What’s Your Endgame?
In 2018, an article was posted on livescience.com that read: You’re Going to Keep Aging Until You Die.
I love that headline.
It seems ridiculous, but unfortunately, based on all of the junk science and crazy product offerings that promote the idea that it’s possible to prevent the aging process, it’s not surprising. I hope they didn’t spend a lot on the study!
Let’s establish this fact before I move on – we are all going to die, no one escapes it. As I say in my presentations, I’ve got some good news and some bad news; the good news is that due to modern medical advances, your body’s going to last longer than you ever dreamed possible. The bad news is that due to modern medical advances, your body’s going to last longer than you ever dreamed possible.
All that is to say that your primary goal for getting and staying in shape physically should be to remain as strong and healthy as possible for as long as you live.
My favorite fitness word
Vigorous — adj.
/ˈviɡ(ə)rəs/
strong, healthy, and full of energy.
My favorite fitness word is vigorous. It really describes in one word what everyone’s fitness goal should be; strong, healthy, and full of energy. It should not be about being at some “ideal” weight, after all, there’s a big difference between fitness and thinness. I know many skinny people that are woefully unfit.
Getting the most bang for your buck
Efficiency — n.
/əˈfiSHənsē/
the ability to avoid wasting energy, effort, money, and time in doing something for a desired result
The older I get the more I want to eliminate inefficiencies with exercise. Part of this has to do with all that I’ve learned over the years, from being exceptionally fit as a professional athlete, to then being fat and out of shape. Getting and staying fit in the 21st Century takes commitment and resolve. It was one thing when I was younger and could work out for an hour and not feel it the next morning. But now? No, please no! I don’t need to be sore all the time, and I certainly don’t need to be injured. I want to spend as little money and as little time as necessary working out. And that, my friends, is why I developed and proved out my fitness formula of 10-minutes a day, 5-days a week.
