Most people quietly accept the story they’ve been sold. After 50, the narrative goes, the best years are behind you. Muscle melts away. Energy fades. The mirror starts reflecting someone who looks tired, softer, slower. Society nods along and hands you permission to...
In my 40’s, I felt like I was over the hill and life moving forward would be a mental and physical decline. After all, that’s what most people believe, right? In the begining, working out for me was a way to deal with the stress and anxiety I was feeling...
I personally have come to believe that motivation comes and goes, so I don’t use motivation to keep me going to the gym. Motivation may have been what got me there, by listening to David Goggin videos etc.., but it isn’t what keeps me going. For me, it was...
Early in recovery, body building was simply a means for me to release the stress and anger I had allowed myself to feel. After I quit drinking, I realized the problem wasn’t the drinking, it was my thinking! Remembering the first time I picked up that drink as a...
