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Sometimes I admire all the people I have worked with through the years who didn't even aspire to do a workout. I don't even know what it would feel like to just go home after work and RELAX. Sometimes I wish I cared less about pretty much everything. Because I feel great when I work out but every single time it's a HAUL to start it. Sigh.
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Only a few more decades
I’ve stopped exercising daily a couple of years ago when I started my consulting career.
Glad to report I look like a couch potato now.
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Think about all the money you’ll have to spend rebuilding your wardrobe every few months as you get fatter and fatter.
It’s a trade off…pay now or pay later. By around 50, if you haven’t taken care of yourself, one thing after another will keep going wrong and once you are on meds, it’s very hard to turn things around. Plus, you put yourself at the mercy of a crappy healthcare system that keeps getting worse. Of course, due to genetics, you could still end up in bad shape, but best to control whatever you can.
You need some level of physical activity in your life. You don’t have to go to gym or run a marathon every day. You can walk a bit more, do pushups when you can, planks for 5-6 mins and have a controlled diet. Your resolution should be stay out of hospitals in the long run. And you must include physical activity in some capacity.
A lot of resolutions are useless, because they are “i must go to gym”. Keep it simple, be healthy. And you cannot do that without burning calories in some form
At this point in life, it's my hobby
Never exercise again? Why wouldn't you work out?
But OP, your grandparent’s generation would have had to manage work related stress levels as you have to. Also, assuming your’s work doesn’t require a lot of mobility?
I have found that minimal amount of working out helps manage stress better, and I’m able to focus better
Actively choosing to stop taking care of yourself is quite the choice, but I commend you for signing up for the rest of your life to statins and GLP1. Hell yeah
Working out is important. It confers significant benefits to both physical and mental health.
One of the worst parts of having a kid has been less flexibility/time to hit the gym.
What an odd post.
What's the matter bro, it doesn't apply to you so it's odd?
If you don’t want to do it don’t do it. Why do you need other people’s affirmation if you think it’s nonsense?
You just need to redefine important. You will be stronger and live a better life when old (and probably in the not so distant future) but you just need to focus on the now. You immediately gain those 10 hrs back.
I do it for my health. I do it in the same way that I know I have to take a bath. At one point I did it because it was trendy to do it, because I wanted external validation (like posting in social media), because I wanted to have a certain aesthetic... now, I just do it because I know that's what my body needs to be healthy. for my future me. and yes it's still a chore sometimes.
I have a desk job. I wake up and other than a 15 min walk to take my daughter to school I literally get no other type of movement otherwise.
a shower. better?
When I think about working out it is always lifting since that is what I did for a decade plus pretty much exclusively for exercise. In the past couple of years I have really slowed down due to injuries/being burned out and bored from lifting weights.
Are people here doing any other types of exercise other than standard lifting/running/biking?
Hindsight 20/20, nothing feels dumber than lingering injuries from lifting heavy weights.
I've switched more to things like bodyweight/low weight high rep exercises. Some days, I'll walk on a treadmill max incline while listening to podcasts and then do core work. On the weekends, I might do yoga or go for a difficult hike. I feel so much better than my pure weight lifting days.
As someone in his early 40’s, my advice is to keep working out. Not for how you look, but just basic longevity
My spouse is like this—used to workout regularly a decade ago. Now he only eats in the evenings, usually after 6pm, and manages to stay lean. He'll sometimes do an L-sit if I challenge him and can easily do push-ups, so a good amount of his muscle mass somehow remains.
Protein is indeed important and available through numerous plant-based foods as well.
I love the false dichotomy! 0 hours per week or 10 hours per week! Let us know if you feel better in 18 months
I stopped setting goals after 2020, when nothing felt in my control and not meeting any goals felt too heavy and disappointing to carry, along with everything else. I replaced goals with possibilities and a word or theme for the year. The word/theme was like my north star. It was how I decided what to add and subtract from my life; did it get me closer to my word/theme or take me further from it? The possibilities felt lighter and more inspiring. I felt uplifted, hopeful, and more driven than with goals. For example, I created a possibility that started with an idea that I could make lifestyle changes that would add to my life in multiple ways. The possibility that I could find easy, healthy recipes and take the time 2x per week to enjoy the preparation and ease. The possibility that I could hike once a week, or that I could add 10-20 lbs of weight to my lifting routine. That I could enjoy tea, kombucha, or a low-calorie mocktail a couple more days a week vs. an alcoholic drink. Within that possibility existed additional possibilities, like more joy, more energy, more social opportunities, more memories made. The possibility also existed that I might lose weight as a byproduct, and the year I applied my "possibility" approach to fitness and health, was the first year I lost weight in 5 years. This was the something different I was looking for. If resolutions and goals feel heavy and impossible, try possibilities on.