fitness

freddie1970

Has anyone here reached a high level of fitness later in life ...
Due to having extreme stomach issues for the last 20 years i have never been able to get a high level of fitness ..
Now at 47 and with the help of a good nutritionist im feeling better than i ever had ..
I have dreams of a sub 20min 5k doing a good gael and dublin city marathon ..love to hear from anyone that started training and doing events later in life

Transform

freddie1970 wrote: »

Has anyone here reached a high level of fitness later in life ...
Due to having extreme stomach issues for the last 20 years i have never been able to get a high level of fitness ..
Now at 47 and with the help of a good nutritionist im feeling better than i ever had ..
I have dreams of a sub 20min 5k doing a good gael and dublin city marathon ..love to hear from anyone that started training and doing events later in life

42 here this year.

Trained lots of clients that have gotten in great shape later in life at all age ranges

None have focused on running solely as its a very short sighted way to view fitness and all put their energy into getting more mobile/flexible, little stronger and much more conditioned through the use of a wide rage of activities of which SOME running was one part of that.

Get the balance between all three aspects of fitness and it will serve you well as opposed to conditioning solely

freddie1970

yes thanks for your post ..im doing some swimming and hope to get cycling in as well when the weather is good along with some weights ..
obviously flexibility is an issue so i would like to get into yoga .
just really want to feel better about myself and life ..having been bloated and sick for so many years ..

Mr. CooL ICE

My dad... although his situation is slightly different. He ran a marathon back in the 80s. Back before jogging was a thing. His neighbours used to think he was nuts running away from his house and coming back two hours later dripping in sweat. He had a new niggling injuries for a few years but eventually a calf strain in one leg and torn achilles in the other ruled him out for what seemed like forever.

He kept up walking and a little bit of cycling, but jogging was his true love. When I signed up for the DCM in 2012, he decided to have one last hurrah at 61 years of age and train for it too. And he finished 4 minutes behind me. He loved it so much that he ended up running 3-4 marathons or half marathons a year until last year when his knees eventually gave up.

It's a shame that illness has held you back for so long. But honestly, age is just a number. Have fun

freddie1970

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

My dad... although his situation is slightly different. He ran a marathon back in the 80s. Back before jogging was a thing. His neighbours used to think he was nuts running away from his house and coming back two hours later dripping in sweat. He had a new niggling injuries for a few years but eventually a calf strain in one leg and torn achilles in the other ruled him out for what seemed like forever.


He kept up walking and a little bit of cycling, but jogging was his true love. When I signed up for the DCM in 2012, he decided to have one last hurrah at 61 years of age and train for it too. And he finished 4 minutes behind me. He loved it so much that he ended up running 3-4 marathons or half marathons a year until last year when his knees eventually gave up.

It's a shame that illness has held you back for so long. But honestly, age is just a number. Have fun

Thanks for the post very inspiring you must be very proud of your dad ..my son is 8 now and he is ps4 warrior ..i would like for him to see me training maybe get a interest himself ..up to now he has only ever since me sick really