I'm on the younger side of things(mid-30s) although probably not in as good of shape as I could be.
For the first mow of the season this year, I opted for a current favorite Lawn Boy 7262, a D600 engine mag deck push mower. AFAIK, you won't find a push mower that's much lighter than this one, as the magnesium deck weighs almost nothing and has a relatively simple and lightweight 2 stroke engine on top of it. The only way you'd really get lighter is with the 19" equivalent of this mower.
Admittedly the wheels are more than a little wobbly(on my to-do list to fix) and I'm sure that didn't help things but it gave me more of a work-out on our relatively flat 3/4 acre lot than I expected it to.
If you want a Lawn Boy, the 10323/10324(I can't tell that there's actually any difference in the two-I suspect one may have been a big box store model number and one an independent store model) is relatively plentiful and usually inexpensive. The Duraforce engines are powerful and unstoppable, and they have the reliable single speed drive. They are steel deck mowers, but the steel is thick and good quality and they don't seem particularly rust prone from what I've seen.
I'm rather partial to Lawn Boys and I have...a few...in my garage now. We'll see if the 7262 gets used for the next mow or if I use something different. It's the only non-self-propelled one I have.
For the first mow of the season this year, I opted for a current favorite Lawn Boy 7262, a D600 engine mag deck push mower. AFAIK, you won't find a push mower that's much lighter than this one, as the magnesium deck weighs almost nothing and has a relatively simple and lightweight 2 stroke engine on top of it. The only way you'd really get lighter is with the 19" equivalent of this mower.
Admittedly the wheels are more than a little wobbly(on my to-do list to fix) and I'm sure that didn't help things but it gave me more of a work-out on our relatively flat 3/4 acre lot than I expected it to.
If you want a Lawn Boy, the 10323/10324(I can't tell that there's actually any difference in the two-I suspect one may have been a big box store model number and one an independent store model) is relatively plentiful and usually inexpensive. The Duraforce engines are powerful and unstoppable, and they have the reliable single speed drive. They are steel deck mowers, but the steel is thick and good quality and they don't seem particularly rust prone from what I've seen.
I'm rather partial to Lawn Boys and I have...a few...in my garage now. We'll see if the 7262 gets used for the next mow or if I use something different. It's the only non-self-propelled one I have.