Consistency and Effort is Required to Keep Strength and Fitness After Age 30
For much of our lives, particularly when we are younger, our bodies work in the background like faithful servants doing whatever we ask them to do without question or complaint. They put up with our weekend warrior attempts, our long periods of inactivity and our indulgence in junk food, alcohol or worse.
But somewhere over the age of 30 our body starts to let us know that those days are over and it is now time to pay the piper. The grace period is up and our body is now starting a long slow period of loss and degeneration. It is up to each of us if this affects us a little or a lot.
We often look to the fate of our parents or grandparents to get some idea of how long we might live. But we now know that genetics only play a 5-10% role in longevity. The number of years we may live is mostly determined by the choices that we make every day, especially exercise and activity levels, food and other lifestyle choices.
But after that magic number of age 30 things do change. This is the point that we need to make a choice about how we wish to grow older. You will know when it is time to make this choice when muscles and joints begin to make themselves known or rather felt. You may find yourself having to say any of all of the following. "I can't do that anymore as the old back plays up." "My knees hurt when I do that." "Park the car closer I don't want to walk that far." "I can't lift that."
It hurts to move so we don't.
This is where the choice comes in. You could surrender to the downward spiral and suffer the ills and problems of getting older, or you can take control, get active and grow strong, get fit and energetic.
Our bodies are quite capable of lasting to at least 100 years and are designed to feel, look, and move well at that century mark. If you look around at the people in our modern world, seeing a strong, fit and energetic hundred-year-old is almost as remote as winning the lottery.
You can and should be able to not only maintain but also improve your strength and fitness across the course of your lifetime. You can be stronger and fitter in your forties, fifties, sixties and even seventies than you are/were in your twenties and thirties.
The way to achieve this is to use a proper exercise program that contains strength training exercise as a form of preventative medicine Strength training is the number one essential ingredient for maintaining a strong, fit, healthy body at any age. After all our bodies were meant to move vigorously often, not be parked seated most of the day dormant.
It is tough to break old conditioning and habits in order to turn your own body and your own life around and changes could well take you right out of your comfort zone.
It may be tough to consciously exercise and eat better, but it is much tougher to endure getting a breast cut off, have treatment for a heart attack or stroke, or suffer the fear and trauma of some other frightening medical diagnosis.
So much easier to take matters into your own hands and make your own strength and fitness a priority in your life. No excuses and non negotiable. No matter what stage you are at in life, if you don't make fitness a priority, it doesn't happen consistently and that is how is has to be to work.
Making fitness a priority has benefits that affect all areas of our lives, at all stages of life. Seek the help of a fitness professional to help you get set up on your proper exercise program. This will ensure you get the very best results in the shortest time.
You will soon wonder how you could have lived without it.
About the Author:
Do you want to discover the secret to rejuvenating your body and regaining lost vitality and improving the quality of your life? Download my free ebook "I've Found the Fountain of Youth- Let Me Show You Too!" here: Fountain of Youth Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who coaches clients to look and feel younger.
