Hello Ray,
I’m not sure if questions are allowed, If not stop reading,
If yes, read on.
I am 49 soon to be 50. I’m 6′ tall and weigh 186-188 pounds.
I have not been working out at all for about 2 or 3 years
and somehow I noticed that I have really lost a lot of
muscle mass, and have started to look like an older man.
My question is two fold: (1) Is it too late for me to get my
physical life back on track?? I don’t have aspiration of
transforming into a ‘Brad Pitt” but wouldn’t mind a more
toned body. In the last year I have lost about 10 pounds
which was a very slow process achieved by just eating less,
it took from May to October.
My goal was to get back to my 30′s weight of 176 pounds
which was a comfortable weight for me. Clothes seemed to fit
better back then.
(2) Am I fooling myself to think that I could get back to
the body I had as a thirty-something year old, weighing less
yet being toned and not to bad to look at in a bathing suit?
I feel that by finding you on line was a sign that I need
help and really appreciate your mail. I haven’t done any
more than started thinking about what to do at this point.
So, thanks for getting me to at least think about changing
my sedentary life-style.
Sincerely,
Mark Sherrard
Hi Mark, OF COURSE QUESTIONS ARE ALLOWED!
Questions put the “personal” into personal trainer. I get a
ton of questions and every time I read one where someone is
looking to improve their lives, I know I have just found my
chance to justify the air I breath on that day.
Question 1 Answer: Is it too late for you to get your
physical life back on track? With absolute certainty and
full hearted conviction, I can say that your 50th year on
this earth could be the most invigorating, passionate and
vitality filled year of your life.
Sounds fantastic doesn’t it?
There have been studies upon studies that show how a 50+
year old that works out can beat the pants of a mid-twenties
couch potato. Aging is not a tally of years on the planet.
Aging is the result of the number of years of non-physical
activity. Use it or lose it is in fact, TRUE. We get older,
start buying more convenience items, get out of physical
labor jobs and quit going out to dance on Saturday nights.
The result is that the body loses its reason to remain
VIRILE.
I have clients that are now in the best shape of their
lives. Because for the first time in their lives, they are
really taking care of themselves.
Your goal is not only possible, but should be attained in
under two months.
Answer to Question Two: Are you fooling yourself thinking
that you can get back the body you had when you were thirty
something?
I think I already answered this but I am so determined that
you understand and except this that I will continue. YOU ARE
JUST BEGINNING. YOU ARE AT THE TIPPING POINT of creating
your best years yet! Your body could be better than ever and
to go with this new physical body, you have more years of
experience on this earth to use in enjoying your body even
more than a 30 something year old.
When they say youth is wasted on the young, I say “Yes it
is, that’s why I work out”.
P.S. I added a new “short report” on burning fat and developing muscle at the same time.
Check the link if your interested.
Ray Burton
http://www.fattofitbook.com
