I knew from watching my dad grow old that I would inevitably lose my hair and go grey, so I didn’t think there was much point fighting it.
My hair is receding, but not as quickly as my dad’s did and there’s still no bald spot on the top, so that’s a result. I’ve had at least a number 3 all over for the last 20-odd years and I think I’ll just go shorter as my hair recedes more.
I’m greying around the sides, but again not as quickly as my dad did. What I do find though is that if I don’t shave for a couple of days my stubble is almost entirely grey.
Lives in terraced house: check
Drives a small second hand car: check
Has to park it in the road: check
3 kids, 2 at uni: check
Wife insists save up and sell stuff for MONTHS until you have enough cash for a wahoo Kickr: check
However I would take note of what @pacha said. The stuff that I am now using I don’t think would work for you. If you have a good barber, which I did, then they can advise.
The greyer you go, the less hair you have. My clippers are out every 10 days or so.
Still have a reasonable amount, if it hangs about another 5-8 years then I reckon having a decent head of hair even if grey is a win vs all the baldies so I’ll grow it out a bit ‘because I can’….
I’ve still got a reasonable head of hair, ignoring the colour. My dad was pretty thin and balding but that might well have been all the medication he was on.
I tend to like it fairly short (needs a cut now) as it’s much quicker to wash.
Plus it gets quite wavy and curly when it gets even slightly long
The males on my dad’s side generally have a full head of hair into old age, well the few that did. Thinking about a lot of Latinos with some indigenous heritage tend to.
at 68, I still have a full head of hair albeit now very grey mostly and just a hint of some thinning on my crown and some receding at the front.
my Dad had a full head of mostly black hair at 64 when he died so I guess I inherited his genes rather than his Dad’s who was as bald as a coot by 50! phew…
Went running yesterday, max heart rate was a lot higher than my usual 174…186 for a 52 year old. I’m using a Garmin chest strap so its likely accurate, and I had to stop to rest after about 5 minutes of running at this level.
It was warm and I’m only doing 1 run a week so not at peak fitness. I don’t use the calculators out there as there are many factors they cannot cater for (especially 220-age).
My question is, do you think I should now set the max heart rate to 186 on my devices or is this just something that’s likely to be an error?
Also, do any of you have a max heart rate over 180?
I’d have a look at the actual trace on Garmin connect before making any changes. If it’s a momentary spike for split second it’s likely an error. If it gradually gets there, up a hill or a faster section then it’s more likely to be genuine.
I’m 51 and get genuine HRs over 180 but also see freak spikes from time to time that you can see aren’t real as they just don’t correspond with the effort at the time. My HR is also higher if a cold or bug is brewing but wouldn’t change my stats for that as it isn’t indicative of normal circumstances.
Ps. Is your resting HR elevated too, as that’s often a sign of coming down with something?
i’m mid 50’s and still have a max HR of 188, but do get the odd data glitch where it reads a bit higher, and don’t pay attention to them. I know my max is correct, as I can feel it start to get proper tough when I get towards the high 170’s or early 180’s, so know i’m getting towards a maximal effort.
I regular run a hard 15 or 20 min effort at 175, in fact, did just that on Tues this week
I’ve always had a pretty agile HR, with quite low lows and quite high highs though.
Just adding to this answer, personally, i’d have another go a few days later at a full on balls out effort of just a few mins (after a sensible warm up!) and see what your HR does…. if you aren’t unwell, then 186 doesn’t sound scarily high, and you’d soon know if you slipped quickly past 174 but on a slope, not a spike, that its a realistic MaxHR…
