[avenger123]

It's never too late to get healthy at any age. I've realized this after many years but have finally started to take it seriously.

I follow a lot of literature and social media around fitness. I think the rise of social media has made fitness seem out of reach for most people. Seeing these fitness personalities usually being in the top percentile in terms of genetics for body weight, muscle definition and just looking amazing makes the rest of us feel like it's not something we can do easily. Having most of these people spout their pseudo science also doesn't help. It's hard for any sane person to understand what to do, whether its diet (keto, low-carb, water fasting, carnivore diet, etc.) since there is so many possibilities.

As I've grown older I've realized that staying fit has so many benefits that it might as well be the best anti-aging change we can make for ourselves.

If you're over 25% or more body fat, it's worth figuring out how to bring that down to 20% or less. See how far you can go. Not all of us can get to 12% and maintain it without feeling like we're starving ourselves but I think the higher range is doable.

I've realized for diet and exercise there is no one answer for anyone. The wisdom of eat less, exercise more seems to be the ultimate truth.

What that looks like for each person is unique. Personally for me I've tried all of it. I've done the 7 day water fast, intermittent fasting, low-carb eating, etc. At the end, as long as I'm eating within my maintenance calories relatively good clean food it doesn't matter for me which one I do.

For exercise, I've settled on three total body weightlifting sessions with half an hour cardio session on the non-weightlifting days.

So, the best thing you can do as you getting older is figure out what works for you. There is so many ways of eating and exercising and sometimes it takes a while to understand what works for your body.

[inglor_cz]

Preach, brother.

I was never really obese, but I was overweight. It is worth knowing your actual body composition, not just total weight.

At 36 years of age, I had 24 per cent body fat. Nowadays, at 42, I have 17 per cent body fat. My weight is actually almost the same (+- 5 lbs).

But health and overall wellbeing is very different. Getting rid of high blood pressure and knee pain is a huge improvement.