Just to get it done, the 30 somethings! Club

[ZR440]

Ah, John, how bad does the memory get by your age? You seem to have a little problem at the end of your message and it's making me nervous. I am already suffering from Sometimers in the early stages. (I blame it on all the beer I drank in my twenties.) What's it going to be like in another ten years? Am I going to forget to put my pants on before I leave for work?

[hobbitbob]

Pros: Increased patience, increased inquisitiveness, understanding that there is "always another way to do things," willingness to work on internal rather than external aspects.

 

Cons: Knees, hips, back, shoulders, elbows, the accumulated beer and pizza around my middle that refuses to go away, needing to stretch longer for the same flexibility, longer recovery time from injuries.

 

Robert, aged 35

[Pacificshore]

37 here and still training/teaching as much as possible

[kchenault]

I thank you all for coming! Now, as a show of perserverance and indomitable spirit, I announce that this 30 something recently purchased a Century Versaflex! Yeah!!! Or should I say OW!!! Now I should be able to practice my stretching more consistantly at home. I am still out of shape and can't get the smaller donut tire that I call a waist to bend far enough in the middle to stretch really well. I hope to rectify the situation. Wish me lots of luck!

 

Pilsung!

[SaiFightsMS]

In the responses I am seeing much of what the over 40 group experiences. I think some of the deficits that come with the aging process are countered in the dojo with experience.

 

How much would you say your need for extra recovery time has increased?

[Karateka_latino]

Well, at 30's its supposed we Start to feel a LITTLE more old , but you people are mention stuff like bad Hip, shoulders, etc.... maybe i think you were very active competitors during your teens and have acumulate lots of injuries.

 

Most i've been experiment is body weight problems and a little flex and stamina lost.

[Red J]

Hmmm, it's harder to keep at "fighting" weight but the trade off is that I now eat better than I ever did. With all the potential stress of a career, family, mortgage, etc., the training has become more intense because it really is stress management. I'm fortunate because the advanced training starts at 8:00, which is the same time the kids go to bed.

 

My stamina has increased because I take better care of myself. I made a decision a few years ago to get back into shape because I saw too many people in their forties and early fifties keeling over. I want to be able to spend all this money I've put into my retirement account .

 

I'm now one week into 37 and feeling fine. It's just hard to watch that 80s show on VH1 and then get the sudden realization that 20 years have just flown by. Of course it beats the alternative.

[shotochem]

Hi Sai,

 

I would say recovery time takes almost twice as long as when I was 18.

 

I also believe if I were younger I would not get as many of the nagging

 

annoying injuries like the pulled muscles,tendon and ligament strains and arthritic reminders of all the bones you may have broken.

 

Im not saying it doesnt happen to younger MA, I just believe it happens less of a degree than with us "less youthful individuals".

[kchenault]

I wasn't very active athletically in high school. Just wasn't me. So that is probably why I have to deal with soreness as much as I do. I am just not used to it. Gotta love those flashback shows! What the hell were we thinking as far as fashion goes?

[KickChick]

Tell me about it! ... I believe Saturday Night Fever is on this weekend on tv ... (now that is my era! )

 

Do the hustle~~ .... the guys in the white suits & black shirts and we girls in the tight fitting jump suits and platform shoes.