5 Ways My Exercise Habits Have Changed as I Approach 40

We can’t stay young forever… but we can still be fit.

Gym selfies 5–6 years apart each (All photos unless otherwise mentioned courtesy of the author)

I’m turning forty next March.

I can barely believe it. I like to be in denial about my age, but it’s happening.

40.

I’m an active person. I played a bunch of sports growing up and as an adult. I also have a long history in the gym. I’ve been regularly (religiously) resistance training for nearly twenty years — a couple in the high school gym and since my early to mid-twenties.

Deep-diving into my three-decades-plus transformation is out of the scope of this article. I’ve already done so in another.

What I instead want to talk about is how my training habits and style have changed in recent times. This is for one core reason:

Aging slows us. Period.

Me at 11-years old and my physique at 17 years old vs 35 years old

Respecting nature, we need to adapt our exercise habits accordingly. Sucks but it is what it is. In this article, we’ll examine 5 ways my exercise habits have changed as I approach forty.

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