It’s the pain from old injuries and general wear and tear that keeps people sedentary.
As someone who spent the last 18 years of my working life at physically demanding jobs, I find your words are wise.
All those nicks and dings take a cumulative toll.
I find the pain a great motivator. I’m 20 years older than the oldest person I see at my gym. My hands and fingers hurt like hell. I have pinched nerves in my shoulders and my knees hurt bad enough to wake me up at night but I can’t imagine not lifting weights 4-5 times a week. The lifting routine gets into your system so I think the natural state of human beings is to be working not sitting down
Yeah. , Old bills start to come due, don’t they.
Lots of truth in that. .....Broke my back two years ago in 6 places and you learn real fast you have to pace yourself just in day to day duties in order to remain independent. It’s a constant job of working thru the pain as you go.
The level of endurance is quick to evaporate so you push just a bit further and consider it a victory of you complete one project all the way through. Too often that doesn’t happen as you strive for.
So yes old injuries and general wear and tear on the body do slow one down. You become very specific on what you spend your time doing.
“It’s the pain from old injuries and general wear and tear that keeps people sedentary.”
And it doesn’t help that they cut off everybody’s pain meds.
Now they offer you snake oil or hipster-doofus woo woo, and pretend they’ve treated your pain.