Here’s the truth: I’m in my mid-40’s and training consistently for a long time allows me to:
- Run a sub 20 min 5K
- Do 20+ pull ups
- Play sports/activities whenever I want with much younger dudes
- DL more than twice my weight, and BP 225 for 10 reps.
- Still wear the same size pants I wore in college.
- Compared to my age group who didn’t/don’t train, look very strong and fit.
There is never a day in my life where I’ve thought “Dammit, I wish I didn’t waste my time training because I was deceived in believing I would look like Mr. Olympia. Look how lucky Bob in accounting is, with his beer belly and wheezing when he types, who never bought into the BS and wasted his time with training and nutrition.”