I had a very good conversation with a life long friend last night and we were talking about being fit in a way to survive life demands. That has me wondering.... As I age am I adjusting my training goals to meet life's changing demands on my body? Or are am I simply training to look a certain way?
When I was getting closer to 50 I began to see it was getting harder to improve areas of my physique. I also realized I could not do things in the same way that I had done in the past with the same positive results. Then this year I was blindsided with two moderate injuries because of how I was training. Reckless abandonment was taking its toll. This really got me to seriously think about my fitness goals. I began looking 5 years into the future and wondering what do I really want to accomplish. How did I want to look?.... how did I want to feel? I came to the conclusion that I want to live life well for as long as the good Lord allows me to. My conclusion has made me readjust how I think and how I live my life to do everything I can to accomplish that goal.
Darwin once said that it is not the strongest or the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. I guess the Corps idea of adapt and overcome holds true... at least for ol' Charles.
The areas that I see effecting my future fitness lifestyle are mental, nutritional, physical, and environmental. I am taking all these things in consideration moving forward to accomplish my goal of fitness longevity and living really well.
So I ask you the question....
Are you training with the same goals in mind that you did when you were younger or are you training to live the lifestyle that you wish to live in the future?
Half past five a.m. and 69 degrees.... time to go watch the sun rise on the beach.
SEMPER FI