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I'm 70. Nothing hurts. It's not inevitable, though the odds worsen as you age.
Exercise helps. Stretching is more challenging, though. You need to go slow and maintain correct form or you'll wish you had.
What really sucks is that friends and family my age are getting ill and dying at an accelerating rate.
Right on. My school's Capoeira mestre is in his 70's. Healthy as a horse, flexible, freaking ripp'd, and has the wisdom and experience to still take anybody down. Needed his hips replaced recent though.
I can't possibly train that hard. That's what happens when you make a martial art your entire life. But I'm hoping I can at least avoid becoming a shuffling little shrimp-postured man by staying moving and flexible. Lol
Survivor bias probably. There was picture of Ernie Hudson on Lemmy recently who is just crushing it at 80. Given large enough numbers there are some people who will just defy all odds for a while. And they will attribute their longevity to something other than chance. Capoeira, cooking with bacon grease, use/abstinence of alcohol, hard work, protecting leisure time. None of it means anything if you wait long enough.