Recent content by VtKen

I agree Michael, I used to just cycle. Now I have added rowing and skate skiing along with my daily core exercises. I'm sure adding some weight training would be beneficial too if could find the time. Exercise allows me to keep doing the things I need to do to live here like snowblowing our 1/4...

I'm not sure I'll ever be fully retired but I did stop punching the time clock twenty years ago. I started and ran a dogsled tour business for 16 years and just closed this year. I worked a lot in the winter but basically had summers off. Now I'm running a stained glass business which I plan on...

I'm going to try stretching afterwards. Going for a ski today and I'll see if it makes a difference.

Not so much. I have a morning core stretch routine that I do every day, mostly for my back but I don't stretch after exercise. I'll give that a try.

This is a different sort of pain or stiffness than sore muscles after exercising. I get that too if I do something I'm not doing regularly like cutting firewood or snowblowing. That does usually last a day or so.

Greetings, wondering if others experience more soreness after exercise as they get into their 60s. I'm 61 and have been an avid cyclist and cross country skier for the past 30 years. I've seen obvious decline in my speed over that time which I assume is pretty normal. What I find to be more...