What happens when you reach middle-age? Work frustrations, redundancy, bodily decline and even a hip replacement maybe? Don't worry, it's a game of two halves and the second one is just kicking off so there's all to play for.
Middle age health and fitness stories charting body and mental decline, and the things you can do about it. Includes a multi-part hip replacement story.
False memories mean that sometimes what you think happened never actually did. Why is that, and what can you do to leverage this brain quirk to make you happier
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Remember Marvin the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide? Marvin’s sayings reflect what many of us feel in middle age. Read how, and what you can do not be a Marvin.
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Evel Knievel is proof that a hip replacement isn’t necessarily the worst thing that can happen to you, and you can break a lot of other bones before it restricts you too much
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12 months in my total hip replacement recovery story. In the end 2020 was much more than that, with Covid, lockdowns and a new job being thrown into the mix.
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Is Zwift for middle aged men a good idea, especially those with an artificial hip? Find out how one midlife man got on.
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Working from home is dangerous. Don’t wait for it to become a killer before you do something to change your ways, especially during Coronavirus lockdown
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+1 With Covid keeping us locked up once more, the advice is to try something new if you want to
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My performance review of my hip replacement 6 months after the operation. What rating will I give it?
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Middle-age spread is usually frowned upon, but it could be tastier than you think. Is it worth the pain to hold back that spreading stomach?
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Summer’s here and the time is right. Lockdown could be coming to an end, the sun is still shining, and we’re all feeling a little happier. Although the time may not be right for dancing in the street just yet, it is the time for making and shaking some cool cocktails and ice cubes to match.
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Blueberry muffin day is coming. What’s the background to one of coffee’s greatest lovers, and how do you make one. Going to Minnesota might be a start.
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It’s easy to get frustrated with a boring middle aged existence especially when you worry about everything and everyone else. Well don’t. Listen to the little man in your head. Be more Don.
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If you’ve been struggling with how to be happy, here’s something you can do to improve your mental health. Don’t try and make changes for you, do it for someone else. Do it for Don.
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A total hip replacement recovery story, charting progress from week 3 to week 7 post hip replacement operation
Continue reading Hip replacement recovery story: the day 6 to day 21 improvements post hip replacement operation
Continue reading Hip replacement surgery is supposed to be routine, but I had a horrible blip. A tale of the operation, blip and recovery.
Continue reading Having signed up to a middle age hip replacement, the day fast approached. I occasionally had doubts but pain convinced me otherwise. This is the story of what happened next…
Continue reading Total hip replacement at 50 needs some thinking about. This is part 2 of my total midlife hip replacement story – how it came to be
Continue reading Arthritis isn’t for old people, it can strike at any time if you’re unlucky. The start of a hip replacement story.
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One man’s experience of using chemicals to pep up middle aged sex life
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