Anyone's interest in lifting and physique drop off as the years go by?

[renaissancebro]

started lifting in highschool, and went all throughout 20s. physique is still pretty good in my 30s (but DYEL standards by instafitness and miscers standards)

but as time goes by, the external incentives are reducing and interest is waning (srs). when you're in your 20s the byproduct is attention, you look good and feel good (due to progress compared to teen years), and life is fookin awesome. Could legit enjoy lifting 5 days a week, meet the bros and go hard.

fast forward to 30s: no gym bros around, starting to get in the older range for fitness in general gyms (can't even hit on gym cuties), life is getting dominated by sitting at work, $$, and thinking about the future, PRs don't matter and can be dangerous, girls both younger/your age don't give a chit about physique for guys in 30s, unless you have status and $$, or you have top 1% of instagram type physique. Older women might like it but who gives af about that.....

Still love lifting and will NEVER quit, but legit feels like a time wasting chore at times and only going 2x a week atm. Already maxed out natty limit a few years ago but it's a complete pain in the ass to have dedication to stay huge/shredded year round.

Just wanted to share and see if any other 30s brahs notice this (single or married).

[FelixTheCat1919]

It's normal for one's interest in the gym to decrease somewhat after 10 - 20+ years of obsessing over it to autistic levels, srs

[bigbtree]

As david goggins would say to keep it simple "STAY HARD". You failed to stay hard, now you are probably just like any mediocre normy, making excuses to just stay average because you would rather be comfortable than put yourself through suffering which takes discipline to be something great or special.

[GaryRidgway]

It goes in phases for me. Maybe about 3 months out of the year I'll be into it and make gains. The rest of the time halfass it and eat like chit and drink all the time.

[renaissancebro]

As david goggins would say to keep it simple "STAY HARD". You failed to stay hard, now you are probably just like any mediocre normy, making excuses to just stay average because you would rather be comfortable than put yourself through suffering which takes discipline.

I am a demi god compared to you (semi-srs). 15+ years lifting and still going at it

[bigbtree]

It's normal for one's interest in the gym to decrease somewhat after 10 - 20+ years of obsessing over it to autistic levels, srs

I wouldn't listen to this guy, there is a reason he has no avatar bro.

[renaissancebro]

It goes in phases for me. Maybe about 3 months out of the year I'll be into it and make gains. The rest of the time halfass it and eat like chit and drink all the time.

damn bro if you can do that with the physique in the picture then no big deal. but im guessing you're a phat phucker now and the pic is from 5+ years ago

[bigbtree]

It goes in phases for me. Maybe about 3 months out of the year I'll be into it and make gains. The rest of the time halfass it and eat like chit and drink all the time.

That's why you will always be just nameless frat boy level, never elite or truly great like my man goggins.

[GaryRidgway]

That's why you will always be just nameless frat boy level, never elite or truly great like my man goggins.

true

damn bro if you can do that with the physique in the picture then no big deal. but im guessing you're a phat phucker now and the pic is from 5+ years ago

I think it was 5 years ago. Can't change it cause bodyspace won't work for me. I'm much more jacked now but also fatter.

[FelixTheCat1919]

damn bro if you can do that with the physique in the picture then no big deal. but im guessing you're a phat phucker now and the pic is from 5+ years ago

Maintaining what you currently have or having super modest expectations for gains as a goal is a lot easier to do than obsessing over PR's and trying to look Arnold stage ready year round for decades

Once you've obsessed for 10+ years, it's alright to consider other approaches

[Condo41]

I was about 32-34 area when I stopped min/maxing for aesthetics.

The return on the investment for the final 20% towards 100% potential is almost 0.

Get to 80% of your natty potential is more than enough to impress people while not sacrificing chunks of your life.

Anything past 80% doesn't f*cking DO anything.

[LethalGunz34]

Stay hard!

[amusclehead]

Kinda - i started lifting when I was 15, 41 now.

I used to train 5 days a week; then 4; now 2-3. Not because I lost interest but life kept getting in the way and my recovery abilities started to suck - in my early 30s I started becoming more injury prone .... in my teens I could rack pull 600lbs without warming up ... now, if I look at a weight wrong I end up tweaking something.

The biggest mistake I made was being a slave to food for 15 years - strict diet, 100% focus on diet. After I let that go and ate whenever I wanted to eat, I was much happier.

The one thing I'm glad I never did though was drugs. No matter what happens, my size and strength are always the same. If I get sick and stop lifting for a month or two I don't show it, and within 2-3 weeks I'll gain it all right back. On the downside my arms stopped growing around 18 1/2'' and they've been that size since my 20s. On the hand, they're still the same size and vascularity as they were in my 20s.

TLDR - Life changes but if you're lifting for you and not some stupid sloot's attention you'll go the distance, but your abilities and motivation will change

[renaissancebro]

I was about 32-34 area when I stopped min/maxing for aesthetics.

The return on the investment for the final 20% towards 100% potential is almost 0.

Get to 80% of your natty potential is more than enough to impress people while not sacrificing chunks of your life.

Anything past 80% doesn't f*cking DO anything.

Thanks for this breh, im currently in the 80% limit and enjoying self. just get a paradoxical feeling at times where you dont really want to lift, but because you've done it for so long and consistently, not going 5x a week feels "wrong".

Kinda - i started lifting when I was 15, 41 now.

I used to train 5 days a week; then 4; now 2-3. Not because I lost interest but life kept getting in the way and my recovery abilities started to suck - in my early 30s I started becoming more injury prone .... in my teens I could rack pull 600lbs without warming up ... now, if I look at a weight wrong I end up tweaking something.

The biggest mistake I made was being a slave to food for 15 years - strict diet, 100% focus on diet. After I let that go and ate whenever I wanted to eat, I was much happier.

The one thing I'm glad I never did though was drugs. No matter what happens, my size and strength are always the same. If I get sick and stop lifting for a month or two I don't show it, and within 2-3 weeks I'll gain it all right back. On the downside my arms stopped growing around 18 1/2'' and they've been that size since my 20s. On the hand, they're still the same size and vascularity as they were in my 20s.

TLDR - Life changes but if you're lifting for you and not some stupid sloot's attention you'll go the distance, but your abilities and motivation will change

Thankfully i never did the OCD food prep stuff and generally ate comfortably. But its good to see you're still huge in your 40s bro.

[eddiehaskell]

of course it does unless you have massive austism

[FelixTheCat1919]

of course it does unless you have massive austism

Bingo. It's called autism to obsess that hard over literally any other hobby

[eddiehaskell]

Bingo. It's called autism to obsess that hard over literally any other hobby

"fitness" is like the one hobby those with autism can pursue with societal approval. also think body dysmorphia is a lot more common than the stats say...especially amongst men.

[renaissancebro]

Bingo. It's called autism to obsess that hard over literally any other hobby

"fitness" is like the one hobby those with autism can pursue with societal approval. also think body dysmorphia is a lot more common than the stats say...especially amongst men.

but why is it that fitness people are autists but any other hobby are not?

on the body dysmorhpia, its good the misc finally acknowledge this after years of obsessing about zyzz and the other fitness tards on roids. But IG has maximized it. Constantly see roided out teens and early 20s in the gym and social media. brb complete baby face but yoked and shredded asf.

or the older fitfluencers who are all on roids in their 40s. or as they say "TRT"

[FelixTheCat1919]

but why is it that fitness people are autists but any other hobby are not?

on the body dysmorhpia, its good the misc finally acknowledge this after years of obsessing about zyzz and the other fitness tards on roids. But IG has maximized it. Constantly see roided out teens and early 20s in the gym and social media. brb complete baby face but yoked and shredded asf.

or the older fitfluencers who are all on roids in their 40s. or as they say "TRT"

I said obessing over the gym for decades is autistic, not the gym in general. If you feel like you NEED to go 4+ times a week for 2+ hours per sesson, and it's not for your income somehow, then yes that's a bit autistic. This could apply to many hobbies. Don't even get me started on the autism that is constantly obsessing over diet and meal prepping

[8eggs]

Interest yes , energy and motivation no.

when your young you get sore after a workout , when your getting old you feel sore if you don't workout.

you do exercise different. keep it short simple and often..

that and the crushing depression.

[renaissancebro]

bump

[Formula0ne]

I like lifting always have but yes, waning.

It's just... if I had 34 hours in a day I would, but with 24, I prioritize many other things

[Muzzlrpress]

Somewhat, but I plan to do it forever. 3 days a week is perfect and easily manageable.

Though discipline keeps me going, I still get random bouts of motivation, and suddenly I have a new goal.

This year? Squat 500lbs. Why? Because I want to.

[MetroBrah]

yea im starting to golf, hike, shoot more than lift tbh. Physique looks even better now with 2-3, 30 minute workouts per week

[GaryRidgway]

Somewhat, but I plan to do it forever. 3 days a week is perfect and easily manageable.

Though discipline keeps me going, I still get random bouts of motivation, and suddenly I have a new goal.

This year? Squat 500lbs. Why? Because I want to.

[headturner1]

Yeah but I still do it. Way more prone to tweaking my fukin back and it sucks

[Muzzlrpress]

Coming this fall.

[chalup]

I have the exact opposite thing going on at 35. In my mid 20s I kind of coasted off age alone and physique didn’t matter in getting laid. Now I’m 35 and the strongest I’ve ever been and realize it’s literally my last years of hitting some type of peak physique/condition so it’s now or never. Working out twice a day most days.

[chalup]

Coming this fall.

How old are you? The one thing that I have a hard time doing is going super heavy because my joints feel like they are going to explode, and they will hurt for a week straight. I squatted 405 last week for 4, and I think I could have done more much if it wasn’t for joint pain. Makes my knees hurt just thinking about attempting 500..

[Muzzlrpress]

How old are you? The one thing that I have a hard time doing is going super heavy because my joints feel like they are going to explode, and they will hurt for a week straight. I squatted 405 last week for 4, and I think I could have done more much if it wasn’t for joint pain. Makes my knees hurt just thinking about attempting 500..

I'll be 36 this year. I'm keeping an eye out for my joints, because they get a little scared sometimes. I started using knee sleeves for the first time this year, and while they do a little something, I can only imagine how much support actual wraps give. Only reason I never used them is because I used to compete in the raw category, and 500 just wouldn't feel the same if I didn't stick to belt n sleeves.

The hardest part will absolutely be my body weight, because I don't want to get fatter than I am now, and that weight makes lifting heavy so, so much easier.