Retirement Thread

[Mosbonian]

After the positive responses and congratulations on my Retirement thread, the idea came to me that there should be a thread that helps everyone prepare for the eventuality of retirement.

There were many great ideas, comments and great suggestions that came out of the conversation. What I would like to do is put this here as a repository for information for anyone who is:

• Ready to retire
• Close to retirement
• Beginning to plan for retirement

One of the things I came to find out is that no matter how much I had thought I was prepared for retirement, there were still things I had not pondered or prepared for.

So this thread is for all your questions, comments, advice to help others that are close to retirement.

I mean....this board is about a year and a half away from being around for a quarter of a century, and many of us who have been around are there already.

So, please feel free to contribute!

[RedRaider56]

Originally Posted by KC Dan

Haha, they tried the exact same thing with me. I gave them 30 days extra after they offering me 60 extra days pay and 90 days extra health coverage. I only had about 8 hrs to turnover to a new guy. Needless to say that they are suffering mightily now.
All of the senior engineers under my charge have left the company since except two. The also called me and asked me if I had my files that they could obtain after I wiped my computer hard drive. No to that, lol.
We were in the black for 20 years and this past year, they are around 20 million dollars in the red and screwing their employees to clean their books up enough to get loans. They got rid of PTO, reduced 401k match and forced all to use at least two weeks of previously earned vacation and are cashing out the rest. Really sad to see what we built be dismantled. If it weren't for TSMC, they would be in more horrendous trouble than they are now.

Well my ex-company will survive without me, but sorry to hear about your old one. That is terrible.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Well gang ....I think I hit the brick wall today....

I was really having to push myself to get all my workout in today....it was really kicking my but today.

I felt like I was struggling to make it thru....we didn’t change the workout time for each exercise nor did we change the metrics....my BP stayed pretty normal as did my heart rate and oxygen content....but I could tell I was not myself today.

The therapist said that it was normal and will happen from time to time. He said muscle fatigue is common so as long as I am not struggling for breath or having chest pains I shoul be OK.

Have any of you ever had the same experience when doing rehab?

Some days the body just fights back. I'm not personal trainer but I've had days where it just wasn't going to happen and my solution was to turn it into a moral victory and just walk the dogs or go to the pool and swim (with much of it in the hot tub). Somedays, like in sports, the stars don't align, so look for a victory..

[burt]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Well gang ....I think I hit the brick wall today....

I was really having to push myself to get all my workout in today....it was really kicking my but today.

I felt like I was struggling to make it thru....we didn’t change the workout time for each exercise nor did we change the metrics....my BP stayed pretty normal as did my heart rate and oxygen content....but I could tell I was not myself today.

The therapist said that it was normal and will happen from time to time. He said muscle fatigue is common so as long as I am not struggling for breath or having chest pains I shoul be OK.

Have any of you ever had the same experience when doing rehab?

Absolutely. Part of the process. You got this!

[DanT]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Well gang ....I think I hit the brick wall today....

I was really having to push myself to get all my workout in today....it was really kicking my but today.

I felt like I was struggling to make it thru....we didn’t change the workout time for each exercise nor did we change the metrics....my BP stayed pretty normal as did my heart rate and oxygen content....but I could tell I was not myself today.

The therapist said that it was normal and will happen from time to time. He said muscle fatigue is common so as long as I am not struggling for breath or having chest pains I shoul be OK.

Have any of you ever had the same experience when doing rehab?

Never been through a rehab program, but I would bet almost everyone who has followed a training plan knows that there are just days when our bodies are off. It's absolutely normal, nothing to worry about. The benefits from rehab/training come in many cases from the body rebuilding tissues that have been broken down, so instead of rehab/training just resulting in one-way gains, it's really a back-and-forth where on net you're winning better health, but you will have some sessions that feel off.

[Mosbonian]

Thursday's workout went much better....even with changing the incline on the treadmill from 5% to 7 %....

I was actually in a zone throughout most of the workout.....the only thing that stretched me was the last piece of leg work I did.....I just felt leg fatigue although I made it thru the total workout.

[burt]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Thursday's workout went much better....even with changing the incline on the treadmill from 5% to 7 %....

I was actually in a zone throughout most of the workout.....the only thing that stretched me was the last piece of leg work I did.....I just felt leg fatigue although I made it thru the total workout.

So you legged it out?

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by burt

So you legged it out?

Yep....just like Vinnie Pasquatino on a slow ground ball in the infield.

[Mosbonian]

Sorry I haven't had an update lately....Tuesday was my test day after 5 weeks of rehab. To get released from the cardiac rehab I had to meet standards....and for the most part it went well.....

Here is what I had to do to pass the test....and not have to go thru another 5 weeks:

Bicycle ride for 10 minutes at a medium pace....keeping the Watts level at 60

Another version of the bicycle ride at a medium pace for 10 minutes...resistance greater and Watts level at 50

Arm pedal only for 10 minutes with Watts at 55

40 leg lifts with a 10 lb weight on each leg...

60 stand up/sit down without using my arms....

30 arm bends with 7.5 lb weight each arm...

30 pushups... within 1 minute 30 seconds

40 Step Up/Step down for each leg

Resistance bands height level- 30 pullbacks focusing on upper body strength

Resistance bands 9 feet level - 30 pull downs again focusing on upper body strength

All of these I passed with flying colors, although I did just make it on the pushups.

Here's where I hit the big wall with a crash...

Treadmill walk....this one was a little different than I had been practicing.....here is what I had to do...

3 minutes walking at 1% incline at 1.2 miles per hour gait

3 minutes walking at 5% incline at 1.2 miles per hour gait

3 minutes walking at 7% incline at 1.6 miles per hours gait

Last 3 minutes walking at 9% incline at 2 miles per hour gait...and this is where I failed to complete the exercise. I managed to get 90 seconds into the last 3 minutes and my body basically gave out...breathing was rough, my O2 content was 90 and my heart rate was at 106.... I know for most of you fitness people this is not much of a thing to have to do, but for a 68 y/o heart patient this was tough.

I was kind of bummed out but my trainer told me I actually did well...my pride told me I didn't.....

Here's the funny thing.....my Blood Pressure reading AFTER my test was 6 points lower that the reading they tool before the test....

[Mosbonian]

Now....to catch you up for today...

Not much changed on my normal routine save for the fact that my time length for everything has moved from 10 minutes to 12 minutes on the Treadmill and all 3 bike exercises,

3 things has been dropped from the routine....the 30 arm bends with the 7.5 lb weights, and both of the resistance band exercises...he said I don't need that as part of the routine anymore. He wants the routine to focus on leg strength and cardio routines to make sure I can pass the one test I didn't pass. It's the only one I will be tested on again when I am tested in 4 weeks. The rest of the items will not be graded since I passed them all on the first try.....I still have to do them as part of the test, but don't have to be graded.

[Mosbonian]

BTW...I know this is Draft Day and everyone's focus is our 1st Round Draft pic....but I wanted to put this out there before I got too far behind

[scho63]

If you really wanted to impress your cardiac doctors Mosbonian, you could have demonstrated how you can last more than 2 minutes in the sack.

[burt]

Originally Posted by scho63

If you really wanted to impress your cardiac doctors Mosbonian, you could have demonstrated how you can last more than 2 minutes in the sack.

I drive like I f#@k, slow, careful and deliberate.

[ARROW2]

Next Wednesday, I'M OUT!!!!!!

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by ARROW2

Next Wednesday, I'M OUT!!!!!!

Congrats!
Your going to love it.