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I used to be able to do 100 push-ups. Alas, those days are over. ☹️
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I used to be able to do 100 push-ups. Alas, those days are over. ☹️
Hahaha, those days are indeed over and nowadays 20 is a severe struggle lol.
Yeah, I agree...Oh well, it's part of life I guess.
You know what I find amazing is that muscle degeneration takes place so stealthily.
Of course it is a norm as one ages, but to suddenly discover that you cannot do a thing anymore is always a surprise.
Swinging a pick, bending over for long periods and even pushing a loaded wheel barrow all result in unexpected muscle pains two days later.
The doctors now have me rebuilding my back muscles with exercises that I have to do everyday. What? I said when he told me that the muscles are weakening.
Getting old is not for sissies lol.
Yep, it creeps up on a person. I'm 50 and still quite healthy but recovery takes longer and I simply can't do what I used to. I remember the strong as an ox guy I used to be and wish he'd come back. I'm not an invalid though, not yet.
I'm pretty active to be honest, but could be more active. Working on it.
Well maybe this chat is a warning to you to do your best starting now to preserve your muscle tone. Ageing makes us pay with our strength and speed and I am 16 years older than you, so believe that I know what I am talking about.
In the mornings when I get out of bed, I always look around in case something had fallen off during the night hahaha.
Prepare for some surprises and new things that you have never had before mate.
Great that you stay active as it is for your own well being.
You're right you know, there's no time like the present and the longer it's left the harder it'll be. I do quite a bit and have been rehabilitating a frozen shoulder which has been limiting and painful since October 2019...It's getting there though, so soon I'll be back on the weights.
Yeah, I wanted to ask you about how the shoulder was getting on and also about the the results of your mom in law's tests? Maybe you told me, but that's another hiccup in ageing as the memory goes for walks at times lol.
Let me share a secret that will help you greatly. Regular stretching exercises with light weights work wonders. The chiro jerked my spine back into place and since I am doing the exercises there's no more pain shooting down my legs when I walk.
Maybe you know about it and in my boxing days it was all about roadwork, skipping, speed work and punchbags, but stretching was never a big issue.
I have changed my mind about stretching, as it works wonders and prevents ageing from contracting the muscles!
That's the biggest danger, as the muscles crimp and they lose their elasticity.
The shoulder seems to be coming along ok. I have better range of movement but it still hurts severely when I try to reach full range. I'm using those rubber band resistance bands to rehabilitate it, and stretching. It's slow going but moving in the right direction.
I probably don't do as much body stretching as I should, more weights really. We walk a lot and I have a decent rower machine...Could do more though. I'm hoping to get this shoulder under control by the end of the year and then fly into it in 2021 for the rest of me. I'm pretty fit and strong but need to work it a bit harder.
My mum in law is waiting to see the liver cancer surgeon which we were hoping to happen this week. Last Friday the results were delivered from all the scans...They found more cancer but it hasn't spread away from the liver. That's the big thing with secondary cancer, where has it spread. I haven't said much because we don't know much, and to be honest it's all been a bit draining too. We'll know more by the end of the week.
Faith found out she has an operation coming up today. I'm not sure if you recall but there were some issues with here also. We don't know when it's scheduled, but maybe three weeks or so.
The hits keep on coming huh? I'm really a bit exhausted from it all to be honest; It's taking a toll. All good though, we'll just keep rollin'.
I have one set of stretches designed for the shoulders and the back.
Raise your arms above your head and clasp your hands. Arms must touch the ears.
Standing with your feet in line with your hips.
Stretch your arms over to the left as far as it can go twisting your body sideways.
Hold for 30 seconds and repeat to the right.
Maybe you know this one.
Thank goodness, the liver is bad enough, but great news that it hasn't spread. Hopefully they can contain it, maybe with chemo and such.
And now the Faith issue. You are surrounded with trials my friend.
Hopefully hers is a minor one and it will deliver a permanent cure.
Always scary things these.
But yeah, you can cope and that is the most important, as you have to be strong for the others.
We are with all of you in sprit!
Lol...My left will only go to 45 degrees and then it's agony. (Frozen shoulder). I'll get it right though. Just been doing my exercises now actually. It'll come good.
There'll be an operation, almost certainly, then chemo...We hope to know some more this week, or early next week at the latest. My mother in law is getting a little frustrated, understandably too.
Faith will be ok we hope. Another trial we have to face together. It'll go ok and hopefully by the middle of next year we're all fighting fit.
Ah yes, you can clearly see what a troubled memory does, and I hope that you get that shoulder right my friend.
Been there and dealt with a few times and it is indeed a frustrating business. Just spend as much time with her as you guys can, but I suppose that Faith sees her very often.
Especially as they can be strong for each other, as Faith also have to deal with her own situation.
Looking forward to next year as by this time it might all be sorted and consigned to history lol.
2020 can bugger right off. :)
Oh man, 2020 is our second year in the Cape of Good Hope and we thought that 2019 was bad.
They say that things happen in threes and in 2018 we shut Papillon down in Johannesburg, sold the building and the projects and walked out clean with nothing to start a new life down here. From the start when we arrived here in 2018 there were problems, so 2020 we hope was the cap on all of the bad things.
As you know, there's always hope, love and you have the Faith part, which bodes well for 2021.