Training doesn’t have to mean Powerlifting, Olympic Weightlifting, or Strongman. It doesn’t have to be extreme or competitive. It can simply just be resistance training. Lifting weights with intention, pushing your body to stay strong, and continuing to take small steps into your long term health.

The fact is, when you decide to train and live a healthy lifestyle, you are changing the trajectory of how your body ages. You’re resisting what society thinks and you’re pushing back against the cultural narrative that aging must mean decline, weakness, and pain.

After around age 30, our cells begin to die off faster than they regenerate. That’s the normal biological process. We don’t know what will happen to us in the future, we might face stroke, arthritis, or osteoporosis. But we do have some powerful control over three things:

What we put in our body
What we do with our body
What we choose to think about

Through training, healthy eating habits, and constructive thought patterns, we can take ownership of how we age. Although we cannot prevent certain things from happening, we can certainly dampen its effects by choosing to live healthy. We can grow stronger instead of weaker. More capable instead of more fragile. More hopeful instead of more resigned.

Aging is not a permission slip to give up. It’s an opportunity to make a meaningful long term change. So, get after it, wisely, consistently, and with purpose. Don’t let excuses define you.