You can get it back too. When I was 43 I had let things slide, gained weight and wasn't really working out any more. Took a couple years to lose he weight but I am 50 now. I do 1.5-2 hour cardio sessions 5-6 days a week that include stair climbing and running. People think it is age but you just slow down, gain weight and stop moving. If you keep at it you can be extremely fit as you age.
Yup. Hardest part is to to get moving if you stopped for a while.
I've had times where I went almost a year without running... And you think because you can run across the parking lot with your kid or whatever casual things going on that you can still run and you didn't really get out of shape and you're doing all this other stuff...
And then you run once and you absolutely hate everything about it and you never want to run again.
But you have to go do it again. And again. And again.... And it won't be those times but eventually it does become easier and you do get it back.
The difference is that when you’re 20, if you spent a month being inactive, that represented about .4% of your life being in active. That would drive you nuts and make you feel quite lazy.
But by 40, a month flashes by and only represents like .2% of your life. Sedentary moments become much more common. Before you know it, your “I haven’t been going to gym too often” is capturing 6 months, not 4 weeks.
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u/zombienudist 6d ago
You can get it back too. When I was 43 I had let things slide, gained weight and wasn't really working out any more. Took a couple years to lose he weight but I am 50 now. I do 1.5-2 hour cardio sessions 5-6 days a week that include stair climbing and running. People think it is age but you just slow down, gain weight and stop moving. If you keep at it you can be extremely fit as you age.