Yes indeed. As you yourself told me, getting old SUCKS. I'm firmly into my mid-thirties and I am already looking back enviously at the kinds of things that I could do when I was ten years younger.

When I was 25 I could easily go to a metal concert on a weeknight, get back at past 1am, get a few hours' sleep, and go straight to work and put in a solid day's effort, no worries.

These days, though… I have to go kitted out for a proper expedition. Earplugs, phone, painkillers, insoles for my shoes, and so on. And if the concert ain't done by 11pm, and it's not IRON MAIDEN playing onstage, then I'm outta there.

And don't fuck around with your spine.

This. Just this. Every time I see some dumbass in the gym deadlifting with a scaredy-cat back, I recoil in horror because I know what that does to a man.

Definitely take care of yourself. I've got a good couple decades on some of you bloggers, and I can tell you there is a price to be paid for your ill managed youth. Nearly every injury that I ignored decades ago has come back to haunt me in one way or another.

And don't fuck around with your spine. I myself have an appointment to learn the results of an MRI for my neck. What did I do to it?

Nothing. The beating s of my youth and radiation therapy is causing it to degrade.

My heartiest congratulations to you, your wife, and your children! That is fantastic news and I am truly delighted for all of you. May God bless you all and I wish you the very best in raising your family in these dark times. New life is a wonderful thing indeed and gives us all hope.

Yeah. The worst part about lower back injuries is that you can't squat or deadlift at all until the pain gets under control. And it gets worse the older you get – it's harder every year to bounce back from a herniated disc or lumbar problem of any kind. Best of luck with your workout and stay safe.