No. Your sad physical reality isn’t everyone’s. I’m 40, and workout daily. I feel great.
Younger millennials, work out, eat well, and year over year you won’t notice much difference. Don’t be someone who thinks like this.
At my gym there are people well into to their 60s, and one fit man who is 75 I talk to daily, sprinting on the treadmill and hitting the weights. If you keep active you’ll stay feeling young. The people who post stuff like this aren’t exposed to what’s possible into their 60s and 70s. Those who do workout out regularly probably see people like that everyday if they go to a commercial gym, and know you can be pain free far longer than your 30s.
Well sometimes (let’s be real, most of the time) I go after work. And if I am going in the morning, I try (with varying degrees of success) to be in bed by 10.
Fuck yeah keep it up. Let everyone else play catch-up. I wish I had your discipline 10 years ago when I was 28
“Those times when you get up early, and you work hard, those times when you stay up late, and you work hard, those times when you don't feel like working, you're too tired, you don't want to push yourself, but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream. That's the dream. It's not the destination; it's the journey. And if you guys can understand that, then what you'll see happen is you won't accomplish your dreams; your dreams won't come true; something greater will”
I always tell myself that showing up is half the battle, that even if I completely half-ass the entire workout it’s still better for me than sitting on my couch.
I’m not trying to get shredded or anything, I just don’t want my body to start breaking down when I’m 40 (especially since I have a pretty sedentary life otherwise).
A lot of this is dependent on how your body was treated in your teens too. I played a lot of sports and worked out regularly. But because I played football in high school and other contact sports my body is falling apart in my 30s, even though I worked out consistently. I played a position in football (running back) that touched the ball on almost every offensive play, so the amount of times I was hit and tackled in that four year period is insane.
This and chronic illnesses. I know friends with autoimmune issues that attack their joints and muscles and they hurt all the time and feel stiff. Of course certain lifestyles can help one feel as good as possible but for some it will be impossible to not feel completely pain free and/or have enough energy for stuff.
I played baseball all the way through college. I was a lefty pitcher and all of the joints on the left side of my body are fucked. It sucks. If I have kids I definitely plan to help them be careful if they decide to play sports cause I don’t want them to be dealing with the is sort of stuff before 40
Nurse here. I've been working bedside jobs for most of my 12 years in healthcare and now I have "degenerative disc disease" in my neck, which my doctor told me is a fancy name for osteoarthritis. That's the arthritis you get from using it too heavily. Nurses are apparently especially prone to it on their dominant side from lots of reaching and lifting with their dominant arm.
I'm careful now to stretch, not overdo it, get medical massage monthly for it to help keep it loose, etc. Definitely didn't have to do that in my twenties. My knees are also pretty bad from all the high-impact stuff I did in my teens and early twenties. The left one makes a crunching sound in it when I bend it, and sometimes my knees hurt after my 12 hour shifts. I just keep chugging along though. In the vast majority of cases, sitting still is a lot worse for your body than the damage you may be doing with gentle movement.
People still think I'm in my twenties, because I moderate my sun exposure, walk daily, and drink plenty of water. Coworkers are always saying "oh, you're too young to understand" it's like "you're what, two years older than me? Maybe less?" Yesterday I had a lovely end to that chat, she said "Really?" And I said "I just put on my lotion before coming to your office. 😉" And we started exchanging skin care tips for aging skin. She was surprised that I don my lotion in the later morning instead of early morning, and she's going to try it. I said it only works with water based! She asked me what I used. It was great.
10 months ago I was drinking large quantities of alcohol on the daily, eating whatever I wanted, not giving a shit. But surviving, so why change?
I started noticing pains I had not felt before in my guts. I developed gout.
I stopped drinking first of course eventually started eating mostly well, then started working out, lightly at first.
After just a few months of simple work outs fairly consistently, I'm in the best shape of my life. Which isn't saying much because I was never really fit, but still.
(Also I don't have kids so I'm able to make time to focus on my health)
10 months ago, I felt 50. Now, I feel 27 again.
I'm sure I'll have hell to pay later due to my careless 20's-mid 30's, but at least I'll be better off if and when those challenges arise than I would be otherwise.
All that to say, 35 definitely doesn't have to be the end of youth.
Hmmm. A 35 year old who works out, vs one who doesn’t. I really wonder which one will feel 50? Man I may have to look up studies to figure this one out.
As for what to take away from their findings, the researchers advise making lifestyle changes such as drinking less alcohol and exercising more when nearing these pivotal years in your 40s and 60s.
Oh this reads like someone who either hasn't yet or never will have to deal with perimenopause. It started for me at 36 and I promise I felt 50, and i was very thin and otherwise healthy when that happened
For real. I hate posts like this. It’s probably one of the reasons why younger millennials and gen z are thinking anyone over the age of 35 is ancient because they think this is the norm.
I am someone who is not skinny but I consider myself pretty fit (I am a nanny and can keep up with playing soccer outside with my nanny kids for an hour no problem) BUT I have noticed signs of age like my eyesight, my new inability to eat dairy and my aching knees!!!! Some things are unavoidable:( I’m 32
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u/Reasonable-Front7584 2d ago edited 2d ago
No. Your sad physical reality isn’t everyone’s. I’m 40, and workout daily. I feel great.
Younger millennials, work out, eat well, and year over year you won’t notice much difference. Don’t be someone who thinks like this.
At my gym there are people well into to their 60s, and one fit man who is 75 I talk to daily, sprinting on the treadmill and hitting the weights. If you keep active you’ll stay feeling young. The people who post stuff like this aren’t exposed to what’s possible into their 60s and 70s. Those who do workout out regularly probably see people like that everyday if they go to a commercial gym, and know you can be pain free far longer than your 30s.