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I won't bore y'all with my myriad of maladies, but will tell you that I subscribe to the same thought Mickey Mantle had years ago: "If I'd have known I was gonna live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."
Diet and exercise is the key to being able to stay active in our 70’s. I’m pushing 73 and I still love my two wheelers. Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I’ll have more yrs ahead of me doing the same.
After that, I’ll just be trike.
Yes, I’m in the same boat w/ numerous problems, discs,arthritis,over 70. I refuse to give in. I force myself to get started doing/ working on something to keep me from giving in to the pain. It was really bad even putting my leg over my FXDB, and it with 25” seat height. I can tell you this much. If you can find probiotics/ other to keep your stomach and guts happy it will help and pain meds seem to be more effective. Watch U- tube videos on stretching for older folks, and certain exercises . Helped me iMO
Some advice to the younger dudes on this board. If you're in your 40s and want to stay mobile into your 70s, now is the time to pick up an exercise regimen and stick with it. Waiting until you're in your 50s or 60s makes it that much harder to start and stick with it, particularly anything cardio.
I guess I've been pretty fortunate - lucky.
66 and no physical infermities.
It seems so many over just 30 have physical problems.
I'm not bragging that I've eaten right or exercise or taken care of myself, I haven't any more than anyone else.
Luck of the draw I guess.
I jump off my motorcycle to go into a store and I see someone in their thirties pull into the handicap space and limp out of their car and wonder.
What kind of annoys me is when someone says oh you're in pretty good shape for your age - like they think that's so old I should be laying down or something.
I know it's meant as a compliment but it's really not.
Last edited by Robertbc3141; Nov 8, 2025 at 08:53 PM.
Some advice to the younger dudes on this board. If you're in your 40s and want to stay mobile into your 70s, now is the time to pick up an exercise regimen and stick with it. Waiting until you're in your 50s or 60s makes it that much harder to start and stick with it, particularly anything cardio.
I use an inversion table to help ease back pain. It's like a teeter totter that you hook your feet into and flip yourself upside down. After that gravity decompresses the spine.
I use one also but I can't anything that say how long you should stay on it. Do you know? It helps some and I stay on for about 10 minutes or so. But at my age 78 playing golf two times a week and about 600 to 1000 miles when the weather is nice on the bike. Hell I worry when I don't feel much discomforts.
I remember my first hip replacement. In fact, here it is!
This was actually my second one, I had already had the right side done but when they did the left side, it split the femur and they had to remove it. There's a much longer one in that side now. I worked standing on concrete in steel toes for many years, now I have an office job on the advice of my surgeon.
The surgeon didn't want to give me this one back, but when I reminded him it was a $7500 part with a $37k install fee, he let me take it home.
Some advice to the younger dudes on this board. If you're in your 40s and want to stay mobile into your 70s, now is the time to pick up an exercise regimen and stick with it. Waiting until you're in your 50s or 60s makes it that much harder to start and stick with it, particularly anything cardio.
