I don't feel old but...

[6p6]

So turned 36 recently. The age my grandfather died and the age father had a heart attack (Can I say thank God for my mother's genetics!) so it has made me reflect a littel bit...even though I feel and act like I'm 20 I'm seriously not! WTF!

Then the other day my girlfriend and I are chatting and we are talking about ailments of her patients (she's a nurse practitioner). Then with a verbal slap across the face she starts naming off my ailments I complain of: My recent ACL surgery, my C5 neck issues, joint issues all the time, low back, acid reflux, blah blah blah...WHAT THE F U C K! I sound old! How the hell did being old sneak up on me, that list made me sound like an old man!

Don't get me wrong I'm not stopping feeling 20 until I die but it seems I spend a whole lot more time fighting things then just living these days!

[BABY1]

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lol, most of those ailments seem to devlop in a lot of us, but wait, you are ot over 40 yet.

[ZOOT]

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36?!? Aw man I would love to be 36 again..lol. You feel old now? just wait, haha. Seriously though, I feel ya on the fighting things off scenario, push through all the bull, age is a #, how we live our lives is the true definition of one's self.

[Heavy Hitter]

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Bro I will be 35 next month and I feel the same way. 18yo girls still feel the same as they did when I was 18. It just hurts to get out of bed now!!

[6p6]

lol, most of those ailments seem to devlop in a lot of us, but wait, you are ot over 40 yet.

Lol

[BABY1]

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18yo girls still feel the same as they did when I was 18. It just hurts to get out of bed now!!

You are too funny!! lmfao

[rmewrench]

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I'll be 36 in a few months. I'm not getting old. I refuse to. lol. I tell everyone I found the fountain of youth. a fridge full of HGH... hahaha

[Guest]

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To be 36 again.LOL.

You aint seen nothing yet my brother.Wait till the 40's and 50's!!

J/k brother.You know what,the best way to combat age is to stay active brother.Continue to exercise and dont let yourself get old.Thats rule number one.Tell you what,im in my 50's and we did beach day yesterday and im the friggin BEACH FRISPEE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were out there all day playing frisbee and swimming and running around and digging in the sand and I still held my own with my kids.I got sun burn like a mother and am paying for it today but its all good.

Rule number 2........keep poisons out of your body as much as possible.Whats that mean? It means of course a healthy diet.Eat things that can only benefit you and your aging.You only have one body and one life so why not take care of them both by maintaining a good,clean and healthy diet year round? Aside from the lifelong benefits it gives you,in our game,bbing,it makes dieting down so much easier when you eat fairly good all year long.Poisons number 2........cigarettes,rec drug use/abuse,alcohol abuse and yes PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE will all age you quicker than anything.Keep these things out of your body and if you have to take them,down to a bare minimum and on rare occasions!!

Next of course is mental.Keep a positive outlook on life and the stresses that come with it.Nothing expedites aging and even death more than a negative mind! We all have stresses in life but thats all part of the growing process.Of course there are times when you cant be positive with certain things in life but its how you deal with them and how long you let them bring you down thats important.You always have to seek out the positive sides of any given situation and at the least if there is none about a particular situation seek out ways to make dealing with them easier.Beating yourself down over a bad situation will of course not make them better so why not at least stay strong and clear minded and TRY to make them better?

Those are F.I.S.T. 's sure wire ways to a happy healthy life and the path to the fountain of youth.

[Heavy Hitter]

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Fist you are my man. Keep given it hell

[Guest]

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Fist you are my man. Keep given it hell

Thank you very much sir.I really do appreciate it.

DAMN STRAIGHT I'LL KEEP GIVEN IT HELL.Only way I know how to do it.LOL

[6p6]

Fist you are my man. Keep given it hell

I will second that! Great response fist. Wish I could give you two likes!

I try to follow all those to a tee. Just kind of hit me all the sudden these ailments adding up! It won't stop me, it drives me!

[jipped genes]

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i am 44. I train with a bunch of beasts that are in their 20s and early 30s. very few of them get the better of me in the ring or on the mat. i truly believe taking care of oneself, training, cardio and eating right (most of the time) is the REAL fountain of youth.

We all see guys in their 30s that can barely get a up a flight of stairs without a rest in the middle.

we are blessed to have the drive to make our bodies better.

[unclem]

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iam just glad the change of life I got through. that was the hardest thing I had done at 40 but it lasted a yr of uncontrolled boughts of crying and depression and other shit, god iam glad that's over now I feel great and excepted iam getting slowed down.

[Guest]

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I will second that! Great response fist. Wish I could give you two likes!

I try to follow all those to a tee. Just kind of hit me all the sudden these ailments adding up! It won't stop me, it drives me!

I hear ya brother.They can definitely hit you from out of nowhere the older you get.Thats the best attitude to have though brother.If you think they wont beat you.THEY WONT!!!! Its all about talking the talk and walking the walk!! Think it,say it, DO IT!!!! We all know thew things that are bad for us and speeding up the aging process and getting us all on an expressway to death so the key it to STOP DOING THEM!! PERIOD!! No excuses are acceptable!! If we want to stop,we can you just need the willpower!

I hear it all the time from people crying saying....."I CAN'T STOP THIS" or "I CAN'T STOP THAT" and in the same breath *****ing and moaning about how unhealthy they are!! BULLSHIT!!! THERE IS NO CAN'T!!! They're mixing up "CAN'T" with "WON'T"!!!

[Guest]

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i am 44. I train with a bunch of beasts that are in their 20s and early 30s. very few of them get the better of me in the ring or on the mat. i truly believe taking care of oneself, training, cardio and eating right (most of the time) is the REAL fountain of youth.

We all see guys in their 30s that can barely get a up a flight of stairs without a rest in the middle.

we are blessed to have the drive to make our bodies better.

Thats awesome brother.You and I share the same situation.I cringe at how many young guys today let themselves fall apart and dont have a clue as to whats in store for them.So many that come into my business thinking they're tough guys until they get planted over and over again into the mat by me being double many of their ages.

What I do love and respect are the ones that after caressing their ego's back into shape,grow a set of balls and decide that they need to shut their mouths and open their ears and their minds and learn! They people that accept that there is much to learn out there and step it up and really go for it from that day forward.Those are the true warriors! The idiots are the ones that never come back and decide to continue through life with blinders on and playing tough guy to anyone who'll listen.Like on the boards!! LMFAO. Thank God we dont get too many of the latter!