I'm having a great day, I get to the gym and for once it's not packed due to all the new Year's resolutions crowd that get in my way and slow me down.
Today I decide it's my heavy day and I go heavy on the bench, I don't have a spotter so I keep the reps low 1-3. After completing a 405LBS bench, I come up for air. These two young twenty something girls come up to me and start with the small talk. WOW, your pretty strong, how much weight was that , how long did it take you to get to that weight, do you train often etc.... Then one asks how old are you? I tell her 42, her repsonse, your really strong for a middle aged guy!!!!!
I think WTF? middle aged...... that took the wind out of my sails, ruined my day. I don't feel old or look old, granted my hair has thinned a bit but middle aged, come on.
Fast forward my wife comes home from work, she can tell I'm down, I tell her the story and of course she laughs and says don't worry about it, but still I don't feel much better.
When do you guys think middle age starts? I still feel like a kid, despite having two of my own.
Jim
Today I decide it's my heavy day and I go heavy on the bench, I don't have a spotter so I keep the reps low 1-3. After completing a 405LBS bench, I come up for air. These two young twenty something girls come up to me and start with the small talk. WOW, your pretty strong, how much weight was that , how long did it take you to get to that weight, do you train often etc.... Then one asks how old are you? I tell her 42, her repsonse, your really strong for a middle aged guy!!!!!
I think WTF? middle aged...... that took the wind out of my sails, ruined my day. I don't feel old or look old, granted my hair has thinned a bit but middle aged, come on.
Fast forward my wife comes home from work, she can tell I'm down, I tell her the story and of course she laughs and says don't worry about it, but still I don't feel much better.
When do you guys think middle age starts? I still feel like a kid, despite having two of my own.
Jim
