You get older and realize the fitness stuff you did as a younger man can't be done, or if it can be done, it takes a lot of hard work begging the question is it worth the effort. My great friend and now deceased Mr. Tommy Kono - America's greatest Olympic weightlifter - best explained it when he told me the following:
"When I was a young man, I trained to get better. Then as
I aged, I trained to maintain what I have achieved. Now, as an older man,
I train to survive!"
Is this now me talking to myself?
Not yet is my initial answer but maybe yes.
Regardless, there comes a chapter in one’s middle-aged man fitness
journey when the road traveled is a bit slower.
Like, for example, my workout the other day at the park,
consisting of 100 double-pump burpee pull-ups done at a slower pace. The workout was still hard, but I got it done
at a pace that was age-appropriate for me.
I’ve arrived at a point in my life where my fitness pursuits are
being done at a gentleman’s pace.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum
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