BackInTheGame78
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This doesn't get talked about enough on here. As you get older, it becomes much more important to stay in good shape, eat properly and workout to avoid muscle loss which is one of the biggest issues as you age that cause issues.
This is front and center on my mind after my recent blood work results and Styku scans (highly recommended as it precisely tracks body measurements over time via 3D scan which is more important overall than BF% that most people are obsessed about but is much harder to accurately gauge).
Essentially, I left my doctor stunned as he told me that I had the best blood work he had ever seen from someone over age 40 and that it was much closer to that of someone in their early 20s.
Then, my latest Styku scan once again told the same story: my body "shape" which is a combination of various metrics and ratios they use that determine overall fitness levels was in the 99th percentile of people in their 40s and my estimated body fat percentage was in better than 98% of people in their 40s.
This doesn't happen by accident. It's intentional and it happens via consistency day to day. How you train, your activity levels, the amount of time you spend seated, the foods you eat, the amount of sleep you get, etc.
All of these things become amplifies more and more ether older you get and the margin for error with any of these gets less and less.
Currently back down in the mid 170s weight wise but am trading muscle for fat and aggressively recomping the last 2 months per scan results and via noticing look on the mirror...weight was only down about 4.5 lbs, but waist was down 1.5 inches, and size of most body parts actually grew which is extremely hard to do while using weight...body fat estimate was down 2.5% over that time and increase in lean muscle mass was up 2.7%.
Interestingly enough, the wrist roller has been showing significant progress as both forearms grew by .6 inches in only about a month of using it.
Bottom line, if you want to live a long healthy life as you age, it has to be a decision that you make, not something that happens by chance.
This is front and center on my mind after my recent blood work results and Styku scans (highly recommended as it precisely tracks body measurements over time via 3D scan which is more important overall than BF% that most people are obsessed about but is much harder to accurately gauge).
Essentially, I left my doctor stunned as he told me that I had the best blood work he had ever seen from someone over age 40 and that it was much closer to that of someone in their early 20s.
Then, my latest Styku scan once again told the same story: my body "shape" which is a combination of various metrics and ratios they use that determine overall fitness levels was in the 99th percentile of people in their 40s and my estimated body fat percentage was in better than 98% of people in their 40s.
This doesn't happen by accident. It's intentional and it happens via consistency day to day. How you train, your activity levels, the amount of time you spend seated, the foods you eat, the amount of sleep you get, etc.
All of these things become amplifies more and more ether older you get and the margin for error with any of these gets less and less.
Currently back down in the mid 170s weight wise but am trading muscle for fat and aggressively recomping the last 2 months per scan results and via noticing look on the mirror...weight was only down about 4.5 lbs, but waist was down 1.5 inches, and size of most body parts actually grew which is extremely hard to do while using weight...body fat estimate was down 2.5% over that time and increase in lean muscle mass was up 2.7%.
Interestingly enough, the wrist roller has been showing significant progress as both forearms grew by .6 inches in only about a month of using it.
Bottom line, if you want to live a long healthy life as you age, it has to be a decision that you make, not something that happens by chance.
