{"id":85995,"date":"2026-08-30T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85995"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:13:47","slug":"what-to-avoid-after-seventy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/what-to-avoid-after-seventy\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Avoid After Seventy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Quora:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"q-flex\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-mb--small\">\n<div class=\"q-box spacing_log_answer_header\">\n<div class=\"q-box\">\n<div class=\"q-flex qu-alignItems--flex-start\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-flex--auto\">\n<div class=\"q-box\">\n<div class=\"q-inlineFlex qu-alignItems--center\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-display--inline\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-display--inline\">\n<div class=\"q-relative qu-display--inline puppeteer_popper_reference\">\n<div class=\"q-click-wrapper c1nud10e qu-display--inline qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"q-inlineFlex qu-alignItems--center qu-wordBreak--break-word\">Bob Busch<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small qu-color--gray qu-passColorToLinks\"><span class=\"c1h7helg\"><span class=\"q-text qu-color--gray\">Old, but trying to age as slowly as possible.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-box dom_annotate_negative_feedback_hide\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-pl--tiny\">\n<div class=\"q-relative qu-size--18\">\n<div class=\"q-absolute\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-display--inline-block\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"q-relative puppeteer_popper_reference\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-box qu-mb--tiny\">\n<div class=\"q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--regular_title qu-overflow--hidden qu-fontWeight--bold qu-color--gray_dark_dim qu-passColorToLinks qu-lineHeight--regular qu-wordBreak--break-word\">\n<div class=\"q-click-wrapper c1nud10e qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"q-flex qu-flexDirection--row\">\n<div class=\"q-inline qu-flexWrap--wrap\">\n<div class=\"q-text qu-truncateLines--5 puppeteer_test_question_title\"><span class=\"q-box qu-userSelect--text\">What three things should a person avoid once they are past 70 years old?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-box spacing_log_answer_content puppeteer_test_answer_content\">\n<div class=\"q-text\">\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">I\u2019m over 70 so I\u2019ll offer a few bits of advice:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"q-box\">\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Don\u2019t sit around &#8211; exercise like your life depends on it (it does). If you don\u2019t do this your aerobic fitness will degrade, you\u2019ll get weaker, and your joints will get stiff. I know this because I started exercising heavily when I retired and after 10 years of feeling great I took a month off due to an injury and boy did I notice the difference.<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">A corollary of 1. &#8211; Know your limits and don\u2019t exceed them. A serious muscle strain will take a long time to recover from. Last December I lifted my 250 lb snowblower up some stairs (it was running so it did part of the work). This was something I had done hundreds of times in the past but this time the strain really did some damage which has taken me more than 2 months to recover from. Over 70 you really aren\u2019t a\u00a0spring chicken<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Avoid loneliness. Stay involved in life. Volunteer your time, meet up with friends, do some new activities where you meet new people. Interaction with others really enriches your life (and hopefully theirs).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">When you hit 70 you become more aware that your life\u2019s runway is short. Treat every new day as the gift that it is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Quora: Bob Busch Old, but trying to age as slowly as possible. 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