Are you in shape for your age ?

[HARRISON_3]

45 and I’m in the best shape since I was 19.

Not married, no kids, so I don’t have any excuses to not workout a lot.

 

[Deaths Head]

45 and I’m in the best shape since I was 19.

Not married, no kids, so I don’t have any excuses to not workout a lot.

Marriage definitely puts miles on you as well ( no offense married ppl ) best advice my father ever gave me was never get married. I think it detracts at least 5 years to your life being away from the drama and stress . My brother been married 3 times and he looks 20 years older then me and we’re 2 years apart on top of that he hasn’t been in any gym since 1995 and he smokes .

 

[Versez]

I am 58 and in great shape. I routinely get hit on by 25 something year olds who think I am university age. I get carded all the time and when I am out with my daughter, everyone thinks I am her son.

None of this is true l.

 

[Romulas]

41, 6'3" w/8 pack. Still do bjj and few times a week and lift twice a week.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

38 here and in great shape. Never played sports too seriously nor did I abuse my body. I've been working in an office environment my entire life. I do have a few injuries due to weightlifting because of my stupidity when I was younger, but nothing major. I honestly don't feel any different from when I was 16.

5 foot 10, 195 lb Sherdogger

 

[ThaiSexPills]

I’m about 240 pounds. I go to the gym 4-5 days a week and play hockey but I also like food and beer. I’m in pretty good shape but I’ve got a little extra padding

 

[Kiniun]

I look good but my cardio is horrible. My heart hammers in my chest sometimes.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

I'm extremely muscular for my age (40) - I was a competitive bodybuilder and still walk around at 240lbs and pretty lean. With that being said, I am in terrible overall health. I have had multiple surgeries (and need even more to replace three discs in my back) and I recently started to develop issues with tachycardia.

I am basically built for show and not for go. I look superficially healthy, but am probably worse off than most people my age.

 

[plataoplombo]

Feel good but in terrible shape. Been working pretty much 16hr days for the past 3 years so the motivation to go to the gym is very low. Luckily I'll be cutting way back on work which will free up a lot of time.

Getting close to 50 but I'm hoping that lifting heavy, doing HIIT cardio, and following a low glycemic diet works like it did in my 20's.

 

[pugilistico]

In terms of looks, probably on the better side. Most guys around my age I see have bellies and no muscle mass, and I can see that I'm one of the stronger people at the gym (which isn't saying much for this gym). But I lost a lot of my fitness the past few years due to injuries and my cardio is shit now because of smoking. At this point I don't care too much as long as I can function and look decent. If women still comment on how muscular they think I am, then it's all that matters. I recently regained a bit of my upper body strength back but my lower body is still fucked.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

36, mi train slaps regularly so core strength pon lock mi hit like bricks fam di mandem cyaan keep up

but yeah, not as strong as when I was in my mid-20s, but overall I'd say I'm pretty healthy. No aches and pains at all, blood pressure is always crisp, decent mobility, still able to sprint, and I'm confident I can run 10miles non-stop and deadlift 2x BW with no warm-up any day of the week. It's not much for an average sherdogger, but I don't know many people my age irl who can claim or are capable of more than one, if any of these things. #Mericuh

 

[Yoel Bromero]

Sure was

 

[Flower2dPeople]

42 years old, overweight weed smoker, but I work out 5-10 hours a week, but I can still reach the top 10 of the Strava leaderboards on various competitive sprint segments, so I guess I'm fitter than I give myself credit for.

Sprint/flat segments are very competitive.

 

[Phlog]

I was just fucking around about being fat. I have had a cripplingly painful shoulder injury for four months now, I was self medicating with LOTS of alcohol and between that and Christmas/New Years, I put on 5kg. Horribly fat for me at 18% body fat. I'm still only 6'1, 205.

Shoulder is mostly better, back into stretching and HIIT cardio and will start back to weights shortly... I'm just going to be a lot more careful, do lighter weights and leave more time for recovery.

I'm riding this fucker till the wheels fall off...

I hope your injury comes good soon dude /crosses fingers

Nice, imagination resurrected! Had a scan today and it's only a partial detachment and healing well so all good fingers crossed can start lifting again light and building up. Like you, riding this sucker till the wheels fall off.

The latest thing has made me seriously think about what I'll feel like when I can't play football again (my metric for being broadly in peak man form). It's going to be like losing a loved one, I've invested too much in my physicality.

But YOLO.

 

[therealdope]

My lift game has gotten much better than I was younger, but I can't run anymore (I bike instead)

I'm going send you to my old interval circuit on the escarpment sometime. You have to go up the escarpment once every 4.5kms.

 

[therealdope]

Over 50 now but can still hike up most mountains with 4000-5000ft of elevation change, without trouble (as long as I don't stuck in snow storm). I could definitely lose 15lbs and be in better shape. My goal is to get back to mountaineering adventures in 2026

 

[ChosenOne]

I will turn 57 this year and would say i am top 5% for my demo.

That is not to say i am in super good shape but instead recognizing that 95% of people my age are not in shape.

I have struggled with an injury the last 12 months that has significantly impacted my activity level, so i maintain my shape largely by diet now and light exercise like Yoga. When i am not dealing with an injury i am very active cycling, hiking/walking and being out on the water canoeing.

 

[ChosenOne]

Marriage definitely puts miles on you as well ( no offense married ppl ) .. .

There simply is no doubt about that for the vast... vast number of people.

The worst shape i was in started about 3 years after my marriage and up until we divorced. We both got comfortably over weight (not fat).

I get it in a way. Marriage, in a way, is permission to get out of the rat race.

But it is also horribly sad if you think about it. We marry promising each other our best and yet most of us then give our partner our worst version (at least physically) with the best reserved to return ONLY if you become single again.

I have been around many, now single women, who bring up the idea of them having a revenge body that their ex gets to see but not have. I never say it but think 'he was never going to get that body anyway'. And again that goes both ways.

Sadly it does seem, for the vast, vast majority our best (physical) self is not something for our partners and is only for the person 'next'.

 

[wlu.29]

45 years old, I'm feeling pretty strong and healthy

My lift game has gotten much better than I was younger, but I can't run anymore (I bike instead)

I'm going send you to my old interval circuit on the escarpment sometime. You have to go up the escarpment once every 4.5kms.

Sure, I can try it

 

[Deaths Head]

There simply is no doubt about that for the vast... vast number of people.

The worst shape i was in started about 3 years after my marriage and up until we divorced. We both got comfortably over weight (not fat).

I get it in a way. Marriage, in a way, is permission to get out of the rat race.

But it is also horribly sad if you think about it. We marry promising each other our best and yet most of us then give our partner our worst version (at least physically) with the best reserved to return ONLY if you become single again.

I have been around many, now single women, who bring up the idea of them having a revenge body that their ex gets to see but not have. I never say it but think 'he was never going to get that body anyway'. And again that goes both ways.

Sadly it does seem, for the vast, vast majority our best (physical) self is not something for our partners and is only for the person 'next'.

That’s the typical cycle I can’t think of any relationship that didn’t aggravate me as much as it gave me nice times it’s not optimal for me to do a balance act and compromise my personal quality of life and I’m im 50 .