40 Plus Members: Be Advised

I am 75 and last year a 19 year old ran a stop sign and i hit him in the front fender. He came out of his car screaming and coming right for me with clinched fists. I kicked him in the groin where it hurts and he folded. Fortunately, two motorists that witnessed the whole thing stopped and told the police what occured, right from him running the stop sign. And i havent exercised that leg in a long time.:p
 
Rasslin days were done when they removed the dirt road and exit ramp and made a new exit.:cool:
No longer a need to sit to poop.:eek:
 
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I once read somewhere that the human body is designed to last about 40 years. After that, it's fix or replace as needed. At 43, in spite of working out religiously since the mid-1980s, I'm learning that it's true.:(
 
My chances of winning a physical altercation with someone half my age are nonexistent. I'm 59 in good shape 5' 10" 185 pounds, but don't workout with weights.

That last time I did some physical work in the yard was with a gas powered tiller to prepare to sod a new lawn. For one hour of work I had six weeks of lower back spasms and serious pain.

So if some twenty or thirty something wants to start a fight with me, it will likely proceed quickly to my use of deadly force to save myself from death or great bodily harm.
 
At 62 I'm one of those old guys you gotta watch out for, but I'll tell you something I learned in my 20's, if you're ever in a "fair" fight, you've done something wrong!! Only 2 positions in any contest, fighting included, win and lose and I prefer the former.
 
I strongly advise anyone over 40 reading this to skip a day between free weight work and to spend at least 20 percent of your exercise time with any regimen----free weights, nautilus, cardiovascular, etc---- stretching and then stretch every time you thing about it when you are not exercising If your kidneys are not damaged, pack on the protein and ingest beau coup H20 as well to repair the damage we all get and usually keep when we are over the hill.
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Great advice and I fully agree. Trouble is I'm usually not taking that advice and I pay dearly for it later. Oh, I do everything but the stretching part. Unfortunately, that's probably the most important. And at 55, I'm still super-strong, but of course not as limber as when 30ish. Stretching is something I need to incorporate, badly, but I'm going to need a reminder at every workout. Maybe I'll pack a broomhandle in my gym bag. They work wonderfully and I'm sure as hell not going to forget what it's there for.;)
 
I'm too old, fat and tired to fight. But if this PC attacks me I'll kick it in the keyboard.

Oh, wait, gun forum, I'll beat it with a 1911, yeah that's it.
 
so here I am

I don't do free weights. I'm 59 and got mine schlepping 40 lb bags of salt to the water treatment thingie in the basement. Felt proud of myself that I can still go up and down stairs with a 40 pounder in each hand. Then my left rotator cuff told me that I was very wrong.

4 months and an agonizing amount of stretching the shoulder out again, I can safely say that I won't be rising to the bait of anyone, yonker or geezer, taunting me. Instead of using my left arm to block the punch and jab back, I'm better off using my left hand over my mouth to keep it shut.:eek:
 
54 now, 5' 6", 155, still in what I consider good shape. But lessons learned the hard way in LE many years ago - 1. Strength and size will win out over skill and ability in any protracted fight, so get out quick. 2. The ability to run away and live to fight another day is highly under-rated. People used to ask what my favorite weapon was when in LE in S. Florida (back in the 80's). I'd always say my "twin 9's". They'd ask if I carried two 9mm's - "Nope, the size 9 shoes on my feet to run away."
 
I am 75 and last year a 19 year old ran a stop sign and i hit him in the front fender. He came out of his car screaming and coming right for me with clinched fists. I kicked him in the groin where it hurts and he folded. Fortunately, two motorists that witnessed the whole thing stopped and told the police what occured, right from him running the stop sign. And i havent exercised that leg in a long time.
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That's what I'm talking about! Exercise that right to bear...legs...foot..? Nice one Overhill!
 
Occam, I disagree with #1 in your post. Skill and ability generally beat size and strength in a protracted fight. I see it on a regular basis and have been the victim of it regularly for years now. I'm a big, strong, young man and there are guys I outweigh almost 2:1 who have far more fighting talent than me and they regularly best me while hardly breaking a sweat. Talent and the tools to use it beats untalented and no tools 9/10 of the time.

Not saying strength and size aren't an advantage, just that knowledge and training make up the lost ground quite easily.
 
Maybe I'll start with the stretching before moving on to the hard stuff.

Vaguely recall exercise and weights being part of my past several eons ago. About the closest I come to being “in shape” is just having shape (mostly in the wrong places!) Started toting something with powder backed projectiles because I’m getting to old and slow to escape trouble if it ever hems me in a corner.
 
Yep, you don’t want to mess with old guys. My late Father always told me when I was young, “Never get in a fist fight with a guy over 50. They will win because they have nothing to loose.”

I happen to be over 50 now…….. :eek:
 
I'm 43 and I roll jiu jitsu with guys half my age a few times a week. I have to rotate jiu jitsu, weights and cardio to keep from breaking my body down with fatigue and injury.

It's funny. The young guys in class describe me as having "old man strength." True, in brute force I am stronger than them, but it makes me laugh because I don't think of myself as an "old man." Then I remember that when those guys look at me, I'm their father's age.

Where did the time go?
 
At age 40, I played raquet ball with guys 1/2 my age and usually won. I worked out every day and went to the range 3 times a week...minimum.

At age 55, I was the second oldest guy in my U.S. Govt. LEO class and finished top of my class in everything from academics to marksmanship to hand to hand combat. I was in better physical shape than when I played high school and college sports.

I was physically active, took care of myself, considered myself an adventurer, a sports enthusiast, and oh, did I mention that during the previous 35 years I managed to get shot 6 times but bounced back because of a little bit of luck and lot of being in good physical condition.

At age 58, while riding on a bus, the driver pulled a bonehead move which left me with a severe spinal cord injury. The point is that you never know what is around the corner and it could happen to you when you least expect it.
I fought for 6 years to get back on my feet (figuratively speaking) so I could once again master my sport of shooting. As before, I carry a gun nearly 24/7 but now a physical confrontation could mean serious permanent bodily damage or worse. My gun is my line of defense and I pray each day that I will never have to use it.

Life can change in an instant. Live it. Enjoy it. Protect it. Don't let some half wit goad you into a confrontation that could only result in a negative outcome for you, regardless of how much king of the mountain you may think you are.
 
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