How fit can you get starting at 46

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  • EL2EL1
    EL2EL1 Posts: 40 Member
    The best thing about triathlon is that you can start at any age and there are many distances from enticed to ironman. Triathlon training will make you feel good and when you cross the finish line of your tri you will feel AMAZING! Get started, you will not regret it. Triathlon transformed my life.
  • eaglefish
    eaglefish Posts: 130 Member
    Never a better time to start than today! I'm going on 52 & in the best shape of my life. Lifting more, running faster, eating healthier, running races whenever I want to. Ton's of energy & a much more positive outlook on life.

    Just get started & it'll begin to pay dividends immediately!
  • janetteluparia
    janetteluparia Posts: 318 Member
    Im 50 and in better shape than when I was 30 raising kids and not taking care of myself. You got this!!
  • juleszephyr
    juleszephyr Posts: 442 Member
    Depends how much work you are willing to put in honestly. There are plenty of people on here who have never worked out until recently (myself included) who are totally rocking it.

    I lost 118lbs five years ago at which point I had pretty much not done anything since being an active teenager. I now work out daily and get up at 5.45am every morning to do a circuit training DVD and am running my fist half marathon in less than 3 weeks.

    So again I repeat. You can get very fit if you are willing to put the work in.... SIMPLE
  • Greywalk
    Greywalk Posts: 193 Member
    facts:
    Current age 57...
    age when tired of being overweight...47, out of breath going up stairs.

    Then life style: work, home, whatever my wife wanted to do.
    Current life style: work, home, running, soccer, whatever my wife wants to do.

    Then attitude: just make it to retirement....
    Current attitude: wow next game is and how many of us are running the 5K in November?

    Then 47 and weighing 237 lbs,
    Now 57 weight currently 200...yeah weigh in is Wednesday and I hope to book one more lb before then.

    Other changes:
    2007 ran a half-marathon. Myself and a friend will begin training this winter for a half-marathon to be run in the fall of 2014. I am also working on my master's degree. No longer tired all the time.

    last physical...doctor said lose a few pounds. My family history, father/mother overweight my father high blood pressure, adult type 2 diabetic. Me, no high blood pressure, heath pretyty good, cardio system a go. I am fortunate to have friends and family who even when I was as old as I was when I started to be supportive of me and encouraging.

    Can do!
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    I am 54. At the beginning of this year, I was 55 pounds heavier than I am now. My only exercise each day was climbing two and a half flights of stairs to my office (skipped using the elevator to stay healthy :ohwell: ) and I was winded when I reached the top. I decided to lose some weight and really get in better shape. I started with the C25K and ran a 5k in April. I kept running further and faster. I ran over 300 miles between Memorial Day and Labor Day. I am running my first half marathon in a couple of weeks and I am not even nervous about whether or not I can do it. I have run over 10 miles several times. My times are not competitive but if I really wanted to compete I could. I can maintain a heart rate of over 160 for over 2 hours. Crazy, huh? And I really haven't pushed all that hard.
  • Micbou1
    Micbou1 Posts: 33 Member
    Very inspiring!!! Great job!

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