Getting in the best shape I can at my advanced age - Page 3

Angry White Trash · 09-18-2018, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

AWT I am old beat up blown up and done but damn I loved being in shape in my younger days so dang good for you young feller.

Did you watch the Kenyans dominate the marathon in Berlin I watched start to finish in the wee morning hours live. Super good athletes and classy good people they are.
The Kenyan woman winner is a member of the Kenyan Army.

When Kipchoge got done with the marathon he ran around talking to people like he just walked up one flight of stairs. Incredible for him.

https://www.nbcsports.com/video/eliu...-record-berlin

I missed that! Holy shit that is an awesome WR!!!

Won't be long before they break the 2 hour barrier.

All they have to do is run 4:34.8 pace the whole way... no biggie.

thefundamentalist · 09-18-2018, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Shooter 14

100+ temps?
Christ, its a wonder you're still upright.

And I absolutely, positively HATE avocados.

Yeah, I was trying to go back into A/C 6 months ago working for someone else, and I just couldn't keep up with the younger guys.
They were wanting 70,80, 90 hours a week. No breaks, no lunches, 7 days a week, all about money, money, money. (Of course they didn't say that during the hiring process).
Got dehydrated and dizzy, seeing blue haze, lucky I made it home. Muscle aches, water on both knees, blood pressure spikes, real bad.

Shooter 14 · 09-18-2018, 02:05 PM

Ok...
Here's a potassium update.

100mg each morning after breakfast. Seems to modify my piss schedule. Instead of pissing 5-6 times a day and 2-3 at night, it's now twice (yesterday & today so far) and no getting up to pee last night.

I also think I might be retaining water.
Or maybe I'm getting my period. I don't no. I just feel bloated...

No muscle cramps last night. Might be on to something.
More later.

buzgun · 09-18-2018, 03:07 PM

I get the same kind of muscle cramps you describe.......mine come from sweating profusely in the 110 degree heat while doing manual labor outside and drinking a lot of water which depletes sodium and potassium.

The muscles in my hands flex painfully hard all by themselves and if i flex my abdominal muscles i get unbelievably painful cramps like my intestines are bursting through my chest.

This am i was working at 5:00 with a pickaxe and shovel digging out an irrigation hole for dripper system .....no fun

I eat avocados, take potassium pills and eat salty bacon for breakfast to minimize this issue.

Shooter 14 · 09-18-2018, 04:59 PM

Speaking of abdominal muscle cramps, that is one of my least favorite muscle pain. I get these damned "Charlie horse" type cramps in my gut area for no reason. Sometimes just sitting at the desk with the computer and they tighten up. I have to stand up right away, standing tall and try to slowly stretch them out to get them to relax.

I'm thinking I have a terminal case of aging.
Not real happy about it, either...

aviator · 09-18-2018, 05:10 PM

AWT, you are not advanced in age, heck I wish I was 55 again. But you are only as old as you feel.

Angry White Trash · 09-18-2018, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by aviator

AWT, you are not advanced in age, heck I wish I was 55 again. But you are only as old as you feel.

I suppose I'm not quite a geazer yet but I'm not 23 any more and can't slam dunk a bassetball like I used to 30 years ago. That's why I'm trying to keep as much mojo as I can so I can compete with the young kids in volleyball. I wish I still had a 39" vertical so I could elevate at the net better.

Sanders · 09-18-2018, 08:20 PM

Apple cider vinegar will help you out with those muscle cramps, too.

Take a tablespoon in the morning and another before bed - if you can stand it. I like the stuff, so it's no problem for me.

09-18-2018, 02:05 PM	#33
Shooter 14 Miserable Bastard Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: USSA Posts: 833	Ok... Here's a potassium update. 100mg each morning after breakfast. Seems to modify my piss schedule. Instead of pissing 5-6 times a day and 2-3 at night, it's now twice (yesterday & today so far) and no getting up to pee last night. I also think I might be retaining water. Or maybe I'm getting my period. I don't no. I just feel bloated... No muscle cramps last night. Might be on to something. More later. __________________ Somebody go back and get a shit load of dimes.

09-18-2018, 03:07 PM	#34
buzgun slug Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 25,638	I get the same kind of muscle cramps you describe.......mine come from sweating profusely in the 110 degree heat while doing manual labor outside and drinking a lot of water which depletes sodium and potassium. The muscles in my hands flex painfully hard all by themselves and if i flex my abdominal muscles i get unbelievably painful cramps like my intestines are bursting through my chest. This am i was working at 5:00 with a pickaxe and shovel digging out an irrigation hole for dripper system .....no fun I eat avocados, take potassium pills and eat salty bacon for breakfast to minimize this issue. __________________ Better Dead than Red

09-18-2018, 05:10 PM	#36
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,357	AWT, you are not advanced in age, heck I wish I was 55 again. But you are only as old as you feel. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

09-18-2018, 08:20 PM	#38
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	Apple cider vinegar will help you out with those muscle cramps, too. Take a tablespoon in the morning and another before bed - if you can stand it. I like the stuff, so it's no problem for me. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

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09-18-2018, 04:59 PM	#35
Shooter 14 Miserable Bastard Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: USSA Posts: 833	Speaking of abdominal muscle cramps, that is one of my least favorite muscle pain. I get these damned "Charlie horse" type cramps in my gut area for no reason. Sometimes just sitting at the desk with the computer and they tighten up. I have to stand up right away, standing tall and try to slowly stretch them out to get them to relax. I'm thinking I have a terminal case of aging. Not real happy about it, either...