The body is healthier than I deserve. It has been abused from work and sports. Two knees have been replaced, major surgery on both shoulders, elbows, and one chipped vertebra. Chewed tobacco since I was 16 and drank beer since 17. This started as a tactic to cut weight for wrestling throughout college and this and my diet have continued to my upper 50's. Biggest challenge of any day is getting upright and then it is all downhill from there. When I was younger, if I hurt a part of my body I felt the pain right away. In mid-life I did not notice the pain for a day afterwards. Now the pain does not hit me for several days and by then my brain cannot remember what I did to cause it.
With that being said, the good lord allows me to be physically active and I can keep up with most of the guys on the crew. In the younger days I would go out of my way to lift and carry as much as I could to get in better shape. Now I pick my times trying to save my health. Any advice to younger members, live a healthy lifestyle with exercise, good diet, moderation, and using your head. For me, I would not change one minute and plan to be physically active until the day I wake up on the other side of the grass. Attitude goes a long way, and yes I am one of the lucky ones.
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