On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 10:28:08 PM UTC+1, Mike Barnes wrote:
Cursitor Doom wrote:
Gentlemen,

I just wonder what the consensus is here as to when you really start to
feel your age when doing the more arduous DIY tasks?
Personally up to age 50 I always felt as physically strong as I was at
25, but since hitting the half-century I'm sure I've lost some strength
by an unquantifiable percentage over the intervening years. And now at 56
I'm finding doing DIY related tasks for a full 8hr day more and more
knackering and ache+pain inducing. I'm just wondering if I'm alone!
Your experience?

I'm quite a lot older than that and I do feel the pace more than I used
to. I'm also a lot more careful about my back, and injuries generally,
because they take a lot longer to mend than when I was younger.

However I feel that "use or lose it" is the watchword and if I'd stopped
as soon as the going got tough I'd be in a lot worse shape by now. DIY
is a good way of keeping active.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

Hitting 40 was no problem Ditto hitting 50 but after 60 it starts to hurt and after 70 I get tired much quicker. A little snooze around mid-day helps. Lifting is no problem but grip in both hands is gone to hell and kneeling, no, getting down to kneel and getting up again, is a real *******. Now I'm very careful where I place things.

Weight is a constant battle. Only answer is stop eating. Exercise per se is boring though I enjoy the bike in the good weather.

But what's the point moaning. My generation is lasting much better than our parents generation. My father died at 56. My mother made it into her seventies but suffered dementia for her last few years.

Hey ho. I still work 5 days a week and enjoy what I do.