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I'm 45 and topfit. If you really feel like you're declining at 30 you've never taken care of yourself. What makes you think you can do it now?
Preferably to remain steady: Eat a varied (mostly) plant based diet. Work up a sweat at least 3 times a week and do some light movement everyday for 30 minutes. You don't need to do anything crazy, you don't need to fucking start pumping iron, you don't need to become a protein bro. Just find 30 minutes a day and stop eating food that you already know is bad for yourself. Especially not too much.
And fucking go to a doctor when your joints hurt or it takes you 5 time's longer to heal. It's not normal. Stop normalizeing being unhealthy.
Was there a particular reason your response is in the tone of a condescending asshole?
Yes. I look down on people.
I'm 28 and my joints do funny things (knees and left elbow mainly, occasionally shoulders). Been a mechanic my whole life, been in a few car accidents, smashed u pa few dirt bikes, and shattered my arm into 4 peices a couple years ago on the road when somebody failed to yield turning left. Some days my body doesn't agree with me but I don't stop moving and I think that's the biggest thing. Over winter break last year I slugged around the house for a couple days and by day 3 my left arm was sore. Wrist stiff knees popping. Got back after it and I felt fine you have to stay active even when it's uncomfortable and you have to stay LIMBER nobody stretches enough lol
Unless you're a medical anamoly then it's highly unlikely you ever competed at a high level in your 20s and think you are in better shape at 45. Unless it was boxing and your CTE is showing
There is no way that with proper care your joints should be creaking at 30. And its absolutely bullshit that at 45 you can't be in good shape or even better shape than your twenties. High level competition is done at all age levels, it has never stopped at 30 or even 45. If you are competitive you can find competition. But that's rhe problem, most people just stop competitive sport, they hit their limit and find it hard to continue to improve. So they take other direction in life. But then also stop taking care of themselves and never kept a regime up. No, most just fall into the trope of the body ending after your twenties. It doesn't, your body is capable of being healthy, strong and supple. Through food and light exercise to keep it up and if you want high level workout regimes.