• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
    51·
    1 month ago

    I had almost the opposite experience.

    I used to do a lot of community folk dance (the median age was at least 70), and I dated a guy who was somewhat cocky about inviting me to his kickboxing class. I was down, but a little concerned about embarrassing myself, especially because it was at a very intimidating boxing gym.

    I didn’t even break a sweat until 20 minutes in. It turns out, jumping up and down in place for ninety minutes several times a week is really good conditioning for basically any cardio.

  • Dr. Bluefall@toast.oooEnglish
    34·
    1 month ago

    Well, hopefully he made some new friends during the endeavor too. ^~^

    EDIT: Too used to Discord markdown, where ^ doesn’t have semantic value.

  • sness@sh.itjust.works
    28·
    1 month ago

    I feel this. There’s a spin class at my local gym populated almost entirely of older women. Aside from the seat leaving me feeling like I got pegged by the end, I absolutely could not keep up with these ladies.

      • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        30 days ago

        50 miles? Wtf. That’s 80km. Is that over an entire day or to work and back? I can do 40km on my spinning bike in a bit under 90 minutes, but then I can’t do it again the next day. Let alone on the same day.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          30 days ago

          The 50 miles is in one shot, takes me about 3 hours with a couple of breaks for a few minutes here and there. In summer I generally do four 50 mile rides in four days and then take a day off. I’m a school bus driver so I have the luxury of summers off and even during the school year I have enough time between the morning and afternoon runs to ride 25 miles at least, so I can stay in shape year-round.

          I’m sure you could work up to 50 mile rides if you got there gradually. I’m 58 so age is no excuse! Hell, I have older guys blowing past me all the time, although I like to tell myself they have hidden e-motors in their bikes. FWIW I started riding regularly almost 20 years ago and at the time I could barely do 2 miles.

          • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
            2·
            30 days ago

            I’m sure I could, given time. I’m already so much fitter than when I started. But time is the actual problem. I don’t have time for three hour workouts plus cooldown. I’m happy if I can do an hour.

  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
    151·
    30 days ago

    Everytime I have to lift something heavy I get the opposite of this. Like some six five guys will say it’s super heavy meanwhile I am five five and just threw a fucking 75 lbs piece of furniture over my shoulder like it was a particularly large cat. I don’t know if it’s my height, muscle density, or just the autism but it’s rather amusing watching folks universally balk at the situation.

    • Ryktes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      30 days ago

      It’s partially your height. Naturally lower center of gravity means naturally better stability, plus the less you have to lower yourself to get a lifting grip on something the less effort int takes to get the thing and yourself back up.

  • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    30 days ago

    SAID. Specific adaptation to imposed demand. If you box 3 days per week, you will adapt to boxing. If you do group fitness 3 days per week, you will adapt to group fitness.

    • Ryktes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      30 days ago

      Yup, that’s a huge factor people don’t tend to think about when it comes to fitness. It’s the reason they tell you not to do a lot of cardio if you’re trying to do hardcore strength training. Your body only has so much adaptive “bandwidth”, and trying to do to many things at once will massively reduce your progress in all of them.

  • BioDriver@lemmy.world
    8·
    30 days ago

    Fun fact - retired Americans are the second most active and consistent gym goers among all age groups, behind early 20s

  • bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
    0·
    8 days ago

    What do you think stay at home housewives do while the kids are at school for 8 hours a day?

    All of the “cleaning” can be done in 30 minutes if you tune your routine. (Unless you are one of those silly bitches who expects a mansion, that shit takes way more effort to maintain)

    We either spend it on a hobby or on something that we want to achieve (like a rocking body or amazing garden or hand made dresses or world class sniper skills)