Fitness and Aging?

granddi · ‎03-16-2010

I am old and fit.

Yesterday hubby and I worked in the yard for about 5 hours raking leaves and acorns. Bending and lifting bags. We walk every day and do weights & resistance.

The question is: Are we active older folks because we are fit OR are we fit because we are active? ( this of course exculdes any person with a physical disability that prohibts physical fittness activities)

cheriere · ‎12-01-2023

@granddi wrote:
I am old and fit.
Yesterday hubby and I worked in the yard for about 5 hours raking leaves and acorns. Bending and lifting bags. We walk every day and do weights & resistance.

The question is: Are we active older folks because we are fit OR are we fit because we are active? ( this of course exculdes any person with a physical disability that prohibts physical fittness activities)

I think you are fit because you're active. My dad is still exceptionally fit for a man his age.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Being fit requires physical activity so they are essentially one and the same.

Aging in biological terms is the death of mitochondria. You have fewer of them the older you get. Exercise will slow down mitochondrial death.

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

How old is "old."

You're as young as you feel

Age is just a number

Regarding your question.......Could be a combination of both plus genes.

My 99 years young mother was addicted to the gym till the age of 89 or 90. Now walking is her only exercise & she is still fit.

My father was fit till he died at age 92. He never exercised. He was always sitting when working the "yards." The only tine he wasn't sitting was working his garden.

I have been slim all my life. Eat whatever I want - no restrictions (except for 1 or 2 migraine triggers), the only exercise I do is walk down fights of stairs instead of taking the elevator or escalator, no aches & pains what-so-ever. My only issue are migraines which I believe is keeping "old age" elements away. My neurologist laughs at me every time I tell her that. ~~I now think she is starting to believe me.~~ I am in my 73rd year.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

Pezzie · ‎12-12-2011

One begets the other. Activity will help a person stay fit, whereas a fit person will tend to do activities.

Karie2022 · ‎03-26-2010

Not sure- i have a 90 year old mother and 93 year old father and neither ever exercised. Both are in remarkable shape for their ages.

Take time every day to enjoy where you are without a need to fix it

cheriere · ‎12-01-2023

@Karie2022 wrote:
Not sure- i have a 90 year old mother and 93 year old father and neither ever exercised. Both are in remarkable shape for their ages.

That reminds me of my dad. He never went to a gym or did any kind of "real" exercise, but he can still probably out work and do more than most 25 year old men these days lol.

SaveTheTurtles · ‎10-09-2023

HA! I think it works both ways.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

'Fit' could include more than one category, such as mental or physical, where either can effect the other. To live life doing daily things at a normal capacity requires some degree of being 'fit' in both categories. With age both start to decline.