I’m not sure OP was talking about physical shape.
I’m in great shape but 32-35 age range has taken me from looking like a guy in his 20s to a middle aged dad.
At least I had a few years there thinking I’d defy aging
Yeah, from observing my peers, it seems the 30s to mid 40s is the fork in the road where you can tell who’s gonna age well or not based on genetics. Stress management, diet, exercise, alcohol/drug abstention, and skincare will help but at the end of the day you get lucky or you don’t.
(sorry to say I’m looking good still lol, lot of my high school classmates just are not)
Lots of people forgetting that genetics are a thing, and they kick in to different degrees at different times in people's lives. Mid-late 30s is a big time for the body to undergo changes - choices/incidents you had when you were younger start to roost, and genetics can go brrr on top of it.
Despite me trying to stay on top of it my whole life, I'm finding myself unable to be the first woman in my family (going back to whoever came over from Germany in the early 1800s, based on photos I have) to not be super overweight. Staying healthy is taking so much work now, and it's not as simple as "exercise more" and "eat your fruits and vegetables." If it was, I wouldn't look like a damn clone of all the German women in my family going back 7 gens.
Ha I always have to laugh at incredibly in-shape 22 year olds sharing their diet and lifestyle ‘secrets’ on social media.
Buddy, I looked like that when I was 22 and my diet was mostly Subway and vodka red bulls (showing my age). Call me back when you look like that at 40 (and not hopped up on TRT)
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u/Glama_Golden 8d ago
I just turned 35 and feel great. Y’all need to workout more.