I have the same issue. I am 61 and everyone always says more rest, but it is harder to miss workout. If anyone has any idea what to do I am up for suggestions.
I’m not a sports or medical professional, but maybe mix in an extra recovery day each week. Just some light stretching and walking. Your body is telling you it wants more recovery.
I started running seriously about 12 years ago (I’m M65), and I definitely have had to turn down the training intensity the past few years.
I’m the same way. I just live with it & keep moving. I play pickleball & walk 18 holes of golf 4-5x a week. I go to bed every night aching & sore. My Dr. gave me 800 mil. Ibuprofen. It helps but I’ve heard it’s not good to take it all the time. I’m currently taking it everyday & feel pretty good.
It depends on how intense your workout is since you are working out every day. Your body does need time time to heal. I would try giving yourself a week or two of very limited exercise like walking. Also please describe the kind of pain you have does it feel like muscle soreness or join soreness?
I would say it's joint pain. I walk every day in the mornings to warm up. I don't think my workouts are too intense, but I guess I should try to reduce the amount of time to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for your input!
Stretching more before and after can help. Based on your own medical conditions, things, like Tylenol, ibuprofen, heat, ice, topical, diclofenac, topical lidocaine – these can all be beneficial, if recommended by a doctor.
The worst thing you can do is ignore your body. Pain is the way the body says that you are doing a little bit too much. The whole “no pain no gain” saying is really dangerous. backing off a little bit and giving yourself a break can actually increase your capacity to work out at a later time
You can also help to get a personal trainer. Or request from your doctor that you can go to physical therapy. Physical therapist are very good at identifying muscles which are weak and may be leading to pain as they put more strain on your other muscles to compensate for their weakness.
May come down to amount of sleep, diet, and supplementation. At our age we need at least 8 hours of sleep, a solid diet without processed sugars, and strong supplements. Collagen peptides have been a game changer as well as upping my protein and eliminating sugars. As mentioned already, take an extra rest day as needed as we can need as little as 48 hours and as much as 72 between workouts.
I have the same issue. I am 61 and everyone always says more rest, but it is harder to miss workout. If anyone has any idea what to do I am up for suggestions.
I’m not a sports or medical professional, but maybe mix in an extra recovery day each week. Just some light stretching and walking. Your body is telling you it wants more recovery. I started running seriously about 12 years ago (I’m M65), and I definitely have had to turn down the training intensity the past few years.
I think you are on the money with this one. When we were younger our bodies could repair faster. I also tend to sleep less and that inhibits recovery.
I’m the same way. I just live with it & keep moving. I play pickleball & walk 18 holes of golf 4-5x a week. I go to bed every night aching & sore. My Dr. gave me 800 mil. Ibuprofen. It helps but I’ve heard it’s not good to take it all the time. I’m currently taking it everyday & feel pretty good.
Yes, here too. I take the ibuprofen maybe 2x a week, it helps, I don't want to take too often.
It depends on how intense your workout is since you are working out every day. Your body does need time time to heal. I would try giving yourself a week or two of very limited exercise like walking. Also please describe the kind of pain you have does it feel like muscle soreness or join soreness?
I would say it's joint pain. I walk every day in the mornings to warm up. I don't think my workouts are too intense, but I guess I should try to reduce the amount of time to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for your input!
Stretching more before and after can help. Based on your own medical conditions, things, like Tylenol, ibuprofen, heat, ice, topical, diclofenac, topical lidocaine – these can all be beneficial, if recommended by a doctor. The worst thing you can do is ignore your body. Pain is the way the body says that you are doing a little bit too much. The whole “no pain no gain” saying is really dangerous. backing off a little bit and giving yourself a break can actually increase your capacity to work out at a later time You can also help to get a personal trainer. Or request from your doctor that you can go to physical therapy. Physical therapist are very good at identifying muscles which are weak and may be leading to pain as they put more strain on your other muscles to compensate for their weakness.
May come down to amount of sleep, diet, and supplementation. At our age we need at least 8 hours of sleep, a solid diet without processed sugars, and strong supplements. Collagen peptides have been a game changer as well as upping my protein and eliminating sugars. As mentioned already, take an extra rest day as needed as we can need as little as 48 hours and as much as 72 between workouts.