Are there any other gransnetters…

Yes me, very fortunate. Working on the cartwheels though - never could do them but recently started Dru yoga and am getting there......

Oh go on ffinnichocio! I dare you! In the market square.

This is a thread where we definitely need to know the poster's age. And no cheating.

68 years, 2 weeks and 2 days

Doing good, that woman!

The only medication I take is Thyroxine. Can't run - but I can (and frequently do) walk for miles including hills and rough ground. OK sitting on the floor but I draw the line at cartwheels.

67 and 1 month.

My dad's brother and sister go American square dancing every Tuesday and Wednesday night. He is 84, 85 next month, and she is 79.

I think I'm fitter now than I have ever been. Now we have time to go to the gym and follow a proper programme and go to pilates. I'm also taller than I have ever been. Retirement - what's not to like?

ffinocchio

Jingle If I were to do commando cartwheels in the market square, the most I would get would be the french insouciance stare - which they do so well. I'd expect at least a round of applause!

I've been putting off refilling my medicine pack as it takes me about fifteen minutes and is such a boring job. I take six prescription tablets every day, plus iron and vitamin B supplements. I fill up my pack every two weeks because it's easier than sorting through my meds daily. I also have two puffers for asthma and topical cream for a skin complaint. I'm reasonably fit and active; I haven't done a cartwheel since I was about twelve, but I can still dance an evening away and I spend a lot of time sitting on the floor with my grandchildren. I'm sixty.

I can sit on the floor; it's just that, when I do, I can't get back up again ...

absent

64. Is there anyone else for splits / foot in hand past ear with straight legs?
Only me? [preens emoticon]

I'm 65 in July, and I take no medication whatsoever. I think I'm lucky!

As for splits and foot in the air, all I can say is "respect, sister" .

Oh and I often sit on the floor, including once in desperation on a packed train (I had been standing from Glasgow to Newcastle).

mamie I couldn't do those when I was 5 let alone now. But I can bend every finger on both hands independently of all the others. Does that count?

Of course it does Aka each to her own I say!

My son has just got back from a holiday in Vietnam and we were discussing how supple older Vietnamese/Chinese etc people are. I'm sure it's down to the way they do gentle exercise from a young age. He said one place he stayed at had a over sixties running group [and by over sixties I mean a lot over sixty]. Had a similar conversation with my chiropractor once.

Nonnie how can you be taller now? A joke surely. heehee. I am getting smaller as time goes on, soon I shall be a hobbit.Could never do cartwheels even as a child, hate sitting on the floor [unless a comfy bean bag counts?] Have several medications on the go. Have all my own teeth [so far.] Dance about the house to certain radio music [not all night, phew!]Do some gentle excercises every day for my back.

64 yesterday. Never could do the splits. Very impressive Mamie. Go you

Come to think of it, I still do an "exercise" which requires me to lift my legs above my head

I take 3, I had a heart problem. Plus aspirin (if that counts.)
On the plus side I'm thin (inherited) and walk with the dogs every day, but can't run , knees won't allow.
I'm nearly 78 - gotta keep going!

Grannyknot. . hee hee hee.