What does aging feel like past 30?

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1. 30 is pretty fine: you lose a little off your top speed, maybe, but you’re otherwise good. The low 40s is where it starts to get you.

2. Feels like nothing then hits all at once

3. I just turned 35 and I don’t feel any different than my 20s.

   IMO most people lead fairly unhealthy lifestyles and those health impacts compound over time.

4. In short; yes, lol. Similarly, friends with kids have slowed down, gained weight, and complain a lot. I’m a fair few years past 30 and still running up and down mountains, jumping bikes and ATVs, whitewater rafting, traveling and living as well or better than half a lifetime ago. Just DON’T STOP MOVING or it’ll get harder and harder to get going again! BTW, it’s the kids, not the marriage, my wife is the one pushing forward most of the time, and she has a better body than most 20-30 year olds…

5. 32 about to be 33. I feel like I did in my 20s, just a little slower.

6. Brother I’m 44. It happened fast, especially once the kiddos came into the picture.

   I feel 29. Not bad. Broke my back last year but bounced back pretty quickly.

   Knees hurt, back hurts. Dick still works. All in all I’m grateful. 😆

7. Old and weak? Nah, it gives life a purpose. 

8. 37, starting to notice my eyesight change for the worse. Bright things at night are getting blurry. Energy levels have reduced slightly. My drive to prosper has gone through the roof though. I’ve lost weight, not gained… Shits different for everyone.

9. I’m in my late fifties with a wife and two kids. I feel great. Maybe your friends are just losers?

10. I strong disagree it’s family and kids. For me, it’s the reason I turned around and I am in the best situation, shape, fitness, energy etc. I’ve been in my life. I’m 35 and doing way better in every way I think matters than I was in my 20s. Many of it includes the reason you put for yourself. My kids and wife make me be more mindful of my age and diet/exercise and I consciously do little things that added up to a drastic change.

    Still got no actual aches and pains related to aging. I found that taking care of myself and exercising/stretching helped me reverse any that were creeping up. I still got the same, if not more energy, than in my 20s, and I’m way happier with my kids and wife than being alone and occasional dealing with toxic family. I was also making really good decisions later like with my finances that afforded me a lot of peace of mind now even though I made a shit ton of mistakes.

    While genetics do play some part, I think the people who do believe this are usually the people who don’t really take care of themselves, don’t do much else to change their circumstances or improve their health, and blame it on family and kids for not being able have time to put in effort.

    You make the effort, I use play and time with my kids and pseudo exercise between my work days/shifts for example. Despite working full time and being the only income for a family of 4. But we are doing well on just my income.

11. I’m 50. I lift 6 days a week. Run 4 days a week. I ride sport bikes, I hike, scuba dive. I’m pain free and in excellent shape. I’ve seen very little, to no difference in my energy level, physique, or strength.

    Aging is great if you take care of yourself along the way.

12. Roger waters was an ugly mofo when he was younger but got attractive as he aged

13. I was great in my 30s and it took well into my 40s before I felt drop off. Now 52 and feeling middle aged. Not old! But you have a LOT of energy and physical peak condition ahead of you.

    Edit: not PEAK, but really good. Getting to my age you begin to accept that stuff is different and that’s ok – you’re in a different place.

14. It depends on how active you are and if genetics are in your favor. I feel better now than I did in my mid 30s, mostly because I started taking my health seriously when I was 37. Save your doubloons if you’re in the US and get to a doctor, get the screenings and that colonoscopy. It sucks but it’s better to catch some issues now than later.

15. With all the supplements and technology it should be better. Sex is way better.

16. I’m 54 and could kick the ass of any previous version of myself. Some us are late bloomers. 😂

17. I’m 36, and I generally feel the same as always, minus a few aches and pains, and I tire more easily.

    When things do go wrong though, they feel much worse, and take longer to heal. I slipped on some ice a year and a half ago, and hurt my knee. What usually would’ve taken a week at most to go back to normal, took until last summer, so a few months.

18. Working out and being on top of your health is crucial.

    It’s easy to slowly stop doing those things as life gets busier it happens.

    But I’d saying staying active and eating relatively healthy is what helps.

    I say this but have been terrible the last month.

19. I was good until 40 then you really start to notice. Feels like I need to hit the gym because my legs just aren’t as powerful/explosive as they used to be but it doesn’t feel any different just the results are worst. Like I’ll sprint the pitch, look around and I’m only actually on the halfway line. Also belly fat is now something that doesn’t go away when I look at it, I’ve found sugar free drinks really help me out with that issue.

20. > Is family and marriage the thing that makes men old and weak?

    no. I’m 58, got married when I was 24 and helped raise a child to adulthood

    I’m in better physical/mental shape now than I have been my entire life

    I’ve learned how to handle the shit that made me insane when I was younger and learned how to ignore most other shit

21. I’m in my mid-thirties. Don’t feel too different to how I did in my twenties. A little more tired and unfit I guess, but that’s partly self inflicted, and partly down to the effects of work and having a kid. Free time is limited which increases stress. Although, I can feel things getting better as my child gets older and my salary increases.

    In your thirties, I think a lot of the effects of ageing can be counteracted with a healthy lifestyle. From what I’ve heard it becomes a little more noticeable in your forties.

22. 30 isn’t even close to middle age. You’re entering the height of your power. More stable, often stronger but it’s also the time to set yourself up for the rest of your life. You might not bounce back physically as fast but you can compensate with some care.

    Just turned 60 and frankly I can see future but even now feel like I can power through the next 15 years by being in shape.

23. If you take care of yourself, it’s not bad at all.

    The thing to know is that you no longer have the metabolism of a 25 year old, which means you have to eat accordingly.

24. The only people who say you are old, are other 30 year olds or younger. I’m 33. Lol. We are still young, it’s just 20 year olds are pretend adults imo, especially in usa where the drinking age is at 21.. so old lol. Don’t have time to fuck up and drink your rent away at 18 so bytime you are 21 you are responsible lol

25. I started “slowing” at about 41. More fatigue, not as much drive etc.

26. Ngl I think I’ve been in better shape in my late 30s than in my late 20s. My kiddos do slow me down a bit because I have to wait for them to catch up. The key to that not happening tho is having a spouse that is also active. I’ve seen couples that have fast kids but only because both parents take care of themselves. When they see one parent fall behind they tend to follow that one because it’s the path of least resistance

27. It feels like yesterday but 1 day older.

28. My 30s and early 40s were the best physical shape of my life. I was doing martial arts 5 nights a week, gym, training and showing my dogs. Late 40s my back started to go and old injuries to my hips from playing flag football in college surfaced. Had my first spinal fusion at 48, my hips replaced at 50. I rehabbed and remained active through my 50s but couldn’t run and gun any more, the surgeries left me fragile so I couldn’t really do anything super strenuous or high impact, and i started using wheelchair service at airports because i cant do the long walks on all my hardware. I’ve got lots of friends who weren’t injured like me and they were still very active into their 50s. 60 and another triple fusion is where I really got put on my ass but aside from the nagging pain in my hips and lower back I still do ok. Aside from a little limp no one would know how broken I am.

    30 is prime time kiddo. Get active and enjoy.

29. It was like my 20s but with more money.

30. I peaked in my 30s. It was mostly the same as my 20s, only I had to slow down as I approached 40.

    I think, for me, it was right up until about 37 before I started getting the “random aches and pains” that everyone seems to know about but nobody told me about.

    It’s probably different for different people. I think I’m middle aged now in my early 40s, but the 30somethings are just adults. The 20somethings are young adults.

31. 40 gay man, no kids, no spouse. I don’t feel 20… I feel 40 and I love it.

    I don’t have a car, so I ride my bike a lot and walk and don’t overeat and I’m a vegetarian. And I’m in great shape. That is literally all it takes. A little exercise all the time and not overeating. I have a lot of friends in their 50s and 60s, and none of them are fat. They are not fitness fiends.

    If you want to keep trying new things, keep trying new things. If you want to have sex all the time, have sex all the time. If it’s too much trouble for you, don’t. But you should. If you like falling in love, go fall in love repeatedly. If you want to keep up with new music and fashion trends, keep up.

    Nothing forces you to get “old” in the sense of old and weak or past it. Being 40 feels great for me. I have a feeling it will feel great for you too.