When Did You Start To Feel Old?

[Smart]

My weight and the mid 40s removed me from hardnosed grinding bulletproof to "**** I didn't used to have pains there". A couple of Aleve and a good nights sleep and I'm back to throwing feed and doing lease work the next day. Repeat process.. Now the heat ....I used to could sit on the front of a bassboat all day in the summer fishing deep humps. Now I know why my Dad always wanted to go in before noon.. I am not a fan of long term heat on the head exposure...



Now I don't climb feeder ladders or trees anymore....mostly due to my weight (we are working on that) but I wouldn't be climbing trees anymore anyway. We do hunt smarter not harder these days....and I do the same around the house....work smart not harder..

[Humper]

When I had a heart attack.

probably due to too tight shorts

[rolylane6]

but around 45 I started dreading jumping out of the bed of my truck because I knew it would hurt.

Thats funny. I remember when the pull out tailgate "steps" first came out and thinking how silly they were. Now I never exit the bed of my truck without using mine!
I'm 57. I worked pretty hard labor til I was 43 then switched to a desk job. I was always in really good shape until I started having knee problems. My knees were the reason I switched jobs. They started aching around 40. I figured I better get out of the hard labor while I could still walk. I immediately put on about 25 lbs and never took it off. Im still not terribly overweight but could use a little trimming around the gut. I have 12 acres at my house so I still work hard at home and at my lease that's about 10 min away. I also stay pretty active. I kayak fish a lot. I like to roam and scout the public land I'm close to that I first started deer hunting on in my 20's. Heat is the big killer for me. I can't work in it for long. I've had heat exhaustion a few times. I do like the others have said, start early and skip the middle of the day then finish late evening. Getting old ain't easy but I'm here til I die so I refuse to let it stop me from enjoying life. I'm just enjoying it at a slower pace. Nothing wrong with that!



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[JACK750]

I had a boss that used to say that getting old is not sissies! I'm starting to believe!

[coachk]

40...back issues, heartburn, allergies/asthma all started within 2 months of my 40th

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[bulltx50]

55 is when the little aches and pains hit me. Try to work out and lift as I've always done, fight through it and thankful I'm here.

[Dale Moser]

All in your mind? Bull****.

I'm in pretty good health. I've got a lot of stuff that hurts, but I earned that. I worked my *** off from age 5 until about 35, and partied my *** off from 18-30whatever. I knew it was gonna hurt later, and it does, but I can still do it....just not as often. I laugh at people who go work out all the time...seems to me you only got so many "reps" in ya, and I aint wasting them moving iron around a room for no **** reason.

The guys I coach baseball with are all quite a bit younger than me, we got into a competition hitting off the machine in the cage the other day and I beat their asses. They whined a little, so I turned around and did it left handed. I can still out work most my age, but there are times my back says "no mas", and the heat is a problem.

What really drives me nuts is not being able to sleep worth a ****. Not because of the pain, or anything really...I just don't sleep worth a **** so I'm tired all the time. I think I'm gonna downgrade my CDL so I'm not subject to randoms, and fix that situation. A sleep test was recommended last year, but I never made time to do it.

[SRK14]

I’m 25 and can’t imagine how you older guys feel lol. I walk concrete several miles a day running molds to cure tires. Lifting and moving close to 2,000 tires a day in temps in excess of 100 degrees. The pain doesn’t kick in until I stop and get comfortable. But it’s rough.

[Mayhem]

I have read all the comments and must be the only person that sleeps worth a ****. I sleep great pretty much every night and take a good nap daily. [emoji2371]


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[hoythunter02]

Around 50 was when it hit me hard. I couldnt do half the physical stuff I used to do. I am 59 and now mentally I don't want to do the other half of what I used ta could do.
All you 30 somethins got a long way to go.

Very well worded sir, I laughed pretty hard.

I'm 42, and I feel like I'm in my prime....like I peaked. I do get really hot now if working mid day but still do things by myself sometimes that I shouldn't do. Got some aches and lower back pain....but you've got to push through and keep going....you stop and things go downhill quick.

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[hoythunter02]

This man has it figured out.

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[JVasquez]

44 and still feel really good. Throw a baseball weekly with my son and run 3-5 miles and lift weights daily.

[TreyRo]

I made the mistake of discovering motocross as a kid. I'm 38 and have felt old for 10 years. Also partied hardddd until about 30.

Started making some changes this year to keep up with my kids and feeling younger lately however.

[hoythunter02]

Ambien.....tried most things and this is all that works on those nights.

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[DaveC]

If you have amazon prime, give this documentary a go- (fur trapper show- Trapper Jake)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MQKKZXV/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

He was doing his thing right up until his end.