Able to leap from or onto a pickup truck tailgate with a single bound. Faster than anyone on the crew. Stronger than a locomotive. These are things I used to do and think when I was younger. Now that I’m older, my body is telling me I’m not so tough now. Nowadays, I take a handful of vitamins to keep me going, and a bottle of aspirin or Ibuprofen is usually by my bedside and in my truck.
During my prime years of installation I really didn’t think about what my body would be like in my 50s. Now that I’m in my 50s, I look back and think how foolish I was at times, trying to lift things without thinking about my back or working without the proper personal protective equipment (PPE).