For those who didn’t read the books, Frodo was 33 when Bilbo vanished and left him his prized ring. Then Gandalf took 17 years to go research the ring before he discovered it’s likely the One Ring. When he returned, Frodo was 50. But being a Hobbit, he still looks small and youthful.
Can you imagine starting the Fellowship journey on foot at 50 years old?! Especially after a chill, quiet life where the most exercise you’ve done is tilling your garden. I’m in my early 40s and the idea of walking more than a mile makes my legs and back ache.
You should start taking walks if you have the time. I also don’t exercise that much, but at age 44 I started making walks every day, most days 4 kilometers, sundays a bit more. In the beginning it would take me almost an hour, today I can do it in 40 minutes.
I still couldn’t imagine starting the Fellowship journey though, the walking isn’t even half of it!
I spent 20 years in the US military, so I’m in pretty decent shape for my age.
But… the military also broke me. I’m only 4 years into retirement and my legs and back are shot. I exercise as much as I can, but I’m 100% disabled according to the VA, so walking a mile once a day is about the extent of my physical activity. Any more and I’ll be stuck in bed the next day.
Getting old sucks. Getting old with a broken body is even worse.
I’m kind of jealous of my dad. He was super strong when he passed away a couple years ago. He was 79, but it took a team of nurses to pin him down when he would have delirious episodes. (Something they don’t tell you about getting old… If you get an infection, there’s a high chance you might suffer hallucinations and mental confusion. My dad thought he was being kidnapped and poisoned, and he fought his nurses).
But my dad had Parkinson’s, which is a degenerative disease. If you don’t use your body, you start losing motor control and your can never get it back. So my dad walked like 10 miles a day and did a variety of strength-building exercises. He barely had any tremors at the end. He always told me, “If I don’t walk, I die.” Dude powered through a lot of physical activity just to keep going and he was in excellent shape until the end.
Oh that does suck, especially when you’re still relatively young like yourself. Take care.
go on walks, eat fibre, switch to diet soda. The three horsemen of not spending the last 10 years of your life wanting to die
50 is also young adulthood for a hobbit
The ring also slowed down his aging during those 17 years.
That or Elijah Wood has a great skin care regimen
where the most exercise you’ve done is tilling your garden
… on the rare occasion that Samwise has a day off.
You better start exercising more now. If you carry on like that you’ll definitely regret it as you get older. Source: being an old fart myself.
I’m doing my best. See my other reply here. I’m physically broken, so exercising is difficult.
“I said little, not young. You short, buddy.”
Frodo: Hey little guy! Who gave you such a cute sword and shield!?
Who gave you such a cute sword and shield!?
Boromir: 👉👈 my dad… (I’m his favorite.)
Damn and Boromir was only 41. I thought him to be as old as Aragorn (88)
If your only reference is the movies, you’d think he was 20 cause the movie i don’t think explicitly brings up his age. In the book the gaps between events are bigger so he ages quite a bit after bilbo leaves and before he goes on his quest
You’re also little. Like 4 foot nothing. Also your feet stank; haven’t you ever heard of shoes?
I’d wager bare feet smell less bad than feet trapped in shoes all day.
considering hobbit habits, they probably just smell permanently of garden soil, with a hint of pipeweed smoke
