Last time I got my hair cut I told my barber when she was done that she should sweep the floor between customers because all the hair on the floor was gray. Couldn't have been mine.

I'm only 60, just a sprout in this thread, but getting older changes things.

Pete

Lost a lot of strength over the past few years especially in my hands, all the fingers don't want to bend. Only 58!

62 and been fighting backing pain since I’m 37 with multiple back surgeries . Fug em , gonna live till I can’t! Family,trapping and hunting till I can’t!

Right on man!!

WELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

just keep moving , an thank god , for every day

People can discount this, but I pray, "I am renewed every day in the Word of the Lord", and I read the Bible and it does help me not to look like too many other people I know.

As a humorous note, my cousin Richard was at the store awhile back and said, "I walk out and see this old woman waving at me, and I wonder who the heck is that? Then I realized, "Oh d*mn!!! I graduated with that woman".

Life is like a roll of toilet paper... the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

had my testosterone tested years ago and it was low. insurance wouldn't pay, then next Dr. down the road a few years later ,said have to see a specialist for more test,more money it was still low and was making me tired and way less "Active"
so at 62 i finally said to him "you just want me to just fad into oblivion?? "
Long short, got same meds under the counter and WoW is all i can say. feeling like a rutting buck again.
not saying for the rest of you but old age sometime need a boost.

I'm from the move it or loose it crowd.. I just figure I keep moving I'll keep going......Some days takes a bit to work out the wrinkles but I just keep moving..Got to get them after market parts warmed up and moving..makes me made they don't have grease zirts on them things..

Then there is my son! I fall down can't get back up he is going shoot me like do lame horse! If I still can't get up he going shoot me again! LOL
So there is that hanging over me.

Mac

It ain't the age, its the miles and the wrecks ya been in LOL (me too)

I will be 72 in 11 days, if old age was just aches and pains one could just muddle through and complain. For me it is a noticeable loss of strength, especially in the upper body, forearms hands and fingers, along with flexibility. I can no longer just plop down quickly and reach in a push up and set a trap and spring up and move on. I need to replace my feet etc. etc. The one bright spot I still see is after a week or so I still see some improvement which means all is not lost. Years ago one enjoyed the outcomes, I am learning more each day about enjoying the journey.

Bryce

This morning on the trapline I was busy moving sets under water in runs anticipating the big freezup coming this week. As I move up and down the ditch banks with my walking stick sometimes I have to kneel first and use my stick to stand up. It seems that my mind knows what I want to do but there is a disconnect with my body. I am like my truck except my physical "check engine" light is on.

I went to the Doc a few months ago because I was feeling dizzy when I first woke up. He just said, "well, you are 83 years old." I had been going to him for years. Not any more!! New Doc. Feeling much better now.

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

Pm sent.

If you're not getting older then you're dead. That would probably suck worse.

I am 33 so no horse in the race, but my opa is 93 and lives on his own still.

Even at 33 though things do tick me off. Like why does the barber always have to use a black apron?? Shows grey like crazy! My hair is still more black than grey, but an optimistic barber would use a grey apron!

I'm 61, balance not what it used to be.

I'm only 51, its not the age its the mileage....

In the off season everyone should attempt to do some type of strength training. Whether it's with weights, cutting and stacking wood, some deep knee bends(or only half way), etc. Whatever works for you. The older one gets, the quicker we loose our normal everyday strength. All of this keeps as many muscles as possible still working like they used too. The slow decrease of testosterone as we age is a matter of fact. Ya just have to fight back.