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Looking at overall mortality seems pretty limited. In my 20s I would sit at my desk all week, then go all-out on the weekend. Long bike rides, hikes, backpacking trips, etc. I had pretty good base-level fitness, but ended up with knee pain and minor injuries from strain and lack of flexibility. A near-daily gym habit has solved all of that for me. Seems like maintaining flexibility requires somewhat regular practice, and that's how you avoid injury.



Strength helps too. One of my few regrets of my youth is neglecting my upper body strength. It's harder to get at 58 what you could've gotten at 20.


Have you thought about pursuing TRT? If you’re pursuing strength at 58 it will surely help with that.


I should talk to my primary care doctor. I don't really care or need to look buff or lift 300 pounds, but avoiding injury as I get older would be nice.


It won't help you building bone past ~30, sadly, I think.


That's not true.

Here's one study among many showing increased bone density in men over 65:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5433755/


Interesting read. I didn't know that.


Pretty sure resistance training is the only intervention know to reverse osteoporosis.

If a prescription can allow you to lift heavier, safely, it would stand to reason bone growth would follow.


What is TRT?


Testosterone Replacement Therapy. As we age our hormones decline so by taking testosterone exogenously it allows the body to have optimal testosterone levels.


Testosterone replacement therapy.


Recovery time is king.


Sure. Also 5-6 days of recovery time each week made me hurt a lot.


this make sense, I loved your point




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