Looking Better than 99% Of People Over 40 Is About One Thing

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Let’s look at this weeks discussion ⬇️

There’s a term that circulates in medical circles regarding an approach to dealing with certain illnesses called the Minimum Effective Dose (MED).

With the idea being that you take the MED to allow the body to recover as naturally as possible without further intervention.

The same applies in regards to your long term fitness and health and it echoes something I spoke about a few weeks back- where I mentioned about not going too hard and fast when you start.

In your 20’s and to an extent your 30’s you can put the body through some tough ordeals, go hard on a diet and extreme exercise for 6 months and then not do much for the following 6 months.

But when you reach 40 and beyond, the game changes a little bit- there will be more push back from your body:

Longer Recovery, More Aches and Pains etc

Suddenly you need to think about the long game

“This body needs to last me into my golden years so I need to look after it”

You want to be able to do what you can now, mostly the same in 10 years, 20 years…

So how does that work?

Let’s break it down.

On paper if you did a cycle of 6 months intense training but then stopped because of a reason mentioned above you would have:

Whereas making sure you are committed to only TWO a week in the same 12 month period would mean you hit the same amount.

So what’s the the one thing I mentioned in the subject line?

Discipline

The discipline to not only know and respect your bodies boundaries as you get older, but actually to recognise that huge effort over a short period doesn’t always equal longer term gain as you age.