One day you are young and the next day you have a bag with bags.
One day you are young and the next day you are like wait a second I moped last Sunday!!
Oh my goddd
sooo relatableMost body pain is a symptom of weak muscles, especially back pain. Lift weights and you’ll have even more pain temporarily and then no pain at all.
possibly weak muscles + sitting all day in weird positions. nevertheless body recovery rate declines rapidly no matter what you do…
If you’re talking about the recovery that I’m thinking about, that is of physical exertion, there is a lot you can do to slow the rate of decline actually.
Does physical exertion include recovery from injuries, infections etc
Actually yes. A high vo2max is correlated to many health benefits including better and faster recovery from illness. It even lowers your chance from death in a car crash. It’s crazy.
Plus, you’ll sleep better from your body being truly tired.
This too, I have a shit time falling asleep when I take a week off the gym.
I fell down in the shop yesterday and landed on top of some large tools. There was a bunch of blood and I’m all bruised up.
I’ll be fine but sleeping last night felt like torture I couldn’t get comfortable at all and ended up sleeping against the wall.
So I can really relate to this haha
A pillow between the knees is a gift for side sleepers regardless of age!
I sleep hugging a pillow. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m more comfortable that way or it’s because I just need to hug something.
I fell asleep on the floor yesterday while petting the cat. Slept for about three hours and woke up unscathed. It was surprisingly relaxing to tell the truth. I think I’m not made for soft bedding.
It really varies by person. I sleep best on a foam matress on a futon on the floor. When I go to a hotel with the ultra-soft bedding it just seems weird.
When I was six I fell asleep with my head on a pile of Hotwheels.
Now I have to spend ten minutes beating an expensive pillow into just the right shape.
Fuck off right now. I just got to this stage in life. Ugh. They are so comfortable though…
I like to believe that I won’t go through this when I reach that age
FWIW - I’m in my mid-50s and still feel basically the same as I did in my late 20s / early-30s. All of these aging memes strike me as odd and/or maybe people who haven’t been kind to their bodies. I sleep like a rock on a normal bed, with one pillow, and wake up rested with no pain and get out of bed and do normal stuff just fine. Weird, huh?
I think I’m being good to my body. Hopefully I turn out like you haha
I’ll be the first to admit that in no way have I been even close to perfect in terms of doing all the doctor recommends, but I do cook 90% of my meals at home from actual ingredients, drink a lot of water, have a great group of close friends who like to get out and do stuff, and generally continue to stay active mentally and physically. I don’t have kids, so from what I hear that may help somewhat with sleep patterns. I definitely stay out too late on occasion, and probably drink too much alcohol, but am at a normal, healthy weight, and have good checkup numbers. So yeah, just that same old damn boring stuff…eat right, stay active, stretch, strength train, drink lots of water. Lame, but effective.
I will say, there was a time in my life when I was very unhappy with my job and location, so I sacrificed a lot to move across the country (to Denver) to pursue the lifestyle I thought was best for me. I was dead broke, and it sucked for a while, but ultimately, it was well worth the challenges and I feel like I got an extended youthfulness by doing that.
Best of luck to you…every time I have an injury, it renews my appreciation for trying my best to stay healthy.
They eat garbage, never exercise, then reply really butthurt when the obvious is pointed out.
Oh fuck off
I have a giant Chillet plush that I sleep with. It’s basically a body pillow. It serves this function admirably, and goddamn is it cute.
I thought chillet was a style of pillow, saw many google images with Pokémon, tried to refine my search… I ended with an image search page full of sexy and furry body pillows… Pokémon was a crucial part of that search.
Well, now I feel like I need to provide a picture so folks don’t get the wrong idea!
It’s OK, you don’t have to explain yourself to us.
