My favorite book!I’m in my mid fifties and am in better shape now than I was ten years ago both physically and spiritually. My wife and I started E2M a year and a half ago and started off again into the new year into our first round for this year. This program involves an exercise and eating program. Before that I was doing keto/carnivore. Every other day we do 5, five minute cardio /strength circuits. Off days are 45 minutes of cardio whatever you want.
Besides that I scout/hunt/trap/bike/do firewood as it’s our primary form of home heating. It also provides an excellent workout. I try to split all chunks in the 15 inch and less range with a maul if possible (not too knotty).
In my thirties I ran a lot(nothing formal or organized) and have always enjoyed biking but again, I’m not one to get into groups and all that too much. I’m also not a gym person.
Mental/Spiritual fitness I enjoy the challenges at work at the same time that I loath them. I do think they keep our mind somewhat limber. My faith is important to me and am involved in a great Men’s Bible study which involves reading and studying about not only books of the Bible but also Christian and non Christian books that involve faith. Currently we are studying CS Lewis’s “Mere Christianity” which was written based on radio interviews he did on the bbc after WWII. For those who struggle with faith or have doubts as we all sometimes do, I would say this is a great book to augment your biblical reading.
Oh yes, and I still try to do 100
pushups a day.
They’re just wimpier than us old geezers!!!Some good info here about fitness from a hunter perspective. However I always chuckle when people a decade or more younger than me complain about being old
Been proving for years you CAN outwork a bad diet not about what you eat it’s about the amount a calorie deficit is a calorie deficit.Before my wife told me what my new year's resolutions are, my plan was to disprove the saying you cant out work a bad diet. Cant never did a durned thing. But I have been instructed that my diet will improve so I guess we'll see. Looking at making the jump from doing crossfittish type workouts to actually going to crossfit. Still on the fence about that a bit mostly from the cost perspective but feel like it would be worth it for the extra community push to get better. Like @NMSbowhunter Feb. til turkey season will be a lot of scouting. Will also continue to work on archery and see if I can continue to improve my shooting with the longbow. Finally be more consistent with Scripture study and work on being a better me.
I got into the cold shower thing after trying the Win Hoff breathing method a few years back. I also hoped it would help inoculate me to cold weather some. Being in MS, we don't get much natural exposure to cold. I feel it did help me adjust to colder weather. I still do the breathing every morning as part of my wake-up routine. I've slacked on the cold showers, lol, but when I was doing them, it was good. Part of the cold shower thing is physiological. Part of it is psychological. You are doing something hard that you don't want to do and when you do it you get a sense of satisfaction about achieving a small but uncomfortable goal.The cold plunge / ice bath thing is very intriguing. The last two days I’ve taken my normal shower and at the end made the water as cold as I can to still have water pressure. Then got under it for a timed 3 minutes. I swear that you will really notice the difference. It sucks, but it’s worth it. My joints do actually hurt less, single digit temps outside don’t seem as cold, and I’ve been a happier person too. Give it a shot!
I agree. The reason people have difficulty with it is it is very easy to have the discipline to eat anything you want and very hard to have the discipline to burn it off.Been proving for years you CAN outwork a bad diet not about what you eat it’s about the amount a calorie deficit is a calorie deficit.
Exactly, I can’t put a number on the amount of people I’ve trained, taught or guided through fitness #1 problem by far as Americans is overeating like even when I tell someone fix what you think is a small portion, it’s still way too much. And also the work side people are lazy it’s a conundrum I’ll never wrap my head around and it’s mostly why I don’t do anything as far as consulting or training fitness anymore, I was tired of explaining to people how to get out of their own way and shift their perspective of what hard actually is. I consider myself average and yet of all the people I know personally (including my 14 years of military) I’m by far the most in shape person I know. I’m 35 in an infantry unit and the stock of these kids that are willing to join the military is sad at best i can’t imagine the ones that aren’t.I agree. The reason people have difficulty with it is it is very easy to have the discipline to eat anything you want and very hard to have the discipline to burn it off.
True but I like to eat and I like to eat not really healthy stuff. It's not so much about weight loss for me as it is just putting cleaner food in the tank for general health reasons. I worked out lighter than normal through this season due to the wife having an achilles injury. Not really an excuse but just sorta what happened. I am a whopping 5 pounds over my normal range. Not a big deal to knock that off. At 55 it's becoming more and more obvious that there is a direct correlation to how I feel and perform based on the quality of the fuel going in.Been proving for years you CAN outwork a bad diet not about what you eat it’s about the amount a calorie deficit is a calorie deficit.
East way to just keep that going is just carry a gal around. Lol I know I know some people don’t want to be the guy walking around with a gallon. Stay hydrated stay motivated.One thing I have done for years and helps a lot is drinking a big glass of cold water about 10 minutes before each meal. It does several things. One it helps fill you up. Two, your body has to burn calories to heat up the cold water to body temperature, and third, it helps keep you hydrated.
If it was a 1 for 1 exchange, possibly not. What you would likely find is that as you slowly increased your overall fitness you would likely be more mindful of what you were eating and eat smaller quantities of better food. Starting from zero trying to burning off 100% of a bad diet would be nearly impossible but I bet as you went your diet would meet you halfway.My body would not hold up to the excercise needed to burn the calories of a bad diet.
I'm probably sounding like a novice with my post. I've been exercising and eating healthy for 20 years. The older I've gotten the more strict I have to be with my diet because to maintain my current weight I take in about 1200 - 1500 hundred calories a day. If I exceeded calorie intake by much my body would not hold up to the amount of excercise I'd have to do to maintain that diet. I keep it going because I like hunting and an active lifestyle more that food.If it was a 1 for 1 exchange, possibly not. What you would likely find is that as you slowly increased your overall fitness you would likely be more mindful of what you were eating and eat smaller quantities of better food. Starting from zero trying to burning off 100% of a bad diet would be nearly impossible but I bet as you went your diet would meet you halfway.