Personal Trainer Secrets For Men Over 40

Having energy to do the things you want to do now that you have the time and financial resources is of paramount importance.  There is a new generation of Baby Boomers and those over sixty who are coming of age and continuing their fitness efforts.  Many are enjoying active lifestyles while living longer, better quality lives.  The key attitude to the new revolution I sometimes call the “Second Age” is this: the older you are, the more quality there should be in your levels of health and fitness.  The Second Age can be the zenith of fitness for men over forty. 

Many of us value “functionality,” one key to living each day to its fullest.  Possessing enough energy to walk up stairs without getting winded, lift heavy boxes without straining, and take long walks without tiring are key components of “functionality” as we age.  Who wants to reach the apex of financial and career success and be stuck using a cane, walker, or wheelchair?  Yet, many men who ignore exercise and good eating habits find themselves physically limited at a shockingly early age, while their exercising counterparts are running, playing tennis, and taking hiking vacations in the hill country of Tuscany.  Get active now – don’t miss out on the fun!

Despite all the good news about our fitness abilities in middle age, we still need to be cautious and compassionate with our bodies.  As most aging athletes already know, our joints, muscles, and vital internal organs need extra care and attention if we are to keep them well-oiled and running at maximum efficiency throughout the length of our active lives.  Our joints and muscles tell us when we’re overdoing it and give us fair warnings through mild aches and pains.  By stretching, resting, and following the techniques discussed later, you will understand how to maximize your longevity and maintain the look of muscular fitness and good health well into the advanced years.

When sidelined with a minor injury, there is no reason to cease playing sports, lifting weights, or doing aerobics.  It’s just part of the game and part of maturing gracefully.  Sometimes an injury provides an opportunity to try different activities like yoga, Pilates, biking, hiking, swimming, karate, or Tae Bo.  Plus, trying new activities makes life more fun and interesting. 

As aging Baby Boomers, we experience some common physical and lifestyle changes.  Sometimes our career, relationships, and self-perception (how we relate to the grand scheme of the world and our role in the great vegetable soup of life) are reevaluated in middle age.  These mid-life passages drive us during the Second Age of life.  The desire to do all we can increases as the realization that life is halfway over and the clock is ticking.  Our lives accelerate, enriched with activities, adventures, and the burning desire to have all the things for which we’ve worked and struggled.  Although our testosterone levels may gradually lower compared to our teens and twenties, our lust for life and its pleasures, both sensually and spiritually, are always present and in need of attention.  How successful we are at integrating all the desires, goals, and fulfilling our dreams depends on how well we take care of our physical bodies.  If we feel physically healthy, we can enjoy all that life offers us each and every fun-filled day.

Here’s a wild thought: new advances in drugs and anti-aging medicine could make 100-years-old a new standard of longevity for men over the next thirty years.  Many of us will live to that ripe old age in perfect health, enjoying fulfilling work, leisure activities, and healthy sexual relations.  The future holds so much promise it would be foolish not to take control of our life now by exercising, eating right, and living a peaceful existence that supports happiness and fulfillment.  Our lives can be ideal if we work at it now.  Many of us may need to take advantage of the services of experts who can help us reach these goals.  Personal trainers, nutritionists, anti-aging physicians, life coaches, personal chefs, and mental health professionals can help us to reach and maintain a long life of quality we never dreamed possible twenty years ago.