“As men get older, they don’t just lose their hair, muscle tone, and knee cartilage.”
Wait a sec, there! The author left off the most important thing that men lose as they age. I’ll hazard a guess and say this was written by a woman. ;>)
Yeah, but, the article says their HEART gets stiffer.
Something to lean on in my old age?
I burned 82 candles this year, and 2 years ago I added light weight lifting to my fast walk on treadmill routine. Believe it or not, I have gained NEW muscles in upper body. So old men do not need to lose muscle tone. They just need to strain the muscles with exercise.
5 years ago I twisted by knee on a sand filled walking track in my condo complex. The knee was swollen quite a bit and was painful to walk. Doctor sent me for X-rays. Looking at the X-ray results she said I had bone of bone situation in knee. She gave me a shot (I think cortisone?) and with rest for 2+ weeks, the swelling went down, but knee was still painful to walk. My cousin talked me out of knee surgery based on his experience with both knees replaced and one knee still has lot of pain after 5 years. So I took up walking on treadmill. Slowly I increased time and speed of the walk. after a year of this, another miracle, I have no longer any pain in the knee!
Sadly there is no exercise available to cure deteriorating performance by the gonads. But regular physical exercise has many other side benefits. For one thing, I have not caught cold or flu or covid or any respiratory disease for many years. And secondly, my heart seems to be in better shape with no more chest pains after eating a good steak or prime rib. Finally I am also convinced regular exercise is delaying the inevitable onset of dementia.