Originally Posted by
mdadams1
I am 59 and found this discussion kind of scary. Did most of you exercise at younger ages...like 20's 30's and 40's? We're you overweight? Smokers? When you bike now would you say you pushed at 75 percent of maximun or better?
Mike A.
the reason I wanted to find out answers to the questions I asked above is because I am almost 60 and I have been exercising every day or every other day for almost the last 40 years. I push myself extremely hard when I ride...usually about an hour ride. I was a runner for 25 of those years. Has anyone worked out with this kind of intensity? My pulse is usually about 150 beats per minute 5 seconds after I am done and in one minute usually abut 120 beats per minute... I have heard theories from folks pro and con but I am looking for someone else who has followed this type of exercising and developed heart problems... I sometimes think this is not a good idea but I feel great...I never smoked or drank and my bmi
is normal...