whilst everyone’s starting 2025 hungover,
barely any goals, no direction, just vibing.
i’m locked in.
i’m ready.
i’ve got my targets, my plan, and my conviction.
don’t let this be just another year.
make this THE year.
don’t waste it.
Close your eyes.
Imagine yourself achieving everything you’ve set out for.
Focus on making yourself feel EXCITED.
Imagine hitting every goal.
Every target.
Imagine feeling calm & prepared while others panic.
Do this until you can no longer contain a smile.
And when that smile comes…
OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES.
And get to work.
The moves you make today define everything.
LET’S GO.
20 Fitness Rules for Men & Women Over 40 (Bookmark This)
#1 - Your focus in the gym is injury prevention first and results second. The older you get the more you smarter you must train.
#2 - Stop trying to burn fat with your workouts. Instead, use them to gain muscle. You'll burn more fat by adding more muscle to your frame.
#3 - Keep your movements smooth and controlled. Focus on time under tension to build muscle while avoiding injury.
#4 - Stick with the same workouts for 8 to 16 weeks while using progressive overload to make gains in the gym.
#5 - Start your workouts with a dynamic warm-up using mobility stretches & muscle activation to keep yourself injury-free.
#6 - As you age protein becomes more important. Get at least 1 gram per pound of ideal bodyweight every day.
#7 - Get your bloodwork done every 6 months. You need to know what’s happening under the hood.
#8 - Track your workouts. This may seem annoying at first but you'll find you'll make faster progress doing this than lifting aimlessly at the gym.
#9 - The path to sustainable health is to find a way of eating that works for the body and lifestyle you want to live.
#10 - One of the best ways to live longer is to increase your lung capacity. Find a form of cardio you enjoy and can see yourself doing for a lifetime.
#11 - To optimize your brain and body get at least one hour of sun exposure a day. If you can't do that then supplement with vitamin D3.
#12 - Keep yourself at a healthy body fat percentage. One thing to note is that this number changes as you age and varies based on gender.
#13 - Cardio is how you live a long life. Resistance training is how you live a quality life. Sleep is how you recover and regulate your hormones. Marry all 3 of these together to make a fitness kingdom.
#14 - Attune your lifestyle to the sun and your circadian rhythms. Over time the body becomes its own alarm clock.
#15 - Sleep is the best legal performance-enhancing drug on the planet. Do everything you can to get the hours of sleep you need and work to enhance the quality of your sleep. Use a sleep tracker like an Oura ring or Whoop to measure your improvement.
#16 - Create a habit of walking every day. This is the most underrated exercise for living longer and a better working brain.
#17 - Creatine should be a staple in most people’s supplement cabinets.
#18 - Your workouts should be centered around pillar movements such as the squat, deadlift, bench press, back row, lat pulldown, overhead press, lunge, and carry. Don’t think these are mandatory exercises. Think of them as movements you want to become stronger in.
#19 - Drinking water is one of the most underrated ways to improve your health and body. Drink it.
#20 - Never use age as an excuse. Unless you were a pro athlete you can still become the fittest version of yourself past the age of 40 if you know how to do the right things.
Take these rules with you to the gym and let me know how they go.
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