Is this what its like to get older?

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Ive been living in denial telling myself I havent started deteriorating yet. Im coming up on 32 and I just feel abit of joint pain. Mostly in my knees. And mostly only whenever I do squats too heavy and not build my glutes up first. My vision is also slightly worse. Hairline still going strong, sex drive is the same. Energy levels are through the roof as always.

Im still very athletic but now I get these little nagging injuries that i have to baby. If I squat too heavy boom my knees are gonna be hurting for a good 3 months until I rehab them.

Also I work alot for the holidays and havent been able to workout and gained 20lbs in just 2 months. When I was younger I could not gain weight if I tried. Its a chore to not be fat. I have to workout alot. Im naturally a fat dude now. Also I am growing hair everywhere. But that may be because I'm hooked on rogaine.

Is getting older just basically more and more joint pain?

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  • OSCARUK
    2 years ago

    I imagine that losing the extra 20 lbs would help with your knee pain

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  • DADNSCAL
    2 years ago

    32? Hah! You're still a kid. Wait until you're 72 to complain about body pains.

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  • Somenormie
    2 years ago

    When you get older you'll also find you get less tolerant of things.

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  • olderdude-xx
    2 years ago

    At your age its more likely that you have don't have ballenced muscles and may have even strained some tendons as the basis of your knee pains.

    Do some youtube searches on "knee pain" exercises; and you will find many good basic exercises that often eliminate knee pain in a month or two of routinely doing them.

    A lot of people also don't have the right posture when doing squats, or over-stress things as they have not properly built up the muscles and tendons to handle the weight. Real conditioning for significant weights takes time and incremental weight changes. Slow wins almost always while too fast often causes issues.

    Of course, there is the possibility that you have damaged something that won't heal by itself (even with proper exercises) and it is possible for arthritis or other issues to start to develop at your age; but, these are all less than 10% combined likely for your age.

    I wish you well with this...

    Wait tell you get into the mid 60's....

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  • Boojum
    2 years ago

    Congratulations on getting past the common delusion of youth that your body is indestructible and can quickly recover from any injury.

    It's a fact of life that as we get older, metabolism and eyesight changes, reaction speed slows and joints suffer from cumulative wear and tear. The trick is figuring out how your limits change as you age and working within them. People whose ego makes them cling to the idea that they're not _really_ getting older are stupid and they will eventually pay for that in one way or another.

    As far as your joint pain is concerned, something you might want to consider is taking omega-3 supplements. There have been studies which suggested that this can help reduce joint inflammation for some people.

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    • dude_Jones
      2 years ago

      You raise a very fundamental question of interest here. That is, which anatomical organs are the most embedded, meaning they have few dependencies from other organs but provide enzymes, et all to many organs. In my amateur estimation, bone marrow and the pituitary gland fit the description. Proper care and nutrition for these are my top personal priorities.

      Yes, heart, brain, liver, kidneys are critical but customizing care for the total chain of dependencies is a very wise move.

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  • litelander8
    2 years ago

    Try doing stretching routines instead of weight.

    My knees started getting fucky at 26. Same with my mom. Damn genetics.

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