Being fit for your travel

[Olddaddy]

This trip if I hadn't been relatively fit I wouldn't of got through it easily 

Everything from lifts out to escalator etc , had to carry my luggage 🧳 upstairs several times in Philippines 

Get my 🧳 out of Grab cars , walk on uneven footpaths etc 

Railway station steps , balance in the train travel standing up most trips , etc 

Trying to balance on a train without holding on takes skill

People nowadays this generation don't care if your old they will push you , rush for seats etc 

 

I don't know how you guys go who are not as fit 

I try to go to the gym to train to travel 🧳 

If your not fit ...please all I ask you to do is ..... exercise 🤸‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️🤺

[a-447]

I'm very fit for my age. Walking 15 or more kilometres a day and climbing stairs are not a problem for me when I travel.

At home I go for a walk around a lake near the city most days. If it rains I walk around shopping centres.

I have a gym downstairs at home, but I don't use it much. I installed it because both my 'friends' who , err.... look after me ...are into fitness, which is a bonus for me. Every now and then I do a bit of weight training when they come to visit, but nothing to strenuous. That effort comes later.

Sex is my main source of exercise. 🤣🤣

[Mavica]

Important, also, is knowledge of environmental and other conditions we'll encounter at our destination(s).  Mexico City is a good case in point.  7,400 ft. altitude.  For some, maybe many visitors it can take a day or two (or the entirety of a visit) for the body to acclimate to the altitude.  Hot an humid beach destinations around the world can cause some people problems, too.  It's not just about being fit.  Overall health and how the environmental conditions play an important factor.

[Keithambrose]

4 hours ago, Mavica said:

Important, also, is knowledge of environmental and other conditions we'll encounter at our destination(s).  Mexico City is a good case in point.  7,400 ft. altitude.  For some, maybe many visitors it can take a day or two (or the entirety of a visit) for the body to acclimate to the altitude.  Hot an humid beach destinations around the world can cause some people problems, too.  It's not just about being fit.  Overall health and how the environmental conditions play an important factor.

Heat, humidity,  and smog, as in Bangkok!

[floridarob]

14 hours ago, a-447 said:

Sex is my main source of exercise. 🤣🤣

Alone or with someone?

[a-447]

3 hours ago, floridarob said:

Alone or with someone?

With my 2 'friends' - but not at the same time.

I must admit, people have often asked me why my right arm is so much bigger than my left.

They assume I'm a regular tennis player.

[Keithambrose]

17 hours ago, a-447 said:

With my 2 'friends' - but not at the same time.

I must admit, people have often asked me why my right arm is so much bigger than my left.

They assume I'm a regular tennis player.

I assumed you were left handed....

[unicorn]

On 8/26/2026 at 9:47 PM, Olddaddy said:

...People nowadays this generation don't care if your old they will push you , rush for seats etc...

A lot of it depends on where you are. I was shocked at the behavior of Chinese youth, especially in the subways of Beijing and Shanghai. Young adults would run in front of the elderly to get seats. In one instance, which I'll probably remember as long as I live, I saw two young Chinese men actually shove an old lady aside to get to a seat first! In all of my years and all the countries I've visited--and that's quite a few--I've never seen anything like this. I had thought that Chinese tradition was to respect elders, though from what I witnessed, that probably only applies to elders in their own families. 

[jimmie50]

2 hours ago, unicorn said:

In all of my years and all the countries I've visited--and that's quite a few--I've never seen anything like this. I had thought that Chinese tradition was to respect elders, though from what I witnessed, that probably only applies to elders in their own families. 

I witnessed something similar in Taiwan on my first visit there with my ex back in 2004.  At that time the MRT was very limited and most of it was still under construction, so this was actually people waiting for the bus.  Never experienced anything quite like it, nor have I forgotten it.  

[mauRICE]

42 minutes ago, jimmie50 said:

I witnessed something similar in Taiwan on my first visit there with my ex back in 2004.  At that time the MRT was very limited and most of it was still under construction, so this was actually people waiting for the bus.  Never experienced anything quite like it, nor have I forgotten it.  

Not surprised that it happens in mainland China but in Taiwan? I'm a little disappointed to hear this because I've always found the Chinese from Taiwan to be among the most likeable in Asia, together with the Chinese Indonesians and Chinese East Malaysians. Hong Kongers would be at the bottom of the spectrum.

[jimmie50]

This was in Taipei.  My ex didn't seem to think anything about it.  He said that was just normal routine...pushing and shoving the elderly out of the way.  Very aggressive behavior from my perspective.  Then again, keep in mind this was many years ago...more than 20 years ago.  Hopefully things have changed.   

[Olddaddy]

Must be hard if your not fit ... yesterday I was in the Thai blind massage shop in Jomtien complex 

A farang younger than me , but very obese couldn't walk up the stairs to the first floor 

I was behind him .

He stopped on the stairs 

He asked me , can you push me up?

Guys please , all I ask you to do is do some walking 

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, unicorn said:

I had thought that Chinese tradition was to respect elders, though from what I witnessed, that probably only applies to elders in their own families. 

so much for stereotypes

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, jimmie50 said:

keep in mind this was many years ago...more than 20 years ago.  Hopefully things have changed.   

sure , more space on public transit and less oldies using it perhpas

[vinapu]

29 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

 

He asked me , can you push me up?

 

did you help him ? 

[Olddaddy]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

did you help him ? 

Yes , pushed him up 

[a-447]

I hate to break the stereotype, but even in Japan young people do not stand up for the elderly, even if they are sitting in seats which are clearly designated for the elderly, disabled, etc.

They just look down at their phones and pretend they don't see you.

The only people who ever offer me a seat - either a normal one or a designated one- are foreign tourists!

I always politely decline, as I'm fully able to stand.

[unicorn]

1 hour ago, a-447 said:

I hate to break the stereotype, but even in Japan young people do not stand up for the elderly, even if they are sitting in seats which are clearly designated for the elderly, disabled, etc.

They just look down at their phones and pretend they don't see you.

The only people who ever offer me a seat - either a normal one or a designated one- are foreign tourists!...

Well, at least they don't shove the elderly aside, but it's still shocking to hear that. Parisians have the reputation for being rude, but I've seen people give up their seats for the elderly on the Paris Metro--and not necessarily only those designated for the elderly. 

[Keithambrose]

4 hours ago, a-447 said:

I hate to break the stereotype, but even in Japan young people do not stand up for the elderly, even if they are sitting in seats which are clearly designated for the elderly, disabled, etc.

They just look down at their phones and pretend they don't see you.

The only people who ever offer me a seat - either a normal one or a designated one- are foreign tourists!

I always politely decline, as I'm fully able to stand.

In London it is also usually a 'foreigner', even a dreaded immigrant, who offer to give up their seat. Quite noticeable. Also usually a local who thinks that their bag is entitled to a seat.

[a-447]

3 hours ago, unicorn said:

Well, at least they don't shove the elderly aside, .....

No, not yet. 

In junior high school we had a civics class every week. 

We learnt about respect for others, honesty and integrity, responsibility, compassion and empathy, respect for nature, self-discipline, appreciation of Japanese traditions and culture, and love of family and the importance of friends.

 

Yet despite this, kids will be kids and so bullying was rife.

 

Japanese tend to become upstanding citizens after they leave school and enter university. 

 

I'm beginning to wonder if those high school classes have now disappeared!

 

 

 

 

 

[vinapu]

16 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Yes , pushed him up 

you have a good heart

[vinapu]

11 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

In London it is also usually a 'foreigner', even a dreaded immigrant, who offer to give up their seat. Quite noticeable. Also usually a local who thinks that their bag is entitled to a seat.

that's my local  experience as well , although since I'm at end of the line , rarely  I don't see free seat if i need one .

[Riobard]

“I’m happy to stand, guv’nor. Your rucksack looks frailer than me and exhausted. Cheers.” 

[vinapu]

39 minutes ago, Riobard said:

“I’m happy to stand, guv’nor. Your rucksack looks frailer than me and exhausted. Cheers.” 

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