Miro Bryant is a performance coach and an experienced journalist.He is also in his 50s and his books I can’t stop after 40 years old It provides a roadmap for doing more than just staying active when “mature”. Milo trains hard and recovers even better, so you can do whatever you want, when you want. Get ready to be unstoppable using his method. This is not your dad’s middle age.
The following is an excerpt from Unstoppable After40.
You are 40 years old and not the same person as 20 years old. Thank you! That’s good for the majority of us.
Sure, after the age of 40, you may feel a little more pain and you may not be on the bench as much as 20 years ago, but you have half a lifetime of knowledge and memories.
In my opinion, the biggest impact of turning 40 is mental. It forces us to stare at ourselves and ask, am I always the one I wanted to be? Have you achieved everything you are trying to do?
Indeed, these can be complicated questions. So here’s something easier. Please ask yourself. “Have you run out of time, or is this the best time?” Your answer reveals a lot about your thinking. Why is your way of thinking important? It will hit us all differently at the age of 40. And before we talk about how to build physical strength, we need to talk about how to build mental strength.
Having a positive outlook helps you face disabilities as you grow older and benefits your overall health. Studies have shown that optimists are more likely to live 11-15% longer, sleep better, and have better cardiovascular health when compared to pessimists.
Building a truly strong mindset, like building muscle, that is, tearing, repairing, and returning muscle fibers stronger, occurs only after retreat. And everyone, I have a lot of them.
There was a time when I lied straight. I thought I was in control of everything. I worked too hard and didn’t get enough sleep. I recently divorced. There were child support, dependent allowances, and university tuition. There were rent payments in both San Diego and Los Angeles. My social life was virtually non-existent. But I was doing that, so I thought everything was cool.
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For years I told myself I was fine. But even if I was late to notice them, the cracks were starting to appear. I gained weight. I had a bout of shingles. I started having a panic attack when I got on the plane — and I was a world traveler! I was absorbed in dealing with stress until my good friends realized my real problem. I have finally begun to develop a stronger and more resilient way of thinking.
That idea helped me when I had a terrible spill on my mountain bike in December 2020. I had just slowed down the dirt trail and suddenly when the handlebars and pedals clipped the fence pole, I was steering around the fence (OK, I might have been faster than it should be). The bicycle stopped, but I jumped over the handlebar and landed on my chest. The backpack I was wearing was flying from my back in the air. At first, I thought Gear had the worst fall (I broke my heart rate monitor and later noticed that I jacked up my computer and hard drive), so I got up and went home.
Later, I realized that my injuries were more widespread than I expected. Sure, I was still able to exercise (squats, deadlifts, plyometrics), but even after nine months I couldn’t do what I liked the most: sprints.
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Despite my limitations, I focused on activities that I could enjoy and focused on recovery plans. Yes, I was frustrated because I couldn’t sprint, but I wasn’t depressed or depressed.
You see, I know my body doesn’t strengthen my mind. It is my mind that strengthens my body. And I know that spirituality has overcome that setback.
It’s the same for everyone.
If you want to exercise but aren’t motivated, you need to work on a mental game. If you give up lifting your back, and if you want to go back to the gym, you need to remain optimistic.
It may sound strange to fitness trainers, but it’s true. The strongest part of the body is the mind, not the muscles. But don’t twist it. Some people may immediately think of “mental health” when they see the words “mindset” and “mental approach.”
It’s good to take care of your mental health. But that’s not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about the spirituality and approach you should take towards fitness as a man over 40. If you don’t have a plan on how to approach the next half of your life, you have some difficult times. Throughout this book, I will give you the tools you need to tackle them all easily.
Your body after the age of 40
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1-3%
▲How much strength and size are lost every 10 years (from around 50 years old).
1%
▲The rate at which cardiovascular durability declines each year.
Five%
▲After the age of 40, the rate at which metabolism slows down every 10 years.
Let’s talk about what 40 really is. Not only was he 40 years old, but he suddenly had a problem that he didn’t have yesterday. Let’s break down aging into two categories: chronological age and biological age.
Our chronological age is the number of years, months, days, hours and seconds we have lived. No matter how active and healthy we are, it is impossible to change age unless we activate DeLorean’s flux capacitors to get 1.21GW.
But we can slow down the biological age. It measures how old we are, which is heavily influenced by lifestyle habits. There is no simple formula to calculate your biological age, but you can start by asking yourself a few questions: Do you exercise? Do you eat healthy? Get enough sleep? If so, you may be biologically younger than someone who shares the same birthday as you but does not have the same healthy lifestyle.
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This book will help you bring your biological age clock back. Simply put, it’s getting older, but staying young.
If you want to avoid injury, supercharge your energy, and never want to slow down, you need to focus on more than just building muscle. Don’t get me wrong. Strength is important. But before you can build strength properly, you need to polish two things that you probably overlook: mobility and stability.
This is the reason.
Our fitness declines with age
It cannot be avoided. As we get older, we all lose some muscle. But not as much as you think. Age-related muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, does not actually begin until around the age of 50 for most people. Still, each year, they tend to lose only about 1% of their muscle mass and 3% of their fitness. To research by researchers at McMaster University.
In my opinion, their lifestyle is the number one reason men over the age of 40 are prevented from staying fit. Specifically, their sedentary lifestyle. I put a lot of responsibility on my computer and smartphone. Don’t get me wrong. Electronic media is great. But it also gave us the crooked, kifotic attitude of the Neanderthals. It’s as if we’ve evolved to just walk upright and descend to our sitting ancestors.
Of course, life also gets in the way. When I was young, I might have spent a lot of time playing sports and going to the gym. Many of us now manage one (or two, or three) jobs and family responsibilities, as well as cooking, cleaning, and other jobs. But that doesn’t mean your health should come to the end of your priority list — something I see too often.
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What do you do when your car rattles? Take it to a mechanic. What do you do when your sink causes a leak? Call the plumber. What if you hurt your back? Most people I know either ignore and avoid the pain (trainers call this “compensation”) or stop exercising altogether.
I don’t know how many times someone called me and said I couldn’t attend the training. “Coach, I sprained my ankle. I can’t exercise today.” I tell them, “That’s okay, today is upper body day.”
Everyone, there is no reason to stop exercising. And it’s never too late to get started. The more muscle you build now, the less you need to lose. The more you take care of your body today, the more energy you will have tomorrow. The better you are now, the healthier you will be in the future.
In other words, you may be over 40, but if you take care of your body, you will feel much younger hell. And isn’t that the point?
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