I'm 61 Robin. What I do find is that when I'm able to take regular excercise, I'm by and large fine, no of course, not as fit as I once was, but not too bad.
The main difference now is that if circumstances dictate that I don't, or can't get any excercise for even a short period of 3-4 days, my fitness level drops dramatically and it can take a week or two to get back to what I regard as "normal".
I wouldn't regard myself as any kind of fanatic in these matters, but I try to fit in a five mile dog walk most days and a 1000m swim most nights, plus at least a half day at the weekend on the bike.
Like many who did a lot of sport in their younger years, I'm ironically, and probably resultantly, a bit crocked in places and if I don't keep everything moving it all seems to grind to a halt way too quickly these days !
Oh, and falling off hurts way more !
;-)
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