45 or older only please...

Right there with you Phenix - all that hair in places that shouldn't have hair! You guys have insprired me to get back to working out. We tend to just let life go on and not do anything about it. Nice to know I'm not the only one.

I just read about this yesterday and forgot where I read it. But in answer to the original post on here about aging, this article talked about what men need to eat. The number one thing on the list was oysters. Men need zinc for testotorome production. Other foods mentioned were salmon, lean not fat red meat in moderation, and chicken and turkey. I forget some of the other things they said to eat.

But the article said that too many carbohydrates mess up the estrogen and testoromome balance in men. We men need 45 % of our food being protein and thirty percent fat.

Also I read that lack of exercise does effect the penis. The circulatory system of the penis is what gives the hardness of an erection. If we men allow the blood supply in our penises to become blocked then it will affect our sexual performance.

The way to improve circulatory performance is overall body excercise, not just having sex or maturbation. It includes more than that.

To the original poster. You have had three things really affect you. Two injuries that affected your lifestyle of excercise. And then retirement at 40. Men generally don't do well in retirement unless they find something new to put their interests in. We men don't make good sit at home and do nothing people. It huts our health more than it does women. That is pretty well accepted as true.

Yeah, well, you should get enough Zn unless you're an athlete. You can find it in seafood, lean meat, milk and nuts. Be careful, though, Zn generally comes with Cu, and a megadose of Cu is dangerous.

Phenix,,,

#1 Complete Physical Examination, For baseline if no other reason.

You are describing our aging process.

Absolutely DO NOT give in to the "this and thats".

Exercise, eat well based on the results of the P>E> and Physician recommendation.



I was doing very well at you age, BUT I smoked uo to 4 oacks a day, or a oipe continously and had a very streeful position. At 47 I had my first MI, and the again and again, but ain't given up yet, I'm 64 in a couple of weeks.

When you look in the mirror, "see YOU" NOT your aging. (I think I said that right)

Enjoy...Any questions? Holler.


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Do exactly what this guy says. It has been shown over and over that muscle tone at any advanced age can be exactly the same as that of 35 year old if you do muscle strengthening exercises vigorously and frequently. I have seen this picture of a 71 year old man who had pecs, abs and legs of an absolute sex god then saw one of him at 68, looked like shit. He exercised with weights very vigorously and actually got the body he never had. That's what I am doing and I am 15 years older than you and now have a very sexy physique (not as sexy as I want, but getting there). The sex thing is unfortunate, but can benefit from exercises as well (kegels and other sexually specific exercises can help also) and nutritional supplements. Size will look smaller as you get fatter around middle, so get rid of that gut. I also besides the weight lifting and aerobics go to yoga class twice a week and God help us has that made a difference in way I feel and stand and bend and walk..... Flexibility will diminish very quickly after 40 and when flexibility goes, you begin to look like a tired old bag of saggy bones and yoga will help you regain the flexibility and muscle tone you had when very young. My classmates and I will very soon graduate to doing complete backbends, do you hear me, backbends. Take control of your life and get that total body and its sexual parts back in tiptop shape.

I have some great small scissors and wand type shaver that help me get rid of usightly nose hair and anything growing around my ears. My haircutter always trims my eyebrows when I see him every four weeks. So there are ways of keeping on top of it. Fortunately, I've haven't gotten any hair on my back (yet?).

Kudos to you guys who quit smoking. So far, I've dropped my brand to a lower one and will do this once more. Then when it's time to give them up, I'll use Nicorette. I watched my Dad die of lung cancer due to smoking and I've promised myself that I'm not going that way.

Am getting that physical we've all been talking about on Tuesday this week. I'm not thrilled about going into all the ways that I mistreat my body and I really don't like a rectal exam, especially from a new physician. But what can you do? Ya gotta get checked out! And at the end of this week, I'm going for an eye exam because yours truly needs bifocals! Geez.

Thanks to the brother who said it's incumbent to stay in the shape you were in when you were thirty. I'll take those words to heart when I start with my trainer and Pilates.

Phenix

phenix,

The Doc will say it "QUIT SMOKING"!!!!

I quit about 5 minutes before, MY first Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (age 50). Took 15 minutes to resessutate me, had at least 3 CCU cardiac companions die during the first day of hospitalization, including an Ass't Hosp Administrator. CABG, Inplanted Defibrillator and a 4th 90 percent blocked artery MISSED during open heart surg.

Scare the hell out of your self now!!! Bud. Because after all of the above shit, it don't matter how much cock you got. Hell, I could hardly walk for two months.

Three months later when returning to work, part time, my secretary asked if she could throw the pack of cigarettes I gave her the "day I Died" away, Oh Yeah. I didn't want them back, for sure!

blackwood

Phenix,

STOP SMOKING, Scare the Hell out of youself but QUIT.

My last cigarette was smoked on June 7, 1991@ 12:15 Noon, just prior to my "Out Of Hospital" Cardiac Arrest. 15 minutes of ressutation and finally turned away from the "light" I came to with mouth to mouth as well as Cardic Compressions.

Admitted to the CCU before the first day was over 3 other Cardiacs passed on. Laying there waiting for it to be my turn scared the hell out of me, stressed me BUT, I didn't want a smoke. Ha He!

In the Hospital, the dim lights and bleeping instruments, and on and on, all prevented a relaxed sleep, and then there were the "CODE BLUES" ????Was it for me THIS time???????????

After the CABG, Defibrillator implantation and 3 days total alive on a machine (heart/lung) I returned to the living.

After all of this it don't matter if you are a King Dong or who ever, Life will/has never been the same.

Nuff Said & NOT SORRY if I scared you :grr:

blackwood ( a kinda nice ole man ) :eyes:

So you are taking pilates -- me too, but I am not bragging about accomplishments in that area till I can do the maneuvers without feeling like a need for a chiropractor afterwards. They are tough, have to keep telling myself, build core strength, build core strength.... and you too can lie on floor on stomach, lift arms and legs outstretched and swim without touching floor with either -- yipes. And if your package is not arranged properly having the entire weight supported on it when you lift your legs and upper body skyward on your stomach can be a discomforting position to be in.