I started lifting weights at 30 and gained 30kg of muscle
I've been annoyingly saying this on X for years and people never believe it
Most people are still fat or cardioholics and only run or play padel
You have to lift weights, it improves your nervous system, it stops or reverts guaranteed (!) muscle atrophy and bone density loss after age 30 meaning you will AGE LESS FAST and age more healthily
Which is why I, as a not really athletic person (was just skinny 50kg/100lbs) started lifting around that age
Now I try lift 4x per week, I'm not skinny anymore, close to 80kg/160lbs, so I gained 30kg/60lbs (almost doubled in mass, so there's 1.6x Pieter's now!), much more muscle and 15% fat (now I wanna try get that to I don't know 12%?)
And the biggest benefits are mental: I'm not anxious anymore, not depressed, not neurotic, just mostly chill and zen
When I stop going to the gym for a week or two they come back fast though!
I'm not a ripped super chad, and you don't really become that so easily but I am very fit and healthy now and can carry lots of stuff
And everyone I meet thinks I'm in my 20s, so the anti-aging part worked
Start lifting (and cardio too of course you need both)
Future you will THANK you as I thank Pieter from ~8 years ago 🤝
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