I dont think i want to be srs about the gym or care about physique anymore @ 31 yrs o

[Getter_done]

31 now, been lifting consistently since i was 18, mostly powerlifting and strength training, also done some significant cuts and gotten lean. Both have felt great in their own ways, but now i have lost all motivation to continue either of these things. I just want to be a regular guy, lift a few days a week for fun, keep some muscle, get a pump. I want to stop counting calories, grab that 6 pack and pizza after a long days work if i want. Anybody else feel this way?

[robreynolds1234]

I have an exact same story to tell like you, lifting since the age of 18 and i am turning 31 after 2 weeks.

Gym becomes too repititive, boring and pointless after a few years. The environment of any gym makes you feel sick after sometime. People start to get injuries etc.


I would rather chill back at home. Play video games, drink beer, eat kfc/pizza/mcdonalds, watch movies.

Been there done it all in gym (at least for myself). Going back is pretty pointless to me.

[NuggzTheNinja]

31 now, been lifting consistently since i was 18, mostly powerlifting and strength training, also done some significant cuts and gotten lean. Both have felt great in their own ways, but now i have lost all motivation to continue either of these things. I just want to be a regular guy, lift a few days a week for fun, keep some muscle, get a pump. I want to stop counting calories, grab that 6 pack and pizza after a long days work if i want. Anybody else feel this way?

If you have a decent base, maintaining in your 30s isn't that difficult as long as don't eat like chit. I work in an office and lift 2-3x/week and it's enough to maintain.

[MajorTendonitis]

I stopped working out for a few years , then felt like chit after getting soft , so started back up and will only quit when I’m 6 feet under.
Unfortunately at my age I have to stop ego lifting , as it’s aggravating my tendons and rotators too much .
I’m going back to benching with dumbbells , which I hate btw , but it’s better than nothing .

OP , I do like your idea of cutting back and maintaining some muscle . Just don’t dedicate every breathing moment to it , but don’t quit either

[ASTRAPE]

No one your age cares about it either
Glad you came to your senses

[tunafishha]

Brah, that's how it should have always been. One should lift like once a week. Modafkrs on here think looking shredded is the way to go. No, its a waste of time, money, food, and energy. Its about being healthy and having moderation.

[SicilianPower]

I came to a similar conclusion when I was like 19 after 3 years of training. I got big and strong. Then I cut down got real lean. Now I pretty much maintain 15% bodyfat so I’m pretty lean and I mainly do calisthenics and light dumbbell work and I only train like 3 days a week. No more heavy lifting, no more pushing for a max, no more working out 4-5 days a week. Just doing things to get a pump and maintain some solid mass, sometimes ride my bike for cardio if I eat a bit too much. I enjoy life more now than I did.

I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that no matter how hard I was busting my ass I didn’t look how I wanted. I looked better than the majority of people but I was never able to achieve the goals of these like superhero looking builds that I wanted. I was never able to hold a lean bodyfat percentage while having a lot of mass. It was either 190-216 at 25% bodyfat or 160 at 14-15% bodyfat (which is what I am at now and I’m 5’7). So just giving up finally and accepting that I didn’t have the genetics or drive to look exactly how I wanted helped me find peace.

I’m built like Robert De Niro in the film Cape Fear now, I’m content.

[TreyTrey]

Literally was just thinking this exact thing tonight as I plugged away at my poverty 385 deadlift sets, thinking wtf am I doing...

[guest89]

I care more then when I was younger. I've just realized you can literally hit the gym three or four times per week for 45-60 minutes each time and have the same kind of results as if you go 6 days per week and follow a super ridged training schedule. Also enjoying some pizza, burgers or beer 3-4 times per week isn't going to destroy your gains or turn you into a fat fukk.


When you get older its important to just focus on being healthy. Stretch daily 10-15 minutes. Do 30-45 minutes of cardio 3x per week. Lift weights 3x per week. Focus on 8-12 reps. Good contraction and keeping a pump. Don't lift heavy. Just push blood.



Boom. Your healthier and in better shape then 95% of the men your age.

[Leon09]

Didn't know you even cared brah

[Archking]

man the amount of cope in this thread is pathetic

[axiom15]

Sounds like cope for your alcoholism

[supup]

Just lol if you've actually not been drinking beer and eating pizza for the last 13 years cause you think you're gonna have a fitness model physique without gear. I eat pizza and drink beer every week even while cutting, I'm not trying to prance around on stage at 5% bf anytime soon

[Omnivium]

I thought you didn't even lift lol

Just lift 3x a week for an hour. That's enough to maintain a decent physique without being a no-life having gymcel

[SolidLager]

Yeah I eventually quit entirely, lost all my gainz, dudes now are not afraid of me, feel like death after 3 reps of any lift, so yeah I don’t recommend stopping because you will turn into a skinny pussy

[PisseninMisc]

Do it for a while, see how you feel and re-evaluate. Don't look at it as a milestone or changing lifestyle forever. If you don't like it you can get back to whatever you were doing, or try a different program.

[JoeyCentral]

Just lol if you've actually not been drinking beer and eating pizza for the last 13 years cause you think you're gonna have a fitness model physique without gear. I eat pizza and drink beer every week even while cutting, I'm not trying to prance around on stage at 5% bf anytime soon

You drinking beer makes you less of a man than me.

[iwant2beswole]

lol @ you fkn boomers quitting

[whogotmuhbeers]

I’m 31 workout 3-4 times a week 30-45 each it’s easy bro. And right now is the most important time in your life to stay fit cause it ain’t getting any easier on us being fat and outta shape in your 30s seem like the thing to do cause everyone is but you gotta be above that my man.

[JoeyCentral]

You should still care about your physique. It's mostly reflective on how good (or poor) your diet is and your diet should always be good for health purposes. However, you don't need to be single digit bodyfat to look good. I look pretty good at about 14% bodyfat right now and to be honest, girls like guys who are a little fluffier.

[ChangeOfStyle]

Honestly man, it's whatever makes you happy; to each their own, you know? However, if you feel like it's just not becoming a priority anymore ; as long as you take care of your health through general means, then you should be fine. Lift cause you want to at this point since you don't have any goals for it don't lift because you need to.

[WrestlingFan123]

same age

lmao not being able to stay around ~13% and still drinking/eating like you want

i'm in the middle of my summer shred for my vacation at the end of May, will get to right around 10%, still will be watching Avengers this Friday (eating popcorn and having a soda - lmao @ diet soda with popcorn), then eating some Mediterranean food afterwards. I've cut back on drinking (once this last month), but that's more due to staying in on the weekends until my trip.

[Casca]

Yep. When you are over 40 and fat



and care again. Life stories.

I thought I was all over the place, but looking at other dudes my age, I have kept a pretty even keel and am now pulling ahead very strong. I care about being able to pull my weight like it is nothing. I could give fuk all about what you bench, squat and deadlift and how many hours you spend doing bicep curls and tricep push downs.

[anonkunbrah]

Starting to happen to me im 35. But can tell u the main problem is the gym crowd. I dont like the people it attracts and the time i need to go is overcrowded. Only solution seems to be to transition to home gym

[Potatolifter]

I'm nearly 35, dont count calories and have a family. I am in the best shape of my life. I do not let it control my life and as far as my family goes they dont even know I workout since I don't let it impact on my time with my family.

Feels good when you look around at everyone else the same age.

[ko300zx]

I just want to be a regular guy, lift a few days a week for fun, keep some muscle, get a pump. I want to stop counting calories, grab that 6 pack and pizza after a long days work if i want.

Then do it. You're not going to turn into a ball of sht unless you start grabbing a 6 pack and a pizza M-F and give up on the gym 100%. And wtf @ counting calories after 13 years and not trying to be shredded. You should be able to eat sensibly and maintain.

[nogainnogain]

on dat dere low t times, huh?

[randombrah1]

You can do that and still be aesthetic, srs

IIFYM saves lives

[BostonRockets]

You can do that and still be aesthetic, srs

IIFYM saves lives

This, you don't even need to do that sh!t. You're acting like you have to spend 2 hours in the gym 6 days a week to look good.

That's why you get jacked and lean while you're young, so when you're older it's easy to maintain instead of having to gain that muscle at 35.

[Peacening]

I did the same after 9 years of training... It's been about 3 years now since I lost my consistency and drive and here's what I learned:

-dont do it