I was a full blown cripple at 40. After 5 back operations I’m ok. I’m 54 but can see my body rotting away quickly and the back problems are creeping in again. I’d be long dead if I had any habits. Genetics are so powerful. It’s a spectrum and I’m on the lower end of it. My brain is on the upper end of that spectrum.
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I was crippled by a clown doctor at 50, and I was born stupid, lazy and poor , Any chance of a redeal?
Lol I hope that’s not true. I’m not laughing at you. I’d like a redeal.
Thanks, I meant it as a little comic relief , and I appreciate the kind thought, but I am like many other people , I focus on the bad, and forget that I was blessed with a wonderful healthy wife , 3 great healthy children , 13 beautiful healthy grandchildren and 6 beautiful healthy great grand children. I'm ashamed of myself for forgetting . If it were possible , I would take all their pain and suffering of their lifetimes on myself, so that they did not have it.
Oh , I thought about that , no doubt, thankfully I was not really mobile, when I was thinking evil.
Efren (67), Earl (60), and Bustamante (57) are all strong examples of pro players who have managed to play at a very high level in to their 50s, and even their 60s in Efren’s case. However, compared to how they played in their 20s and 30s, even with all the knowledge and experienced they’ve gained from decades of competition, their is still no comparison.
There is no one rule that applies to everybody. Some people age better than others. That's a reality. My father, who was a physician once told me that Stress is the biggest killer! Living a stress free life (as much as possible) seems to prolong our lives and our health. I have a good friend named Jack Rafferty who is a stress relief specialist (a title I gave him. he's actually a therapist) who is 85 or 86 years old and bounces around like a young man. He is full of energy. Of course he eats a healthy diet and gets plenty of exercise (he has an active sex life too!). And he loves to play pool!
Biden did the same thing trying to get on AirForce 1.I fell going up the stairs a couple months ago. How is that possible I wondered. It is……
Still better than the date with the stainless steel table……
We are lucky to still be here, no matter our current form/condition.
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Fatboy
Tell that to Mike Massey while he's turning you upside down and shaking all the change from your pockets
It’s true when you are training regularly your muscles are not firing like they do when your instroke. Your touch is gone, soft delicate shots are a disaster. When I was full time in the gym on steroids for years my pool game suffered. When I play pool full time my gym results suffered. It’s impossible to properly lift & play at the same time. One of the 2 will not be near par. That’s in the past for me-they both suck right nowTell that to Mike Massey while he's turning you upside down and shaking all the change from your pockets
Got to be one of the best lines yet. You suck because you're just too buff to play good?? Holy shit. lol
It’s true when you are training regularly your muscles are not firing like they do when your instroke. Your touch is gone, soft delicate shots are a disaster. When I was full time in the gym on steroids for years my pool game suffered. When I play pool full time my gym results suffered. It’s impossible to properly lift & play at the same time. One of the 2 will not be near par. That’s in the past for me-they both suck right now
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Fatboy
Conspired to pool players-yes he’s bug. Compared to true bodybuilders he’s not big.
Frank had amazing genetics. He wasn’t natural, however he didn’t do the amount of drugs the guys just after him used. These days the 50 year old bodybuilders are dropping dead like flys. 3 or 4 this month. I used everything myself, I didn’t abuse any of it. Frank was smart. The guys who were all natural from his era look like swimmers.
