Working out after retirement

This morning, I got a workout that exercised nearly every part of my body. I replaced a broken front roller on the refrigerator. The U-Tube video made it seem like an east 30 minute job...Yeah, Right. 2 hours later, a bruised knuckle, and the use of some rather colorful language, and the job is done. I can just imagine what some repairman would have charged to replace this $20 part. That's it for today...I'm going to be married to the computer and TV for the rest of this day.
 

I'm 81 and I have a bicycle, but I keep my seat as low as possible...right down to the stop! This makes it impossible for me to fall off!

My seat is so low that I don't even have to lift my leg when mountng and dismounting. I just straddle the bike from behind and settle myself on the seat.

With the seat so low, when I climb grades I stay seated instead of standing to pedal, which gives the thighs a real workout!

Here's a shot of my Sun 3-speed Bicycle. Note the forward slant of the seat post. Instead of being verical, it allows more torque to be applied to the pedal crank, more like on a Recumbent frame.

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This is my bike. The seat is set so that at the bottom of my down stroke I have just a slight bend in my knee. That gives you maximum efficiency and imo is the most comfortable too.

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You should only work out/exercize after you retire if you want to keep muscle tone and joints flexible. Exercize helps with weight control, sleeping, & an overall sense of well being. But if you enjoy a sedentary life style where you can add weight, and enjoy some age related illensses while laying on the couch not working out is what to shoot for.

In my mid 70's probably just me but I think playing touch football with my grandkids is more fun than pushing one of those walkers with an oxygen tank strapped to it.
 
Knight said:
You should only work out/exercize after you retire if you want to keep muscle tone and joints flexible. Exercize helps with weight control, sleeping, & an overall sense of well being. But if you enjoy a sedentary life style where you can add weight, and enjoy some age related illensses while laying on the couch not working out is what to shoot for.

In my mid 70's probably just me but I think playing touch football with my grandkids is more fun than pushing one of those walkers with an oxygen tank strapped to it.
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This is true. My father died of a heart attack at age 45. My mother, same thing at age 53. That's an average of 49 years. Neither one of them ever exercised and they both smoked Camel Straights like they were going out of style. I'm 70. That means I've had my 49 years plus 21 of somebody elses. I sincerely believe I am alive today because I have exercised regularly all my life. Plus I've never smoked. (except for a few Swisher Sweets when I was a teenager and trying to look cool. And even then, I was like Bill Clinton. I didn't inhale.:) )

The way I figure it, I could drop dead and hit the floor like a sack of wet cement before I take the next keystroke and still go out a winner.
 
I try to get to the gym 2 or 3 times a week for around an hour each time.
 

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