Signs that you're getting old.

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Seawall
Date: April 05, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

What kinds of things do you do, or things that happen to you, that make you think/feel like you're getting old?
I'll be 40 this year, but I feel like I'm 30. But dammit, my body sometimes my body does not agree with me.
Last summer I played hackey-sack with my son and his buddies (16-19 yrs old). Of course, I won the game (and probably embarrassed myself in the process), but dammit, I could barely walk for a couple of weeks after. 3 hours of hackey-sack totally crippled me.
Also sleep. I realize that the older you get, the less sleep you need, but this is ridiculous. I stayed up LATE last night playing online poker while drinking many many beers. I eventually went to bed around 7 AM. Here we are at 10 AM, and I'm wide awake. When I woke up, my first thought was "f**k, I wasted the whole day sleeping." Then I looked at the clock, 9:45, and got even madder. WTF? I miss the old days where I would easily sleep for 10 hours and NOTHING would wake me up. 3 hours of sleep after a drunken all night poker fest? That's old.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: April 05, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Sometimes while reading USA Today I come across a list of the top 10 most popular songs or albums. And generally I have literally never heard of 8 or 9 of them, sometimes all 10.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: bp
Date: April 05, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

I'm 27. That's not old, but I have a couple of friends from high school that had kids right after graduation. Their kids are almost 10. I occassionally run into little landmarks like that that really point out how much time has passed.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: April 05, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Also, recently I came across Kimbo Slice's birthday and realized he's two years younger than me, and I'm like four years older than Big Nog. Each of those dudes looks about 45.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Showdown
Date: April 05, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

bp said:
I'm 27. That's not old, but I have a couple of friends from high school that had kids right after graduation. Their kids are almost 10. I occassionally run into little landmarks like that that really point out how much time has passed.
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Yep and Im one of those people,lol... I know Im getting old when Im coaching my sons football team, and I havent even had a 10 year class reunion yet! So I guess Im getting old not physically,but spiritually and mentally! I actually prefer staying home and hangin with my boy or watching a good documentary rather than goto the local club scene.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: filipino
Date: April 05, 2008 at 01:21 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

I've actually been bitching on a couple of other threads about how old I feel. In addition to not knowing a lot of the songs and recent pop culture refences on this forum, here are a few:
- It used to take a day for me to feel sore after physical activities; now it takes an hour
- I often make involuntary sounds when executing the simplest actions, like getting up and sitting down
- I don't have much hair left on my head, so I don't quibble about the colour, but the white chest hair is a SURE sign
- Almost everbody I admire is either dead or younger than me
- Women in their 30's and 40's look more attractive every day
- I have life, health, vehicle, and house insurance, and I'm glad I do
- adjustable beds are beginning to intrigue me
Finally, to bring it back to pop culture, the immortal Leonard Cohen probably sums it up best:
"I ache in the places that I used to play..."

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Nick_Havok
Date: April 05, 2008 at 07:52 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Getting fat.
I saw the home video from my 30th birthday last October and I was like WTF is that (referring to my stomach)!!!
I'm not fat by most standards. Just my own.
But in the past I could just go run a few times a week and it would just melt off. NOT ANYMORE!
Man, I can't believe how hard it is to stay in shape. Life after 30 sucks!

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: EnderWiggin
Date: April 05, 2008 at 08:21 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Getting a hangover from nothing more than a twelve pack.
Being on blood pressure and cholesterol medicine.
Having a permanent blood clot in my left eye.
Not being able to tell the difference between a college student and a highschool student.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Phenom
Date: April 05, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

I'm not old by any means I am only 21 but I often feel older than all my friends. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs or go out to the club, so basically I don't do anything that people my age do. I spend most of my time training and laying around my house with my wife and Dogs. Occasionally I get out to the beach go to dinner and movie but thats really about it. Me and the wife do go to the arcade sometimes and little kids give us weird looks. Oh well, I know I am not old but somedays after training my body feels old. Oh and the doctor told me I have the knees of a 50 year old man.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: filipino
Date: April 05, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Phenom - Where did you find my knees? Been searching for those bastards for two weeks! Sometimes they go down to the Legion for a few pints when I'm asleep then can't find their way home. Lefty wears a beat up cap. Same ones?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Archean_Life
Date: April 05, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

filipino said:
Phenom - Where did you find my knees? Been searching for those bastards for two weeks! Sometimes they go down to the Legion for a few pints when I'm asleep then can't find their way home. Lefty wears a beat up cap. Same ones?
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The inside of my knee and thigh is trashed from having guys that outweigh me by 100 lbs. jamming their weight down onto my leg when they try to pass guard. Phenom, does that happen to you?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: April 05, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Phenom said:
I don't drink, smoke, do drugs or go out to the club, so basically I don't do anything that people my age do. I spend most of my time training and laying around my house with my wife and Dogs.
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...jesus...you sound older than me...I'm feeling young again.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Phenom
Date: April 06, 2008 at 04:28 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Yah archean that does happen a lot, actually TJ Thompson the owner of Icon does all these little things like grinding his shinbone across your knees and ankles and that usually hurts a lot. today my knee left knee hurts a lot from sparring with Chris Leben on Friday he legs kicked me and even though I went to check it it caught the tendon on the back of my knee and its kinda swollen and my knee is really stiff.
Yah Brick I know my lie sounds pretty boring but I enjoy it I did a lot of partying when I was 15-17, yah it was really bad and I have really settled down. Actually a lot of what it is is I really want to be a fighter and drinking and all that stuff gets in the way and doesn't let me train the way I want to so thats a lot of it. I do have fun though I do a lot of cool s--- like ride dirt bikes and four wheelers and I rock climbing and stuff like that so I am not completely old...

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: mr-sinizta
Date: April 06, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Phenom said:
I'm not old by any means I am only 21 but I often feel older than all my friends. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs or go out to the club, so basically I don't do anything that people my age do. I spend most of my time training and laying around my house with my wife and Dogs. Occasionally I get out to the beach go to dinner and movie but thats really about it. Me and the wife do go to the arcade sometimes and little kids give us weird looks. Oh well, I know I am not old but somedays after training my body feels old. Oh and the doctor told me I have the knees of a 50 year old man.
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don't worry about it, i'm only 25 and i don't smoke, drink, do drugs, go clubbing, either. I mean to be honest i wanna be able to do some physical activities with my son when i'm an old fart. but then again i don't really have time for much else apart from training and and workings my pharmacy degree.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Shaunissey
Date: April 06, 2008 at 09:33 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

I would say the thing that makes me feel old is everyone around me having illegitimate children. I am only 21, and a few people younger than I are having kids. It trips me out, as far as I am concerned, kids are a scourge at my age.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: EnderWiggin
Date: April 06, 2008 at 09:51 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

When people 10 years younger than you are talking about signs that their getting old.
When girls that weren't even born when you hit puberty are hot.
When women that were hot when you hit puberty are too old to be hot.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Mystikhands
Date: April 06, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Knowing that if I do not go to bed right now........... I am going to be really cranky in the morning. (I turn 27 in July) :roll:

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Showdown
Date: April 06, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

How bout this one...
I heard Bas and the Jockey talking about some good Glucosamine supplements the other night on InsideMMA and it reminded me that I wanted to buy some and try it cause my joints have been really bad lately(Weather,weightlifting,and judo mainly,a little bit of age) So I went to the store and bought some and sure enough, I had the best sleep last night that Ive had in a long time,and I was thrilled as s---. The fact that Im only 27 and got that excited about Glucosamine,is a true sign that Im getting old...

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Phenom
Date: April 07, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Oh man Glucosomine Chondroiten (I spelled that wrong I know but oh well) is great stuff I have been taking a glucosamine supplement since I was 16 on the recommendation from a doctor that it would help with my knee problems, he said he recommends it for all athletes especially wrestlers and Judo guys because of the constant pounding they put on there bodies.
I started wrestling when I was 7, and all those years of getting slammed, and twisted while my body was growing causes problems but thats why there are Chiropractors.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Showdown
Date: April 07, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/signs-that-youre-getting-old.583/

Yea I got some double strength glucosamine chondrotin and its been great. Bad thing is, I used to give it to some of my older dogs for years,lol. I always did a better job with them and their supplements than I did with myself. But I think this will now help me recover alot better and faster from judo...