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To ask what age you would say this to people?

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InThePinkScarf · 08/11/2024 22:12

Things like-

It's good you have stairs. It keeps you fit going up and down them.
And
You should practice getting up and down off the floor while you still can.

I was told this by a 60 something.

I am 39 for reference and a healthy weight/active etc.

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BitOutOfPractice · 08/11/2024 22:44

Justleaveitblankthen · 08/11/2024 22:35

I think about stuff like this all the time.
I think nothing of bending down to the bottom shelf to get the fresher bread in a shop for example.
Climbing and hauling myself into the very narrow Attic on my arm strength alone, running up and downstairs all day long. I'm 55.
What age is that no longer possible? 🤔

And at the other end of the scale Public Health England reports that “43% of men and 37% of women aged 40 to 60 in England report less than ten minutes brisk walking each month”. That’s each month not each day.

so obviously those people are t going to be running up and down Stairs all day.

So what’s your point?

ILovePizzaAndAllTheCheese · 08/11/2024 22:40

I groan getting up from the floor at 47. This is not normal. I an taking steps to improve this!

TwattyMcFuckFace · 08/11/2024 22:38

Justleaveitblankthen · 08/11/2024 22:35

I think about stuff like this all the time.
I think nothing of bending down to the bottom shelf to get the fresher bread in a shop for example.
Climbing and hauling myself into the very narrow Attic on my arm strength alone, running up and downstairs all day long. I'm 55.
What age is that no longer possible? 🤔

That's a strange question, with everyone being different?

I'm 55 and the bottom shelves and running up and down stairs isn't a problem.

Hauling myself up on arm strength is a little more difficult these days, but that's mostly due to menopause and an under-active thyroid I think?

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 08/11/2024 22:37

They're not wrong. People who lived in bungalows at 40 have worse health outcomes at 70.

Justleaveitblankthen · 08/11/2024 22:35

I think about stuff like this all the time.
I think nothing of bending down to the bottom shelf to get the fresher bread in a shop for example.
Climbing and hauling myself into the very narrow Attic on my arm strength alone, running up and downstairs all day long. I'm 55.
What age is that no longer possible? 🤔

Bowietips · 08/11/2024 22:34

It's good advice. Use it or lose it! 39 is certainly not too young to be thinking about these things.

MereDintofPandiculation · 08/11/2024 22:27

I think I was about 70 when I realised I no longer ran upstairs, that I need to use a hand to push myself up off the floor, and I wish my younger self (eg 40) had realised the importance of exercise and not taken fitness for granted. So I wouldn't say something like that to a random 39 year old, but I might say it to my DS!