Good for you! the small steps lead to bigger ones, & am glad to hear you're better. the constantly changing weather adds to the mix, -pain get much worse when the fronts are coming in & out.

...what he/she said is on the $$ :thumbup:

Your second sentence says it all. "we have never done much exercise". There's the problem.

My wife and I are 67 and 66. We've been fit since our 20's. We stay active and don't have all the aches and pains you describe.
I still love to mountian bike, run and ride motocross. All of which I'll do until I can't.

It's never too late to get fit. It will improve your quality of life. Age is overated, and for too many its just an excuse.

As my wife likes to say, "fitness is for life". Just stay moving.

I had a good laugh at your post being 75. Back when I was 75 I installed my own metal roof on my home.No way was I about to pay someone $12,000 for something I could do on my own. OK it took me two weeks to get it done. The total cost was only $2100 for all of the materials. Now here I am at 78 and I can't even think about using the ladder to get on the roof. Thank God I did this back when I was younger.

Good advice. Stretching helps as well.

Yes!! Use it or lose it.

This may not be popular. But, reduce sugar. If possible, eliminate it from your diet. It causes inflammation throughout your body, in your arteries which makes plaque stick, in joints, etc. It raises your insulin which ultimately contributes to most organ failures. Watch Dr Jason Fung's videos on YouTube regarding low sugar diet and intermittent fasting.

I fast between meals. Is that enough?

Good start
 

Good start. Snacks between meals are a major problem for many as we age. If you mostly eliminate those snacks and eat in moderation you are half way to making it to your 80’s. The other half is exercise. Walking and/or swimming are both excellent. Throw in a couple nine holes of golf to keep you humble (if you like golf). Wife and I go to the gym twice a week and spend about an hour between cardio exercises and moderate weight machines. Vitamin supplements as recommended by your doctor. You will be an Octarian before you know it so don’t put off those things on your bucket list.

Your reply was the result of you failing to actually read my post. I asked, "Are there A LOT of people here who can relate to all of these aches and pains?"- Not, is there ANYONE here. If it is important to you to be snide and small and insult people; at least learn to be good at it

Stretch before and after. Drink 16 oz of water every hour you do outdoor exercise.

Stretching exercises for those over 60!
9 Stretching Exercises for Seniors | Iora Primary Care

Video stretches

senior stretching exercises with videos - Google Search

My suggestion: stop doing heavy physical labor 1-6 hours every day, 7 days a week. People who are healthy and young who do heavy physical labor 1-6 hours every day get sore. Heck 30-something year old waitresses get sore feet after a 4-hour shift at the local diner.

This is just common sense stuff.

Swim 2 miles a day, at least 10,000steps a day. Disney every 3 weeks, which is 20,000 to 28000 a day. Stopped long distance running because hip wasn’t happy, for a day or two.

Yoga an hour plus a day, prior to any exercise. As long as I can keep straight knees, and keep palms flat on the floor, it’s a great stretch before starting my day.

Been active for as long as I can remember, would go to the gym 4 hours a day, then work 10 hour shifts.

At some point everyone has sore muscles, I take zero over the counter, or scripts for any issues

Not at all, lucky lucky me, and I do a LOT of really heavy work. Have no idea why but I give the credit to years of yoga practice, that must be it. One of my yoga teachers when I was MUCH younger, was 93, and a paid instructor. THAT really inspired me to stay with it all my life, or I probably would have given it up years ago !

As far as I’m concerned, anything with either sugar or white flour is poison. Stuff with naturally occurring sugar in it like fresh fruit is OK, but anything with added sugar is a non-starter.

If you read all the posts you'd think rambo moved here

Kudos!

Another way of looking at it is that by installing your own roof you reaped a tidy little profit of $9,900.00 for two weeks' work. Not bad for anyone. Beyond admirable for someone who is 75.

Not really. lol
Some of us on here take our fitness seriously and it pays off for us in many ways.

Excluding people with legit health issues, you basically have 2 choices, get out there and get fit, or sit on the couch and get fat and out of shape. No way to sugarcoat it.

Too many people in this country focus far too much on eating, and far too little on exercise. Then they wonder why their bodies and health go to sh*t.

Thats why we're one of the most obese countries in the world. Sad but true.

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Not a bad idea. Fasting will recharge your batteries and make you feel younger. I seem to have a propensity for it. I stop eating around 3pm every day, and eat nothing until 7am breakfast the following morning. That’s a daily 16-hour fast which gives the body time to digest and cleanse. I also do a five-day fast a few times a year. Helps me fight the battle of the bulge.

I also take Turmeric/Curcumin capsules daily, which I believe are a more natural and less toxic way to relieve one’s arthritis (than NSAIDs).

Age 70, play tennis three times a week, golf twice, square dancing one or two nights, cycle and walk often. Feeling great (knock on wood).

Favorite Henny Youngman Joke:

Doc: I want you to give up smoking, drinking and sex.
Patient: If I do that doc, will I live longer?
Doc: No, but it will seem like that.

Sounds like a rhetorical question.