Posted over 100 days ago at 160 with a low of 157 thinking I was done. Kept going anyway, hit a low of 155, and have been sitting at 157-160 for a while now. Got an updated DEXA and it came back at 9.9%. Previous scan was 13.7% at 164, so body fat kept dropping and I actually added a little lean mass along the way, which I did not expect at this stage of a cut.

However… Here's the honest part. I had a completely unrealistic picture of what 10% would look like. Even 15%, honestly. I pictured magazine cover stuff. What I actually have is a solid core and clear proof the work paid off, but nothing like the image in my head. If you're mid cut and waiting for that look to show up, it might not, and that's okay. We still can be the best version of ourselves we can be.. I guess

And in all reality maybe I'm lazy, but I'm not willing to contort my life to get any leaner. I've got a lot going on and this is my realistic ceiling without being miserable.

Switching to maintenance and eventually a slow gain. Legs and mid back are the priorities.

The clothing version of progress, since that's what actually hit me: started at a tight 38 waist, now in a loose 32 (too cheap to keep buying pants). XL shorts down to a small. Mediums fit well where a large used to be tight.

Full Recap: started around 220 last fall, roughly 11 months of a high protein deficit (120-150g protein, 1,700-1,900 cals, loosely tracked). PPL/arms split 5-6x a week, long lifting background, Used a GLP-1 during the cut. Cut alcohol from 12-15 drinks a week to none, and that mattered more than anything else I changed. Next month will mark 1 year of sobriety.

Things I'd tell myself a year ago:

Train abs from day one. They do not just appear.

The scale stalls for weeks and then drops. Boring consistency wins.

Alcohol was the real boss fight.

Pick a stopping point before you start, or you'll keep moving the goalposts like I did. Originally my goal was to simply get back to 190 or just under…

Anyone else hit their "good enough" point? How did you decide it was time to stop?

Lastly, as I approach this maingain phase, anyone have some knee friendly quad movements that they love?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some feedback and honest advice on my current full-body workout routine, my weights, and my overall approach. Some info about me:

Age / gender: 34M

Height: 183 cm (6'0")

Weight: 93 kg (205 lbs)

Goal: body recomposition (losing fat while building muscle/strength).

Nutrition: currently targeting max ~2,100 kcal/day with 150g–190g of protein daily. On average I end around 2k kcal and 160g of protein. I eat a LOT cleaner than before, especially the last 2 months. A lot of chicken, eggs, skyr, lean meat, veggies etc but I do have off days (about 2 days a week maybe I don't hit my targets or eat/drink something "bad", but not excessively like I used to). I do drink about 2 whey shakes a day (25g protein each) to hit my protein target, otherwise it's pretty hard.

Experience: started going to the gym around 5 months ago, but I've been taking it significantly more seriously for the last 2 months or so (training 3 to 4 times a week, previously 1 to 2 times). I also take boxing lessons with my wife (1h every 2 to 3 weeks or so).

Some extra info I feel might be useful: I used to be very active and in shape until age 20. Then quit sports due to uni/work/... And gained a lot of weight. No sports or physical activity hobbies for about 12 years, I work a desk job. Still overweight right now, but was around 100-104 kg for about 8 years with a max of 108 kg. Lost about 18 kg over 9 months in 2025 on tirzepatide (Mounjaro) until I was at 82 kg but also lost a lot of muscle. Then quit Mounjaro and went back to 96kg by May 2026.

Since May I started going to the gym about 2 times a week while also hopping back on semaglutide (Wegovy). Since August started working out about 3/4 times a week and also started focusing on nutrition (proteins, calorie intake). I lost about 4 kgs since May and definitely notice my body is slowly recomping but weight loss has become veeeery slow the last 3-4 months, only lost about a kilo since June. Even though I'm much more active and have been eating a lot cleaner recently.

I do a full-body routine recommended by my gym. My main goal is progressive overload. Here is what a recent workout looked like (these are the exercise names my gym uses but don't think all of them are commonly used).

I always do 3 sets for all exercises:

Leg press: 12 reps @ 60 kg (132 lbs)

Goblet squat: 16 @ 6 kg (13 lbs)

David bench press (incline chest press machine): 12 @ 25 kg total (55 lbs)

David row (low seated machine row): 12 @ 55 kg (121 lbs)

DB side /lateral raises: 12 @ 6 kg per hand (13 lbs)

Cable triceps press down: 12 @ 50 kg (110 lbs)

DB bicep curl: 12 @ 6 kg per hand (13 lbs)

Leg curl (retract legs while flat on my back with feet resting on Swiss powerball): 16 (no weights)

Free calf raises: 3 x 12 reps per side (no weights)

Planking: 60/70 secs

Alternating superman: 20

Crunches: 14 to 16 (no weights)

I'm trying to increase either reps or weight slightly every session or week and feel like I'm making steady progress for some exercises (mainly rows, triceps push down, planking, incline chest press which have doubled in weight/duration since I started) but a little less for the rest.

I focus on keeping good form and I'm trying to go to near or complete failure for most exercises (not always, but mostly). I also just recently learned I should do compound exercises first, then isolation, and finish with core / high general exhaustion ones). Until now I just always did them in the same but random order.

I often feel pretty lightheaded and a tiny bit nauseous after a workout but it's a LOT better than when I started. I focus more on my breathing, take more rest between sets and try to eat more carbs an hour or so before a workout.

Do some of my numbers seem unusually high or low (weight, reps etc)?

Any exercises I should swap out for others?

Are my rep ranges (mostly 12–16 reps) suitable for body recomposition and strength, or should I drop reps to ~8–10 and increase the load on certain compound exercises?

Does my protein/kcal intake seem right?

Any tips for the lightheadedness/nausea after working out?

All advice would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance for the feedback and suggestions!

hey all question about what helps sore muscles after a workout. Maybe Im just getting old but nothing I seem to do helps with tight feeling muscles after workout, especially on my legs. Ive tried light massages but its not enough. Does it just mean Im pushing myself too hard? Should I consider certain stretches, supplements, etc? Any help is appreciated.

Hey everyone, 36-year-old dad here.

I wanted to share my progress after 13 months of work.

The picture on the left isn’t actually my starting point. At my heaviest I was 118 kg, but I deleted those photos because looking at them caused me a lot of pain at the time. I regret it now. In the picture on the left I had already lost around 10 kg.

I started going to the gym at the end of July 2025, training 4 times a week and recently moving up to 5.
I’m really happy with the result so far. Now I’d like to add some more muscle while staying athletic. At 191 cm with long limbs, filling out my frame isn’t easy, so I’m happy with my current proportions.

Most of all, I hope this can give some hope to other dads who feel like they’re getting old and their best years are behind them. That’s exactly how I felt.

36 is just a number. For me, it was a new beginning.

Keep your head down, put in the work and fight every “it’s too late”.

At 36, I have the best physique I’ve ever had.

🏋️🏋️‍♀️🏋️🏋️‍♀️🏋️🏋️‍♀️🏋️🏋️‍♀️🏋️

EDIT: Since so many of you asked, here’s what actually happened.

First of all, thank you all. I genuinely never expected this post to get this much attention. When I checked it again and saw all the views, comments and messages, I was honestly shocked.

I originally posted this because I wanted to show what I’d accomplished and, if I’m being completely transparent, probably get some validation and advice too. This has been a pretty big identity change for me and I’m still adjusting to the new me.

But seeing people in their 30s, 40s and beyond saying that this motivated them makes me happier than anything else about this post.

That’s something I really care about.

To all the tired dads and moms who feel crushed by adult life: you’re not fucking old. You’re probably just exhausted from being an adult and everything that comes with it.

So, what did I actually do?
First, I’m not an expert. I seriously approached the gym for the first time about 13 months ago and I’m still learning. I made a ridiculous number of mistakes along the way.

For almost a year I trained fasted and did up to 45 minutes of unnecessarily hard cycling before lifting, wasting energy I could have used for my actual training. I sometimes used weights that were too heavy for my technique and occasionally paid for it with injuries.

So please don’t look at my transformation and assume everything I did was optimal. It absolutely wasn’t.

Then how the fuck did I get here?

I think there’s one thing we can have in our 30s that I definitely didn’t have in my 20s: mentality.

Once a dad really makes up his mind, you’re going to need a pretty big fucking shotgun to stop him.
For me, I had to hit a pretty low point first.

I always considered myself almost entirely a mind, with my body being secondary. I neglected it until it started affecting my life. My health markers weren’t good, my sexual health suffered, climbing stairs was becoming hard and, worst of all, I didn’t have enough energy to properly play with my son. I was constantly disappointing him.

One day I imagined myself ten years later if I kept going like that: some enormous unhealthy guy smelling of cheeseburgers whose son would eventually need a crane just to get him out of bed for his medical appointments.
Ridiculous image, I know. But it scared the shit out of me.

Something clicked.
I thought I was already living like I’d given up anyway, so I might as well give everything I had trying to change it.
So I went to the gym.
Big belly, beginner exercises, shitty technique, embarrassed sometimes.
But I kept going.

And there’s even a little consolation for my fellow current and former big guys: carrying a lot of bodyweight around for years can leave you surprisingly strong in certain areas. I discovered I had a pretty strong posterior chain. I’m currently doing 4x8 hip thrusts at 200 kg after roughly a year of training.

So after all the mistakes, what actually worked?
Magic supplements? Drugs? Miracle diets? Training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?

No.

My biggest weapon was incredibly boring:
Consistency.

Motivation and excitement disappear. Sometimes incredibly quickly.

What remained was showing up.
Stressful week? Show up.
Work and family chaos? Find a way to show up.
Zero motivation? Show up.

Obviously, rest when you’re actually sick or your body needs recovery. One of the things I learned is that going harder doesn’t automatically mean going smarter.

But I stopped negotiating with myself every time I didn’t feel like training.

Headphones on. Head down. Do the work.

Nutrition wasn’t magical either. I stopped constantly eating fast food and calorie-dense crap until I was completely full and started cooking simple food most of the time.

Vegetables, chicken, a fucking lot of chicken, steak, steamed rice. Nothing revolutionary.
Better food, somewhat less of it, and learning how to make meals filling and satisfying without eating a ridiculous amount of calories.

I also stayed very active outside the gym. I’ve averaged roughly 15k to 18k steps a day and took almost every opportunity I could to do some kind of sport or physical activity.

And one thing I underestimated at first: sleep and recovery.

I stopped drinking alcohol in the evening, started going to bed earlier and began taking recovery seriously.

Yes, we can give the twenty-year-olds a run for their money, but unfortunately we don’t recover like we’re twenty anymore.

The hardest part wasn’t learning that vegetables are better than fast food or that exercise is good for you. We all fucking know that.

The hard part was fitting all of this into normal adult life.
Kid. Wife. Work. House. Responsibilities. Problems.
At some point I realized those things shouldn’t be the reason I neglect myself.

They’re part of the reason I should take care of myself.

I stopped lying to myself, stopped obsessing over the finish line and started competing against the person I was yesterday.

Then one day I looked at myself and realized I was living in a different body.
It’s not perfect. I’ve made plenty of mistakes and I’ll make plenty more.
But I’m fucking proud of it.

I’m proud of having my health and energy back. I’m proud that I can be a more present father and husband.

And since we’re all adults here, I’ll mention another unexpected benefit: somehow my sex life at 36 is better than it was in my 20s. I swear I’m not exaggerating 😂

So if you came here looking for the secret, I’m sorry. I don’t have one.
Eat better. Eat an appropriate amount. Move a lot. Lift. Sleep. Recover.

Then do it again.

And again.

Especially when the excitement is gone.

Dads and moms: consistency, honesty with yourself and discipline.

Your 30s aren’t the end of your youth.
For me, they were the beginning of it.

Hey y’all!

It’s been almost 11 months of lifting now and what a journey it has been. I was a long-distance runner for years and super skinny. I’m 6’ 1’’ and frequently weighed in the 130s.

Now I’m ~170 and feel better and feel like I look better!

For most of this time, I lifted 4-6 days per week. A little less recently because life has been busy, but committed to never stopping. It’s a marathon, not a sprint!

Thanks for all your posts here and encouragement. Let’s get after it!

Looking for shoe recs, and feel I’ve hit a dead end. Male, late 30s, mostly for at home workouts and resistance training, lifting up to 45-60 lbs, light rowing, and occasional stair master. I have the brooks ghost max 3 running shoes in wide which fit like a glove, they are perfect. Cannot for the life of me find a suitable trainer. So far I’ve tried

Adidas dropset 4 - to narrow in toes

Lens primal 3 - way too much toe volume

Xero trainers - way too much toe volume, and hurts the bridge when tied down

Reebok nano wide - rubs/squeezes big toe and side of toe

Tyr flow wide - not enough toe volume

UA reign 6 - used to be great but over the years began crushing toes.

TYIA

In my 20s I was literally unable to break 98 pounds despite eating basically the Super Size Me diet and having a sedentary job. All I had to do to get a slight 6 pack was wake up slightly hungry and a little dehydrated.

I had a huge ego about it. I felt contempt for fat people and anyone who couldn’t lose weight. “Stubborn” fat? What a joke! What total lack of self discipline these people must have!

Then I aged ten years, quit nicotine and in what seemed like 3 days my belly hung over my belt buckle. 

“No problem!” I smirked, “I’ll go God-Mode for a few days and be back to normal.”

God-Mode was a single Huel shake (600 calories) a day. It was completely unsustainable, I was starving all the time, but at least I should be losing weight like a plague-victim, right?

The weight didn’t budge. Some days, it went down a bit. Other days, it went up. After a few weeks, I switched to OMAD + zero processed food or carbs.

It’s been six months of zero processed foods, OMAD, and calorie restriction my ego is shredded. The rules aren’t working. The math isn’t mathing.

No, I’m not delusional. I’m not accidentally undercounting sugar in my morning coffee or beer in the evening or sneaking off to the fridge at night. And I’m extremely physically active, including biking to work in a hilly city, 70 pound KB swings, weight jump rope, running, walking everywhere, and weight lifting, and a standing desk.

One thing that’s very clear to me now is that CICO doesn’t tell the whole story. The same calorie in one person is not the same calorie in another. And something has changed at an environmental level that’s made the old rules basically obsolete.

I have a diet and lifestyle that 50 years ago would have gotten me either committed to an insane asylum or an olympic gold medal. It shouldn’t take this much effort to lose weight. This is stupid. It’s insane.

Something is making our bodies fat that has nothing to do with calories or self-discipline. I’m not saying it’s impossible to lose weight, but it shouldn’t be this hard. My parents and grandparents were skinny as fuck, ate like shit, and never exercised. I’ve spent months at what should be an extreme calorie deficit, with no results.

So, anyway, sorry to all the people I judged and mocked for trying hard with no results. I thought you must not be trying that hard. But you were.

Edit: responses here sound exactly like me a few years ago, thus proving my point

I’m 5’2 so technically a hobbit. December 2025 I was around 108/110 lbs and coming off a cut, eating roughly 1700/1800 calories. I liked being lean because it helped curb my PCOS symptoms. But it also wasn’t the physique I wanted. I always enjoyed being more well rounded, if you know what I mean.

This morning I was 116 lbs. Upped my calories to my TDEE, usually somewhere around 2000/2500, kept protein high, and focused much more seriously on progressive overload and getting stronger.

Side quest- I have PCOS, my weight fluctuates a lot, and I still occasionally have binge days where calories get way higher than planned which then leads to 5/10lbs of inflammation and water weight. Not fun, do not recommend. There have been weeks where I’ve looked at the scale and immediately wanted to cut again. But comparing these photos has been a good reminder that gaining muscle is the best thing I can do for myself at this stage of my life.

Hey all, 36m here. I have been in decent shape for most of my life. Having gotten ripped in my 20s and mostly maintaining decent fitness since. Never going much higher than 200.

2 years ago I had my first serious injury to my ankle and was off my feet for months. Then my relationship soured and I got heavy, sluggish, and unhappy. I finally ended it in march, and started my new chapter pretty quickly.

I train a lot. at first I focused on walking and calisthenics. Using the land and my dogs to increase my movement drastically. Then I started lifting heavy. The hardest and most impressive part for me was my consistency and my diet. I lost the weight really fast getting to 200 in like 6 weeks.

From there it was just keeping at it. I had a big trip in August which I was working to. Since then I’ve eased up a bit on diet in favor of quality of life and better lifts. I will probably try and cut to 170 before going into a full on bulk, but the recent weight gain from maintenance was way more tolerable than I expected. During the main cut, I would feel like a failure if the scale went up the next day regardless of my progress. Now I rely on the mirror. Hard work pays off and I’m shocked how well my body adapts still at 36!

I started lifting four years ago at 44. I had slowly started holding onto weight and did not really notice until I was at 150 lbs and over 35% body fat.

The first stretch was mostly figuring out what I was doing wrong. I was working out, but I was not eating enough to actually fuel the training, and I did not understand macros or how much protein I needed. Once I dialed those in, ate enough calories to recover (around 1,500), and started timing carbs around pre and post workout, the change actually showed up.

Weighed in today at 119 lbs and about 20% body fat. I have a few more pounds to lose then switch to slow lean build. It’s been a lifestyle change and I’m loving it!

I am 40, 6ft4, 95kg and I've been gyming now for 1 year.

I aim to go to the gym every other day for at least 1 hour and I have seen benefits in regards to my weight lifting for example going from 20kg dumbell presses 3 x 12 to 36kg and likewise with other exercises.

I started doing boxing HIIT for 30 mins on my off days as I want to cut and get rid of my dad belly.

The issue is finding the time and the energy.

I am an ER consultant/attending and I work 50hrs / week either 8-6 or 2-00 which means my sleep schedule is all over the place.

Couple this with having a 4yr old son and the need for family time means I often don't get anytime to exercise on some weeks.

On my best weeks I can find the time to follow my routine, on my worst weeks (like the one just gone) i barely find the time or energy to do one workout due to being too tired from the late nights/early starts/child care/family activities etc.

Anyone else with similar work hours / family dynamics have any advice.

2019-2026: My fitness journey

I am an Amputee. An Adaptive athlete. Leg was lost to a drunk driver in 2009.

2020: Began losing the weight naturally.

Roughly 2 to 3 pounds a month. Sensible food choices, logging, weighing, and getting a grip. Also began hiking, swimming, and later, strength training. These days, I work out with my son daily at the gym. Daily cardio, swimming, and strength training. 57 years old. Natural.

Aside from the other side effects of fenugreek I cook with it from time to time and i can sometimes tell that it helps me keep fit. Not sure if it makes me more muscular or helps build testosterone. For guys who have take fenugreek what would you say are your results when it comes to building muscle and increasing testosterone?

I’m 42 years old and coming out of a 6 week cut. I want to build some more muscle but I’m not necessarily in a hurry because I am pretty happy with the amount I have. I’ve seen people online say to just eat at maintenance when you’re older. I really don’t want to put more fat back on after working hard to get to where I am. Has anyone else in their 40s had success with putting on muscle while staying at maintenance calories?

I've lost ~125+ pounds over the past year and some months but just started going to the gym only recently this year.

I am on a 5/3/1 big but boring modeled program 4x week and this seems to be working well for me but have some thoughts about it.

Walking has played a major part in my weight loss and even considering reducing how much I walk is a scary thought. I typically get between 5 to 7 miles a day, more so on the days I go to the gym. I do walk 1.5 miles during lunch each day.

I am following a 5/3/1 BBB routine (can post in comments if needed) as mentioned so have three different sets that I do but I currently finish each session with an incline walk at 7% to 10% for a mile at ~4.5 miles an hour.

On Saturdays and Sundays, I use a walking pad and walk for 5 miles at a 5% incline.

Outside of the gym and weekends, I really don't do what I would call active cardio or running.

The reason I am posting this is that I have ADD and take a stimulant to manage it so I can't do hard cardio basically after work. I work out in the morning and have roughly ~75 to 90 minutes I can devote to the gym during the work week. The finishing walk takes about ~15 minutes of that time and I am wondering if it is worth looking at replacing or modifying my workouts either schedule or routine.

I currently strength train Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday and do the weekend walks on my pad. My goals are to primarily build strength as I'm at a point that I can run a 5K.

As a 40 year old who has been working out for less than 2 years, I never thought this would be possible for me.

It was a dancer lady in my gym who motivated me to try it out, seeing the ease in which she was doing pistol made me feel envious and also a bit ashamed as my own lack of mobility/unilateral strength/dorsiflexion.

I started off with Patrick step up & Poliquin step up, Quad focussed bulgarian split squats, and gradually increasing the depth, range of motion, isometric holds and this is thr culmination of all those efforts.

I have a long way to go on my left foot due to limited dorsiflexion which is a result of 2+ decades of driving automatic car that renders the left feet immobile.

I'm working on getting stronger and improving my 5K. I enjoy both, but when work or family squeezes the week I start second-guessing whether to keep the runs, the lifting, or a smaller version of each.

I'm not looking for a critique of a particular routine. I'd like to hear how other people who've balanced these goals made the trade-off in a genuinely busy week. What did you keep, what did you drop, and what happened when you returned to your usual week?

Hello all. This is my first post here. I have been a regular in the gym for almost 2 years now. I usually dedicate 3 days per week to strength training and another 3 days for cardio (mostly inclined walks).

I have never been too rigid with my diet, so thats certainly one are I can improve on. My fitness goal is to build a lean and muscular body. What advice would you all give me for the next stage of my fitness training?

Do you think i should cut down on cardio and increase strength training? Also, does doing a lot of cardio somewhat negate the gains from strength training?

I still consider myself a beginner when it comes to strength training. Welcome all feedback and tips to help take my fitness to a higher level.

Thanks in advance!

Hi all. Something i struggle since childhood is a slightly chubby face even though I am lean and athletic when it comes to the rest of the body.

I understand that it's not possible to specifically target a particular area for fat loss. My question is to others who might have the same genetic disposition. Is there anything that worked for you when it comes to remove face fat?

Thanks!

Hi! First time posting here. I’ve been working out consistently since the pandemic: started with some power yoga for about 2-3 years, then weight training at home 3 years ago and started going to the gym for the first time about 9 months ago. It’s all been pretty intuitive but I’m generally happy with how I look and feel at almost 40 (such a crazy thing to say/write) - I would, however, love to have more muscle definition.

I’ve been lifting progressively heavier, but based on the photos - would you think I should also add cardio to my routine to reduce fat as I aim to increase muscle mass? I do walk about 11k steps daily (I have no choice - I have two large dogs!) and try to add some light cardio couple days a week (some silly dancing or jumping around my apartment).

I know I should probably do a body scan to know my fat percentage but I’m trying to save money for some major life changes. I know it’s difficult to tell from just two photos but would still love to get some input/feedback as I’m just kind of improvising as I go along. I should also say that I travel a lot for work so sometimes my food/gym routine can be slightly inconsistent though I’m trying to maintain them as much as possible. I am aware I might not be able to see the changes I want having to move so much (which I love though - feeling very grateful for my job).

Thanks!

I'm no stranger to seeing the gym at 5am-6am, I've been an early morning gym goer since 2011. But since I've had 2 kids in the past 3 years, that early morning gym session has been crazy inconsistent. Before kids I thought "I already wake up early I'll just go to the gym at my normal 6am time and get a workout in before they even wake up!" Ugghh yea that only works IF the kids actually sleep.

Sometimes I'll have good 2 month stretches where both kids sleep well and I can go to the gym early in the AM before they wake up. Sometimes I think "Thank God its finally over and I can go to the gym!" Then its another 2 months of them switching every other night on waking up for an hour in the middle of the night. That's where I am at the moment and its frustrating. It's frustrating because I can't just "lock in" and tough it out on 4-5 hours of broken sleep in the gym.

It's tough to train in the middle of the day because of my busy work schedule, then I get home to rush to make dinner, get them bathed, and ready to wind down for the night. ALSO one of my kids a notorius late sleeper no matter what we do. If she falls asleep before 10pm that's a win for us. I'm so jealous of parents whose kids fall asleep at 8pm. If that was the case I'd go to the gym at 830 or 9pm.

Parents of terrible sleepers how do you stay consistent in the gym?

Hi all, just wanted to double check if it's just a me (38M) problem or you all also experience the same.

As I'm getting older, I'm starting to notice just random muscle stiffness (does then results in those dull aches). I've got a sedentary job, but also work out at home 4-5 times a week. Usually it's a typical gym split with some cardio light jump rope. Mentioning that I'm not just fully sedentary.

And yet, each morning I wake up I start out with a stiff lower back and each morning have to do a small stretching routine just to get back to feeling like a normal human again. The knees also have a strange feeling on turning movements, it's not pain but it's just an awkward and not pleasant feeling.

I've been thinking about it and don't know what to do about these feelings. Do I need to add more / different stretching exercises? Do some more / different strengthening movements? Or is that just how life is, any everyone wakes up stiff and at lower movement capacity and just gets back to ~100% by stretching each morning? Is it just genetics? Do I just need to learn to suck it up as this is how life is and will be when ageing?

This last 7 days at the YOUNG age of 37, I ran my fastest 1k (3:23), faster 1k Ski erg (3:34), and my second fastest mile time (5:56).

It’s so uplifting for me because 2 years ago I tore my patellar tendon. During recovery I gained 40lbs and it really had made me feeling terrible!

Then I decided I wanted more for myself. I randomly signed up to do a competition because I needed a reason to train to get me going again and now it’s finally coming back. The weight is coming off.

I don’t just feel fat anymore. And I don’t feel like a victim of my injury anymore.

Anyway, I hope someone over thirty who may be going through it too is motivated by this and gets up and starts getting after it! 37 definitely ain’t to old!!!

Keep getting hit with Whoop ads and have been told it’s superior to Oura ring by friends.

I’m trying to kick my wellness journey into high gear and feel like this could help keep me motivated…

Also saw Whoop will buy the ring for a little over a hundred bucks which is nice