You’re too old to workout or exercise

I hear it all too often from people around me. Usually someone in their 30s or 40s and they tell you that they are too old to workout. They seem to be stuck on age as an excuse rather than facing it head on and doing what they really want to do. They want to reach their goals, but they tell you that age is the reason why they can’t do something. If this was true there wouldn’t be 70-80 year old marathoners in the world.

When it comes to working out or exercising age is not a factor in most cases. There is more risks that come along with age such as longer recovery times or the older you are the more injury prone you may be, but this isn’t always the case. You could just be more injury prone or take longer to recovery because of the fact that you haven’t worked out in years or your body composition is different. That isn’t always true though because younger people can have the same issues as an older people do.

I’d recommend that people stop using this excuse as their reason for why they can’t workout or exercise. It’s not your age that is the factor, but it’s your mind set of being so negative all the time about not being able to do something. After a while you start to believe that age is the actual reason why you can’t work out or exercise. I also think this is the reason why so many people are amazed a 70-80 year old can run a marathon while a 40 year old can’t workout because they say they can’t.

The only time I would agree with age being a factor is that your body does lose advantages when you age, but with the correct training you can do almost anything. I would suggest that you go see a health professional beforehand, but this isn’t because of your age it’s because you’ve probably been telling yourself for years all the different excuses of why you can’t do something. When you are new or just getting started again it’s always best to get real advice from someone qualified.

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