I’m half joking. But as a 30-something who used to be very active, I recognize I’m over the hill and my joints sound like pop rocks

  • 200ok@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’ve had to come to terms with taking things slower than I used to. I learned the hard way that I can’t just train for a 10k in a few weekends.

    The rule of increasing distance/duration by 10% per week is to protect our joints/bones/etc when they ain’t what they used to be.

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      1 month ago

      I was in a terrible youtube rabbithole of knee replacement surgeries the other day and I’ve been hating our fragile corporeal vessels lately

    • Carighan Maconar@piefed.world
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      30 days ago

      Same. I’m 43, and it mostly takes learning that you’re no long 20-something. I can do everything, I just have to do it more slowly, more sparingly and give myself the time both physically and mentally to recuperate.