Inactivity 'may be as deadly as smoking'

[AndyTiedye]

63. Is that an Issue with Being Active, or with Athletic Competition?

athletes have pain in our knees etc when we're in our 40s and 50s,

I'm not an athlete at all. I'm active because I can't sit still.

I'm 60 and my knees are still OK.

Is it possible that athletes tend to overdo it because of the pressure of competition?

What manner of athletics did you do, and what happened to you?

the diseases of inactivity come much later if you survive to suffer them at all

Not necessarily. One of my closest friends died of a heart attack at 36. Being sedentary and overweight had everything to do with that.

i have lived long enough to deeply regret the fact that i was so active and exercised from an early age,

Sorry to hear that.

our bodies were not mean to "keep moving" for 50 years

Or move in such a way that does not wear stuff out.

i don't know anyone who wasn't an athlete who had to have knees replaced in their 40s and 50s, it's ALL active ppl facing a lifetime of pain. you need to ask yourself if it's worth it to live a long time if it's going to be decades of pain

Doesn't the knee replacement make your knees stop hurting?

and i know two ppl killed riding bikes already

Where do you live? Have they declared open season on bicyclists there?

I prefer riding on dirt anyway, and the cars can't go there.