Strength exercise helps, I recommend it
Then at 40:
“Oof… my hip is killing me…”
“What’d you do?”
“Got out of bed? My fault for laying down in the first place I guess.”
My lungs and throat have always hurt when sneezing. They are too powerful for the mortal body that contains them
This is why I want to become more machine than man.
I crave the certainty of steel.
27 is probably around where you’ll start to notice accelerating aging and muscular skeletal pain. Obviously it’ll just get worse as you age but 27 isn’t unreasonable to start noticing.
how do I prevent this? I have plenty of time before I hut this age. I already have back pain though.
Best thing is to hit the gym for resistance training and eatting healthy. But since you already have back pain go to the doctor first check if everything is ok and only then hit the gym. It will keep your bones and articulation healthy and strong.
alrighty then, im in a good path. thanks
…if you neglect yourself.
I’m 40 and don’t experience any of this because I’ve remained active and eat well. I only just got into whitewater kayaking as my latest hobby and I doubt I’d have noticed much more of an edge at 27. Even with climbing, I still compete and doubt I’d notice an edge unless I was at the level of a full professional.
I think the aches occur in neglected muscles and skeletons. They’ll come for us all one day, but 27? Not good.
That’s a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics. Most people are not. Not feeling at least somewhat limited at 40 is definitely an outlier case and not the norm. Acting like the average person will have your experience is just living in fairytale land.
That’s a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics.
Wow. What an opener.
Assumptions online generally end up with looking like a total fool. I’ll spare the backstory, but thanks for the lols
This is heavily dependent on your genetics. It sounds like you’re pretty lucky in addition to taking care of yourself, congrats! I had to take a step back from dancing around 27, because I kept injuring my knees, even with sufficient training, musculature, and recovery time built in. It’s now been several years and I’m okay, but I simply cannot be as active as I want to be (tbf, I was dancing for 14 hours a week, but I had the time and energy for it. I still do, but my knees complain 🤷)
I’m pretty genetically unlucky. That’s why I’ve paid attention to my diet and staying active. It was something doctors told me quite early in the journey, and they were right. Taking care of oneself goes a very long way. Years and years.
A big part of it is listening to your body and pushing the limits without actually breaking it, so it gets higher. If your knees are hurting, stop. Take care of them. You’ve only got two and if you push them, they’ll die young while the rest of you has plenty more years to give but can’t now because some shit broke, so they decay too.
If you want to be more active, focus on your inactive parts for sake of the rest of the parts. They’ll tell you when to stop, and listen. But each time they’ll get a bit better than the last, or you’ll figure out a way to compensate for them.
It’s as simple as taking care of yourself as soon as possible. Otherwise, as time goes on, you only damage yourself either through negligence or apathy.
Don’t neglect yourself.
There is always that one asshole who says “Well I feel great at X age so clearly everyone else is unhealthy and not as good as me.” That opinion always infuriates me. What a fucking clown.
When you’re 67, pain lingers for so long you forget its original cause.
Try being 37. what was a simple half marathon in your 20s becomes a painful reminder of your physical decline.
Tbf my mom started running 13.1s at 45, get gud.
Not that I’ve run one ever, to be clear. Fuck all that pass me the bourbon.
If a sneeze hurts you at age 27, you need to hit the fucking gym, homie. 27 is prime age, god damn it.
Disabled people: 💀
I threw my back out at 27 bending over to tie my shoe. It’s a magical age.
