Yeah, suddenly they ALL come back with a vengeance when in your 40s…

Oh god yes! I wish to fuck I'd warmed up and stretched properly before exercise when I was young

Meh, I'm 38, been very active my whole life (small blip because of the Vid and the crippling depression and chronic drinking that came with it), but I notice recovery time for injury, while not permanent, is way longer than it was at 27, and more for 18. Goes for exhaustion and hangovers too. Shit just lingers.

But we beat on, you know? Can't just stop.

You've never broken your ankle I see.

I work out 5 days a week. I fell while skiing for the first time and popped my knee in a bad way. It still hurts months later.

This is something that only privileged people who haven't really been injured and don't have bad genes say.

I nearly pulled my arm out of the socket when I was in my late 30's hurt so damn bad that I didn't want to bend it certain ways. Stayed like that for about 2 months until I saw my doctor and he told me I was babying it too much and I should do certain exercises.

Hurt like a motherfucker to do the exercises each time. After about 1-week it was immensely better, exercising it every morning than at night.

After about a month I forgot it hurt unless I stretched it back really far to put on a jacket or reach behind me. Worked on that for about 4 months and finally it stopped hurting altogether.

Moral of the story, something's just break. But typically if it's meat you got to work on it.

My folks never did exercises their doctor told them to do after hip surgery or other trauma. Eventually they got so weak they could barely stand because they'd just lay in bed for days to "heal". That will bite you in ass much harder if you don't move. Keep pushing yourself, it takes a long time but it will get better, not worse.

Yep. Your body is "use it or lose it". Im in the gym 3 days a week and I feel better and more capable than I ever did as a teen.

It's also kind of a cycle. People who arent active feel their body suffer through day to day movements and think that the gym would genuinely ruin them. They dont realize that it would actually improve their problems, not worsen them, because the lack of activity IS the problem.

Ehhh..... It's more complicated than that, at least in regards to bone and joint health.

During your thirties is when hormones tend to slow down and people start to lose some of their muscle and bone density. Even if you remain active, you will still degrade in musculoskeletal health, just at a slower pace.

Injuries do heal slower, and you start to acquire overuse injuries. Which is why so many people in their 40s are starting to have to have total and partial knee replacements.

I work in orthopedics and rehabilitation, and see a ton of marathon runners for chronic knee, ankle, and foot injuries. I highly recommend people migrate to more low impact cardio activities for exercise before their 40s so you can maintain your mobility later in life.

I feel better in my mid-30s than my mid-20s. Less aches and pains, and I feel like I recover from injuries quicker. I eat better and go to the gym regularly. I also was finally able to find a doctor to help me get some chronic health issues under control (ironically I had to get old enough that they stopped telling me I was too young to have the issues I was having and started being willing to treat them) and I'm no longer in an unhealthy relationship. Less stress + better health + better habits = feeling younger.

Can confirm, aches and pains went away after I started exercising regularly. Wasn't instant but some are just gone now. It's amazing how little it takes to make a difference if you don't do anything.

Took the words out of my mouth. I'm a huge combat sports fan and people call me old for being in my late 20s. But I see dudes in their 30s killing it in these sports so I can't take it seriously.

I was having horrible ankle and knee pain. People just kept acting like it was just normal arthritis because I'm closing in on 30. I started going to the gym and have no issues with either anymore besides my right knee popping more than when I was younger. Most people wouldnt go to the gym because of their pain. I couldn't accept how bad I let my health get. I always knew it was my choices of fast food, hard drugs and sedentary lifestyle that was hurting me. When I made lifestyle changes I'm way more athletic and pain free than I was earlier in my 20s.

Even if you're not, really.
And hey, Ashlee Birch is in the new season!

Sometimes life won't give you a choice. I broke my pinky... crouching down to change a diaper. Mallet finger. Weirdly easy to snap.

Unless you live in America. If you do, you just get a sheet on basic exercises, and an appointment for physical therapy 8 years out.

I'm 41 and genuinely feel fitter than 10 years ago. The biggest downside is that i'm not a rubberball anymore. I used to skate almost every day since i could walk until 28 ish. The falls i had where i just got up and keep going is unthinkable now.

Some of us get lucky a lot. Watch your back. No, literally, take care of your back.

Moleskin! Excellent for protecting blisters and abrasions.

Also, two weeks? You want to tell your doctor if abrasions on your feet are taking a long time to heal.