Old Age and Treachery

Sierra1

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I didn't start the dedicated cardio until I retired in '17. I was amazed how quickly that I saw/felt results. I'm still using the same weight(s) for strength training that I was when I was 45. I decided that what I was using was enough. If I kept pushing the limits, something might get injured. And that would defeat the purpose of exercising in the first place. I consider it an accomplishment to just maintain.
 

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Nothing wrong with that thinking right there. I've been in physical therapy for a few months and have a few more months to go. Wasn't even pushing hard at the gym, just a matter of what the tendons can take vs. what the muscles can do. It's a sad fact of aging. Stay mobile, stay active and listen to your body.

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Hmmmm. 61 here.

I ride my bicycle everyday that i go into the office from August - May. That's at least 7 miles down hill into work, 7 miles uphill home. (I freeze when in the winter because i don't generate much heat going downhill.) I have to put the studded tires on for the first time this fall this PM.

When the weather is favorable (no snow - which happened last night) i do 20 miles on my bicycle before work, regardless of temperature.

Days when I don't go into the office, i either ride my bicycle 45 miles or "run" 6-10 miles. (I really like bicycling - used to road race 3-4 decades(!) ago.)

I have a bicuspid heart valve that limits (HARD CEILING) my max hear rate at 140. this SUCKs - i can gear the bicycle so i can ride at the limit, but the running suffers from me "knowing" how fast i can run vs. my heart telling me for how long i can run at that rate. my cardiologist talks about "you're more fit than 95% of people your age," but that's still disappointing. I run ~200 meters, then walk 100 until i recover, and repeat.

In addition to the bicycle, i do ride off-road motorcycles. after riding the same gasgas for 15 years, last year i realized that i am not getting younger, and that kickstarting 1/2 way up a big hill sucks the energy out of me. So, i bought a TM racing EN300FI two-stroke with the magic button. Life-changing. of course, the TM came with an ECU bug, so i spent all summer redesigning, building, and testing a fix for it, so i didn't ride much. Still rode my bicycle, however.

so far, so good. My strength goal is to be strong/smart enough to pull the engine out of anything that i own. So far, so good.
 

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I am 6'5" and about 215 lbs, I wore one of those FitBits for a year and I average between 5-7 miles walking per day for work. My issues are more from old injuries than anything else. The plate in my neck starts to give me grief after about 200 miles of constant pressure, But I soldier on and live with those things. I think the core exercise and maybe some stretching would probably help though.
 

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The Fitbit started out as good, useful tool. Then they sold out to the insurance companies. Now? The only info that I trust from my Fitbit now, is the heart rate info, and steps. My first one was accurate and showed that I had a 61 resting HR, and was doing 30 min cardio. Then one day, it received a big update. Within the week my resting HR had increased to 71. Even though the graph showing my 24hr HR was still the same.

So, when the band's attachment point broke, I just put it in a drawer. My wife, thinking that I liked my Fitbit, got me a newer/better one for Christmas. Oh yay. :oops: She meant well, so I wear it. But the info is still suspect. There's been yet another software update. It doesn't log any cardio until my HR reaches 129 bpm. That is the lower range for a 35yr old. The max HR for a 59 yr old is 129bpm. (yes, I verified that the device has my correct age) And, if I wake up "too far", it won't log my sleep. It says you have to sleep for at least 3hrs to get an accurate collection. It wasn't like this until the last update.

I am on my 3rd new Fitbit this year. They have just stopped working. They have sent me replacements without issue. But once the year warranty is up, I'm sure that will change. What I don't understand . . . . they don't want the broken ones back. I have asked each time, what to do with the bad one. They say that info will be on your confirmation email. :oops: It's not. My last replacement was lost in transit; 2 weeks overdue. They sent me another complete fully filled box. The previous replacements had been just the data device. About a month after that, the missing device showed up; no return instructions. How, or more accurately why, do you stay in business giving devices away without having the broken one returned?

During my attempts to locate a method of returning the broken one, I located a link to pair your device to your insurance company. This explains the supposed increase in resting HR and my supposed poor sleep. Those are both poor health indicators, which the insurance companies use to justify higher premiums.
 

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The Fitbit started out as good, useful tool. ...
I agree that it started out great and has become a watch with a step counter. They keep changing the app to push cr@p that I have no interest in and lately have limited how the display is set up. I really have no interest in mindfulness guidance, discovering new challenges, and I SURE am not going to pay for the damn premium service they push so hard.

I switched from a Droid to an iPhone recently and think the Apple Watch is butt ugly and I hate how often they need to be recharged in comparison. I tend to break devices a lot too. But at least I would be able to set it up the way I want and expect it to somewhat stay that way.
 

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The change in software is my big issue. They're working for the insurance companies, and not providing correct information. I tried finding out how they calculate "resting heartrate". Found out that it was "a top-secret algorithm". Grrrrr.
 
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