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I love it when Karma follows through and give people what the deserve. That douche bag deserved to lose a sack of money on that one. How much easier would it have been to just claim it on insurance? I'll bet whatever his increase in premiums would have been it paled in comparison to your settlement.
Just glad you don't have any lasting health issues and that you won the case!
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Pain is just a way to let the weakness out :-D
Glasses.... Forgot about those.... I only need them for comfortable reading and parts inspection 8-)
Riiiiiigghhtt... Glad you put a smily at the end of that!
Things started REALLY bothering me between 40 and 45. Has not gotten any better. A number of broken bones starting at 9. Couple shoulder surgeries on each side, hernia, lots of stitches. Joints are wearing out. Torn muscles. Good times!
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Just glad you don't have any lasting health issues and that you won the case!
for the 1st 6 years, I had completely lost my sense of smell and taste...completely!
but it wasn't all bad...as I found I was able to make good money at bars/pubs...betting people I could swill a 12oz bottle of Tobasco without even crackin of sweat!...I made a lot of jaws drop.
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That had to hurt coming out the other end!!!
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That had to hurt coming out the other end!!!
we'll leave that story for another day... :lol:
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Age hasn't found me yet. I'll keep hiding.
Even though my best friend who is 33yrs old had a heart attack last week. Wow.
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d**n, Foxx. I prefer the money loan test to figure out a true friend, you did that the hard way. He didn't deserve you, though & I hope he really felt it. Your wording gives you away 15 years later. Respect Man.
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Whining about your aches and pains in your 30's :? :cry: Sounds like you have been riding your couch to much. Time to get out and get some exercise. look at Malcolm Smith in his 70s and probably out rides all of us and i bet you don't here him whining . Most of the guys I ride with are in there 50s and I am staring at 50 hard and they out run most of the younger guys that come along.. dont let the years get you I am not. I put my rain gear on and ride my bicycle 5 miles to work at least 4 days a week
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Foxx... I feel for ya...
I blew my back out working for my wife's cousin who I always thought of as a good guy.
3 months after the accident he tells me that he didn't have insurance on me and started denying that I got hurt on the job.
Long story short I got my degree out of the deal :lol:
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d**n, Foxx. I prefer the money loan test to figure out a true friend, you did that the hard way. He didn't deserve you, though & I hope he really felt it. Your wording gives you away 15 years later. Respect Man.
roughly 2-3 years after the accident, he did spiral down hill pretty bad...his wife left him and "took him to the cleaners", he got hooked on oxycontin hard and lost everything he had.
as of today, I still haven't seen him...I'm not even sure where he's living, if he's even still in the state. I've always believed the saying, "what goes around, comes around." :-)
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Foxx... I feel for ya...
I blew my back out working for my wife's cousin who I always thought of as a good guy.
3 months after the accident he tells me that he didn't have insurance on me and started denying that I got hurt on the job.
Long story short I got my degree out of the deal :lol:
yup, some people just straight up suck...no matter how well you think you know them.
since my accident...I really take caution who I trust now.
and over the past decade, I've let several friendships go, because I strongly felt as though they'd be too selfish to have my back if ever needed. I can count my true friends on one hand these days...and I don't even need the whole hand. :-)
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Hi, please excuse the delayed responce but I'm a newbie. This caught my attention cause at 43 I can relate to your comments. Lots of people buy into the "I'm getting old so get used the pain" mentality. Dont believe it. From 40 to now, 43, I had a series of problems with cronic tendon pain(tendinitis) in elbow, shoulder and knee. One after the other. Doctors wanted to inject me with cortisone or even operate. The most helpful info I found explained that tendon weakness and trouble or very slow healing of tendons is a sign of the wrong diet. You get away with it when you're younger but thats what catches up with you, not what you've done in the past but what you're eating now. The modern diet is packed everywhere with sugar. Carbs are turned into sugars too. This constantly stressed the body as it tries to proccess all the sugars and makes it difficult for your body to heal tendons/ligaments. Ibuprofen (and all non-steriodal anti inflammatries) in your system adds to the chemical imbalance problem in the body, despite the temporary relief it may bring. I know there's a lot of different info on this topic from different sources and I'm not saying this is 100% correct, but when I acted on this info and starting eating less sugars and carbs and a bit more protien, my tendon problem dissapeared. For me a huge result because this problem was stopping me from riding dirt and now I'm back riding trails and track :)
Thanks, Lou.
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Hi, please excuse the delayed responce but I'm a newbie. This caught my attention cause at 43 I can relate to your comments. Lots of people buy into the "I'm getting old so get used the pain" mentality. Dont believe it. From 40 to now, 43, I had a series of problems with cronic tendon pain(tendinitis) in elbow, shoulder and knee. One after the other. Doctors wanted to inject me with cortisone or even operate. The most helpful info I found explained that tendon weakness and trouble or very slow healing of tendons is a sign of the wrong diet. You get away with it when you're younger but thats what catches up with you, not what you've done in the past but what you're eating now. The modern diet is packed everywhere with sugar. Carbs are turned into sugars too. This constantly stressed the body as it tries to proccess all the sugars and makes it difficult for your body to heal tendons/ligaments. Ibuprofen (and all non-steriodal anti inflammatries) in your system adds to the chemical imbalance problem in the body, despite the temporary relief it may bring. I know there's a lot of different info on this topic from different sources and I'm not saying this is 100% correct, but when I acted on this info and starting eating less sugars and carbs and a bit more protien, my tendon problem dissapeared. For me a huge result because this problem was stopping me from riding dirt and now I'm back riding trails and track :)
Thanks, Lou.
I'll summarize
https://youtu.be/wQynViAF6Ds
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Hi, please excuse the delayed responce but I'm a newbie. This caught my attention cause at 43 I can relate to your comments. Lots of people buy into the "I'm getting old so get used the pain" mentality. Dont believe it. From 40 to now, 43, I had a series of problems with cronic tendon pain(tendinitis) in elbow, shoulder and knee. One after the other. Doctors wanted to inject me with cortisone or even operate. The most helpful info I found explained that tendon weakness and trouble or very slow healing of tendons is a sign of the wrong diet. You get away with it when you're younger but thats what catches up with you, not what you've done in the past but what you're eating now. The modern diet is packed everywhere with sugar. Carbs are turned into sugars too. This constantly stressed the body as it tries to proccess all the sugars and makes it difficult for your body to heal tendons/ligaments. Ibuprofen (and all non-steriodal anti inflammatries) in your system adds to the chemical imbalance problem in the body, despite the temporary relief it may bring. I know there's a lot of different info on this topic from different sources and I'm not saying this is 100% correct, but when I acted on this info and starting eating less sugars and carbs and a bit more protien, my tendon problem dissapeared. For me a huge result because this problem was stopping me from riding dirt and now I'm back riding trails and track :)
Thanks, Lou.
I've never really had an issue with my weight. It just stayed steady, not really being affected by exercise of diet. As I passed forty, my weight started to inch up a bit. I read about the negative effects of sugar, so I gave it a try. I limited my sugar, no sugary drinks, snacks, or desserts. I've lost 15 pounds in a couple of weeks, and it's really easy. Plus I'm sleeping better and have more energy. And come to think of it, my knees feel better as well.
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Wow Fox, that is one crazy story man. It sickening how some people can treat others! I am glad you recovered well after that kind of trauma. It must have been horrific.
(It's good to put a face to the name btw.)
I also had a "friend" do me in one day after going to school "in a bad mood". His bad mood set me back 5 broken teeth and a cracked nose. You don't see things like that coming from a guy you grew up with and considered a friend. I couldn't get a decent amount out of him to cover the bills but at least the dentist at the time did a great job of the temp caps.
Ed
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It must have been horrific.
Ed
the worst part of the whole thing was the intense headaches the 1st week while I was in the hospital.
I would've taken the worst hang-over headache over the ones I had any day!
when I hear someone say, "I have severe headache"...I just sigh and roll my eyes.
no one's experienced a "severe headache" until they've had a cracked skull.
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I'll summarize
https://youtu.be/wQynViAF6Ds
I keep telling the wife this, tube that is
The sugar limiting ideas a good call. I drink 1 12 oz pop a day during the work week, more for the caffeine than anything. I weighed 165 all through high school, now I'm like 165-170 varies, so it's not like I'm some big fatty though, more like the Laotian hot dog eating champion physique
My job I think is a fair bit of the worn out thing. Lifting 125# cummins heads, rolling the blocks 6 times per block to clean gasket surfaces, squats to the knees on cement for every piston that goes in a motor = repetitive motion kinda thing. To stupid to get a hand when needed. Appreciate the input, ugh water yum :-D
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Embrace old age, many don't get to.
Getting old is not for sissies.
It took rupturing my patella tendon at 47 years old to slow me down.
The main thing is don't stop doing things. Don't get lazy.
None of my old riding buddies ride any more.
One of my friends I've know for 30 years talks about how mowing
the lawn all most kills him and he owns a riding lawn mower.
The guys I ride with are all in their late 30's/early 40's.
They had no clue how old I was. About 6 years ago we
were sitting around the camp fire and started talking about
the first bikes we had. I knew every bike they mentioned.
When I said my first bike was a step-thru Honda 90 they had
no idea what I was talking about. What year did they make that
bike? 1969. What year did you own it? 1971. It was called a CT90.
One of them said "I wasn't even born until 1982 how old are you"?
51. The oldest said "I thought you were somewhere near my age".
He was 38.
At almost 58 my biggest issue is weight.
I'm about 40 pounds over weight.
It's a real struggle because I love good food.
I try to stay away from pop, Mt. Dews are so good.
I used to drink 3/4 pops a day. Since March 1st
I've had 3 pops. I'm down about 7 pounds.
To recap,
Don't be lazy. Don't watch TV laying down.
If you can't watch sitting up turn it off and go to bed.
Eat less meat, more of a plant based diet. Cut the sugar.
Do some kind of exercise/hard work every other day.
You don't need the cool gym membership or the bad ass
work out equipment. Calisthenics and a jump rope will
take you anywhere you want to go with your body.
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My dad's doctor always tells him that as you get older it's not what you do that kills you, it's what you stop doing. Stay active and consider the couch your mortal enemy. :-D
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My dad's doctor always tells him that as you get older it's not what you do that kills you, it's what you stop doing. Stay active and consider the couch your mortal enemy. :-D
As I sit on the couch laying back , iPad & tv going, potato salad & bacon for diner :lol:
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Sadly, I don't take my own advice all the time. That's what I'm doing too. I did run some stairs, so maybe I should have an extra taco to offset it. :-D
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did you say taco, yeah I could go for a taco
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Breakfast. No joke
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Lunch
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Dinner
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I'm glad I quit smoking but f**k it still calls to me. They mail those cigar store flyers & grow your own tobacco seed catalogs that's all I need. 15 years quit & still an addict, only drug I still miss.
I couldn't do that breakfast, I'd be qwebbing like tweaker & sick as a dog. It's multigrain cereal for breakfast or I'm not good, I can't even do bacon & eggs till lunch.
Give me chips & salsa to go with that beer though & you'd be sorry you ever showed me that artisan creation. Nice
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Mmmmm... Health Food. :-D
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When I think about it I just got fat lol...But im still the fastest fat guy Motorad has seen :-D.
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Well yet another late reply but Im 53 have had multiple broken bones fractured hip 2 herniated disks, 2 hernias, high bp, I eat pretty much what ever I want but will not eat "fast food" I smoke and enjoy a cold beer with an occasional single malt tossed in for good measure. Yet I still wear the same size pants as in high school . One of my favorite statements is , "You dont quit riding because you get old, You get old because you quit riding" . Stay active stretching is definately a prerequiste.
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well im 42 years old now. ive done pretty much opposite of how i have been told i should do them since i can remember. which doesnt really say too much when for the most part if it happened beyond 5 minutes ago, then i couldnt tell you anyway. but, seriously for me i have to say there is one pain i have from an injury i didnt get the treatment for that i should have i regret not having done so. i had my right arm pulled through a sheet rock bundling machine when i was 20 and i would say i broke my wrist and the back of my hand. i dealt with it because i needed the job and was sure i would lose the job if i reported it. now i wake up and my hand is frequently numb. worse than that though is its my throttle hand. i take it as long as i can when im out on my bike,frequently have to let off and shake my right arm until the sensation comes back into it. its a painful M'er F'er when it does ...but ill never give up the ride...
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When I think about it I just got fat lol...But im still the fastest fat guy Motorad has seen :-D.
Yep. the fattest fast guy I know
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I have not had a sugary type drink in a long time but now they say the diet stuff is bad for you. I like diet Mt. Dew so have a few of those a week for quick caffeine. That bacon taco looks awesome! As do the ribs! Had 'fixed up' beans and jalapeņo cheddar burgers for lunch. Yum!
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well im 42 years old now. ive done pretty much opposite of how i have been told i should do them since i can remember. which doesnt really say too much when for the most part if it happened beyond 5 minutes ago, then i couldnt tell you anyway. but, seriously for me i have to say there is one pain i have from an injury i didnt get the treatment for that i should have i regret not having done so. i had my right arm pulled through a sheet rock bundling machine when i was 20 and i would say i broke my wrist and the back of my hand. i dealt with it because i needed the job and was sure i would lose the job if i reported it. now i wake up and my hand is frequently numb. worse than that though is its my throttle hand. i take it as long as i can when im out on my bike,frequently have to let off and shake my right arm until the sensation comes back into it. its a painful M'er F'er when it does ...but ill never give up the ride...
Try to tell your kids, better to take 6 weeks & heal up than live with it for the rest of your life 8-).
Tweaked my back , then jack hammered concrete at work about the time it started feeling better on 2 different projects. Be nice if you could make your younger self live in the old body for a bad day. To be young & dumb again
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I have not had a sugary type drink in a long time but now they say the diet stuff is bad for you. I like diet Mt. Dew so have a few of those a week for quick caffeine. That bacon taco looks awesome! As do the ribs! Had 'fixed up' beans and jalapeņo cheddar burgers for lunch. Yum!
It's tough to find a good drink that is not full of sugar, not artificially sweetened, and not water. Unsweet tea is about it. I gave up sugar about two months ago, and have lost about 25 pounds depending on the day. I am now about at my natural weight, as I'll need to shed muscle to lose much more. I didn't really modify my diet, besides trying not to eat after dinner, and no grazing in the kitchen on granola bars, cheese, walnuts, etc. I've tried the no grazing and not eating late before, but taking out sugar really made the difference. My cholesterol and blood pressure are really improving as well. It sucks at dessert time though. Oh, and I would kill for a Dr. Pepper! :-D
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I just bought 2 cases of real Dr pepper also. The real sugar stuff from Texas...
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I did break down & buy water to suck on at work , do feel a bit better. Couldn't cut out the surgery stuff completely though, power aid was on sale, so it's been more of an add water than just water.
Might just be that I've been riding 2 weekends in row though :-D