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Over the hill at 30? Damn. I'm 49 and have no issues. Stay active walking, biking, hiking, I work an active job also. I live that I stayed in shape as a younger man and it's worked well as a middle aged man. I plan on staying active for decades.
20 somethings think 30+ is forever away.
tbf, every decade thinks the next decade is basically game over and will take an eternity to reach
It seems like some people here either never trained hard when they were younger or are deluded about their abilities. If you are in better shape in your 40s than your 20s, I applaud your progress but I don't know of a single life-long athlete in their high 40s that would say they could outrun, outjump, or outpower their mid 20 year old self unless they're on the juiciest of stacks. There is a reason we don't have many 40/50 year olds in the vast majority of pro sports.
I would say that I could over power my 20-year-old self. But honestly I know that at this point I have more muscle and greater strength than I did at that point. In between then and now I trained in martial arts I taught for 15 years I didn't stop doing that till I was in my early 40s. In my early to mid 20s I was definitely the definition of a skinny little guy. I weigh probably 60 lb more than I did back then at very least. And it's not fat sure some of it is but overall it's muscle. When I competed I was only about 8 lb lighter than I am now so I haven't gained that much weight since then. And I definitely wasn't a professional but I did compete and win at State levels. And even in the 8 to 10 years since I've actively trained I still can hold my own with my kids who are in their early twenties and active themselves.
part of me envys you; my own middle aged body reminds me everyday that i'm middle aged and i curse the american diet & activity levels for it.
You know you can actively change that..... You can't blame American diet and body. Because I am both American and I eat out quite a bit but I make sure to balance it out.
the american diet goes beyond food to include psychological triggers as well as including foods that have been proven to be addicting to some of us. so yes, i've changed it several times in the last 30 years; but that addiction keeps making me "fall off the wagon" every time i face diet influencing psychological triggers like layoffs, evictions, deportation, etc.