I'll be 55 this week. I just keep doing what I've always been doing and accept that cuts and bruises take a little longer to heal. What else should I do, cover myself in bubble wrap?

A lot of people here are saying walking, but walking doesn’t actually do that much for you unless you’re really inactive or out of shape. Gotta get your heart rate up at least a few times a week at our age. Gotta be something you at least kind of enjoy or you won’t do it. I do a running club and go jogging 3-5 times a week at around 5k each time. Also keep track of your calories intake, I try and keep mine around 1800 a day.

I delude myself into believing I'm young still and just deal with the consequences.

Best time to build muscle for the rest of your life was 20 years ago. Second best time is now.

Big one is just walk more. If there's anything near your house that you regularly drive to, start trying to walk there as much as possible.

I have a lot of trouble motivating for the gym and similar self-directed activities, so I find classes or semi-organized sports much easier to do consistently.

Disc golf. Standing and walking a lot. Keeping a strong back. I have a bulging disc and strong back really helps. Not being crazy overweight.

Yoga. I started doing some distance running and besides learning to run in the correct zone so I am not maxing out my body everytime I have been doing this Post Run Yoga after most runs. It really helps and allows me to cool down and stretch well. The rest of her videos also rock

over 30s

avoid boo-boos

lol I hurt myself in my sofa watching a movie

at 50+ with an active job (I can plow through 12,000 steps a day) and two preteen kids - don't really have time to do shit all else during the week.

After I broke my shoulder 18 months ago I did notice I became a lot less fit and put on 3 or 4 kg

My job is super active. On top of that, I walk, run, and practice martial arts. I eat healthy af meals (vegetarian). I don’t drink. One cheat meal a week, I guess. Top-rope rock climbing once in a while. 5’, 118 maintaining…which sounds fat, but I’m pretty much just muscles if you don’t count the bewbies.

My vice is candy though. And it’s peppermint bark season. Send help.

I ride to work

Ping pong / table tennis (depending on how seriously you take it) can be a VERY good way to get your steps in. In a 2 hour session I get about 8-10 thousand steps. This is 4 to 5 miles. It is low impact and you can really get a good sweat on.

Bicycle to work and gardening regularly has helped but I still feel the aging, and take longer to recover from injuries.

I'm also on zepbound and lost almost 100lbs which makes exercise and everything else easier than when I was fat.

Cycling. I was too heavy and out of shape to jump straight to the deep end so I went with a pedal assist ebike, it allows me to move at a rapid pace while still keeping in the cardio range. I live close enough to work to cycle to and from, gives me an extra 30 minutes of high intensity cardio per day. That and cooking at home using fresh ingredients as much as possible. Also, less garbage carbs, more complex carbs (also learned I have celiac disease so I also had to go gluten free, though you might not have that particular issue)

I walk my dog.

I am 40+ and I just realized the huge importance biomechanics has in choosing a sport or, in my case, the right free weights exercises to do in the gym: if you get someone who ACTUALLY STUDIED Biomechanics in university or anyway an academic-level course, they can take measurements of your limbs and torso and suggest literally the kind of exercise that would have the most return while keeping the chance of injuries at a minimum.

Of course, personal preference/enjoyment will always have to play the most important role in your choices, but when not having strong opinions reducing your chance of injury so that you can be constant in your practice is the best long-term strategy.

Walk up and down the stairs instead of taking the elevator at my office (4 floors)

Walk parts my commute where I could take the bus or an extra train. (About an hour walking per day).

I wish I did more but my aging body is too tired 🙃

Just dying slowly really.

Bikram yoga weekly. And even biweekly, whenever I can.

Restored me from the incredibly bad health situation, and so far was the easiest way to maintain the body.

All other activities are too stressful in the organizing.

jerking off 3 to 5 times a day keeps the doctor away, especially if you don't shower afterward

I walk to work 5.5km everyday

CICO (it's not going well)

I haven't quite hit thirty yet, but my friend has. She's taken up boxing, which might seem counterintuitive, but building up your strength is a great way to avoid having a weak core and knees. It also means she does regular stretching.

I recognize I’m over the hill and my joints sound like pop rocks

I had that start when I was a teenager, maybe even earlier. It sounds gross, but so far it hasn't done anything else.

Never underestimate the value of walking a lot. Add weights, cycling, and yoga to add strength, stamina and resilience, respectively. Eat healthy but don't forget to live a little too.

I transitioned to an ebike.