Bruce,
While we are waiting for more informed people to reply, I'll give you a "I feel your pain" kinda thing. I'm 59, in fair shape for my age and have been an exercise nut for about the last 20 yrs.
I think we all reach an age when our bodies require more rest to recuperate. Genetics may allow some people a bit more leeway, but I am now firmly in your camp... I've had tendonitis three times in the right elbow in the last 4 yrs., my back will occasionally flair up and I've already had one back operation in 1998 (which ended my squating), and I have a small tear in my right rotator cuff..... all this (and compared to many others I'm very healthy) is manageable with common sense. I've had the discussion with instructors and doctors...you need to balance your activity with what your body will allow. If you have tendonitis... you've done too much of something and you need to rest a bit, but more importantly you need to recognize what led to it and avoid doing that much. I try not to work out very heavily more than once a week... I still work out 4 times a week but the other three are more moderate... I hit balls or play 5 days a week...I'm tempted on the other two days... but I'll just do mirror work, or hit the impact bag or work with the dowels. If I don't get a good's night rest for some reason, I take it a bit easier the following day.
I don't recognize the added rest and recuperation as a concession to my age so much as just a necessary evil that allows me to do as much as I possibly can. Every workout (or activity), even brief abbreviated workouts, are good...injuries prevent you from being active... you have to avoid injuries especially as you reach your 50's.... just my opinion.
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