Things you find difficult as you get older

That's due to loss of estrogen.
It can be helped by doing weights 2 to 3 times a week and/or going on body identical HRT.

Past 50?

No!

Ask me about past 78 and that’s another matter.

(Not sure how the oestrogen loss applies to OP if he is indeed a Cumbrian Male)

50🤦🏼‍♀️
My energy and fitness was exactly the same as when I was in my 20s.
Late 70s was when mine started to decrease.

Ah, well spotted MawsRosie .
Maybe cod liver oil then!

From 50 to 65 I didn’t really feel that I was getting older, I was working and did most things I did when younger.
From my late 60s to my present age 77, I started to feel less able and noticed that my energy levels and my patience were becoming reduced. With arthritis strengthening its grip, my bladder losing its grip, and various other health problems taking their turn to stop me in my tracks from time to time I find quite a few things difficult. But I do walk, not too far with my DH because he wss disabled by a stroke and can’t go far, however, when he is resting I make sure I go for a longer quicker walk, sadly couldn’t do this during the heatwaves but am back to my routine now.

I walk a lot 20 odd miles a week, but my wrist strength is diminished I can't garden for long but I did manage to check all my tyres last week. I do have good energy levels though but find I do short bouts and do manage all my own cleaning etc this way. I'm 78 now and keep promising myself no more climbing on a two step ladder to change a light bulb or rehang a blind but i hate asking for help with simple jobs.

I was quite fit and able to do all the things I wanted and needed to do quite easily until about two years ago when I was diagnosed with arthritis in my hips. I am 79.
Now I find any bending job difficult. I still walk for an hour most days and am still able to manage all my cleaning. I still use my 3 rung ladder but my children are not happy about this but some jobs need one.

79, the age of decline.

Well Cumbrianmale, I'm 85 and a Scottish female, and have no problem with that! I don't think it's anything to do with age but more a soup of genes and past experience flowing through you. I'm very lucky with the former and have practiced tai chi for 26 years ...... I'm also aware that pride might very well come before that fall 😉

It is odd how some things can affect you as you get older. I just found it a bit odd when I was checking the tyre pressures.

I’m afraid I don’t think “past 50” and “getting older” belong in the same sentence.

It might be because your knees are not what they were Cumbrianmale50? The ability to bend at the knees for prolonged periods to do things like checking tyre pressures was something I lost in my fifties as my knees became painful when I did, and bending down without bending your knees constricts your lungs more.

I thought I was really quite fit compared to others of my age until around 73 ish when energy levels declined and now 3 yrs later a lot of differences. The dreaded arthritis in feet, and knee and the beginnings in my hands. Loss of a firm grip and not great balance which I notice especially when trying to get up and down to do housework or gardening. Takes me a long time to get down on my knees and even longer to get up again. But, could be worse!

unfortunately my mother passed arthritis on to me and i've got two artificial knees and a hip which is extremely painful. i haven't been able to walk very far since 2009 when I was just over 60.
because of the knees i'm not able to kneel down and with the hip I find it difficult to bend.
housework is something of a rarity these days. whereas in the past I could clean the whole house in half a day AND strip and remake the bed as well, cleaning one room takes me almost a whole day as i keep having to sit down.
is it something to do with the threescore and ten we're "allocated" after which we fall apart at the seams?
i feel very jealous of those who can go for walks and bound up and down the stairs - getting older isn't for the faint-hearted!

Time marches on, in spite of our most fervent wishes! I began to lose strength and stamina almost as soon as I'd passed the allotted four-score-year-and-ten. No amount of pills, potions, superfoods, pumping iron, blah blah blah is going to keep your body the same as it was when you were in your prime (that's why it's called your prime). In any case, we have consolations (allegedly): more knowledge, greater insight, less embarrassment at our little "faults". Yeah, well, I did say allegedly...

Oops, THREE-score-year-and-ten - one thing I HAVE lost is my ability to do mental arithmetic...

It’s lovely all these people saying how fit they were at a younger age and 50 and old age don’t go in the same sentence.
I beg to differ, some people sometimes much younger can feel very disabled. We all have different crosses to bear and l have friends who are much older than me who are much less arthritic than me and who can walk further than me. I have another friend who is ten years younger than me who is crippled with joint problems.
It’s all relative, some of us do better than others. I imagine a lot of it is down to good genes and taking care of ourselves which often doesn’t happen. Either way Cumbrian male, l don’t think there is anything unusual to feel a bit stiff after bending a lot after 50. I am 67 and l can’t bend at all!😁

Agree. I was ok at 70. At 76 no longer ok!

I had to speak to the out-of-hours folk on Saturday. The nurse must have said “bless you” nine times while I was describing my symptoms. By the end of the call I felt about 127 instead of 64!
Need to bend and lift a certain amount at work but it takes longer to straighten up than it used to.

I wonder if OP has health issues?
Two of my 3 D’s are in their early 50’s, hold down full time jobs, have demanding pre-teen and teenage children , one commutes back to London from Paris once a week for 24 hours to see clients (she’s a psychotherapist) and the other is in training for a half marathon.

I’m 65 and did happen to notice, last time I clipped my toenails that this task was more of a challenge than previously. I get cramp a lot more as I age, which doesn’t help. It might be that my Pilates teacher takes August off. Hopefully once I’m back in the swing of regular Pilates classes my flexibility will return.

Just been punting. In my 70s and i still love it but getting up from the seat that is just inches above the bottom of the boat a not a pretty sight!

If you’re in your fifties maybe it’s worth visiting your GP for a health check? I never felt different in my fifties but mid-sixties slowed me down a bit. It seems strange having to sit down after inflating tyres so maybe it could be something like blood pressure or BPPV. However as Alwaysworrying says we’re all different.

I’m not going to say that I’m as fit as I was at 60 now that I’m 70, but I’m not bad. I still walk a lot and try to do strength exercises, but my hands seem to have lost strength. I can still open jars, but when I was staying with my Mum at Christmas I couldn’t open the bottle of fizz. Mum lives in sheltered flats and I went off in search of a care worker when I came across a woman visitor who very kindly did it for me. She was older than me! She put it down to working on her farm still.