Getting in shape when you’re 51 and in your worst shape ever?

MovNat worked for me. It's a natural movement practice that lets you ease back in to getting in shape. The warm ups are similar to yoga. There is plenty of free workouts on YouTube. Sign-up for the news letter and your will get 3 workouts every week that you can modify to fit your fitness level. The best thing is there
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Never discount the benefits of a good walk.

1. Get a fitness tracker
2. No alcohol
3. Cut carbs

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Trying to start with yoga and walking.

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thats a great place to start. i would try and add in some body weight resistance work to start 2 days a week. not a ton and nothing fancy, just simple crawls like bear crawls and reverse bear crawls, bodyweight rows, pushups, squats and lunges. nothing crazy, just like 2 sets of 10 of each plus the crawls

on the other stuff not mentioned yet....what is your plan for diet? cause that is biggest thing. i will say you should prolly look at ozempic or mounjaro. would help you a shite ton.

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body weight resistance work to start 2 days a week

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This

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what is your plan for diet?

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This

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look at ozempic or mounjaro

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Not this.

You can absolutely do this, but you're going to need to fall in love with the process. As someone mentioned above, it's not going to happen overnight. Take the small victories along the way. People talk about the process as being a discipline thing (and in a lot of ways it is at first), but it's more of an emotional thing. If you don't feel like getting up and moving, you're not going to do it.

Just start moving and watch what you eat.

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Not this.

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dont put your morals about weight loss into the conversation.

im not saying he should or shouldnt, but at 51...there is no more yo yo, you either do it or you dont and if you dont, prolly got less than 15 years to live.

if the medicine is something he feels he needs to help him, he absolutely should.

every one on this board likes to post stupid shite about it but it works, improves tons of health barkers, has very little side effects, and can easily save lives.

It's not about morals. You're advising him to jump to meds before seeing what he can do on his own.

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im not saying he should or shouldnt

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Yes...you actually did.

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i will say you should prolly look at ozempic or mounjaro. would help you a shite ton.

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I'm sure it would help him a shite ton, but maybe some gratification of doing it on his own would help him a shite ton more. Sure, take the meds...IF nothing else is working.

Great job thinking about it and putting a plan of attack. I was a typical dabbler, never stuck to anything. I'm feeling better now than I have in at least 10 years and probably more like 15. What helped me tremendously is

1. Consistency - 10 min after lunch walks, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking far away, going for a walk instead of watching TV. Putting my plate in the sink instead of putting a second helping on it. It's all part of the equation

2. Smartwatch - I have a Garmin Fenix and it just makes things more fun and interesting for me. It may be a gimmick for some, but it keeps me accountable and keeps me excited. I have 4 years of data now I can look at. Every rep, every weight/movement etc. You can export the data to EXCEL and then I'll sort & filter. For example if I want to look at what gym sessions burned the most calories, I'll sort it and see them in order. Or the most sets, or average heart rate etc. It keeps me heavily engaged.

3. Smart scale - Again it's a Garmin scale that ties to the Garmin app along with my watch.

4. Flip the switch - I quit feeling sorry for myself and decided to make real changes and not except anything less.

Screenshots of some of the Garmin features

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Never discount the benefits of a good walk.

1. Get a fitness tracker
2. No alcohol
3. Cut carbs

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This is great advice for starting out. Walk at least two miles, 3-4 times a week and use the advice above. Bring your dog. You'll feel better almost immediately and this provides for the next step of adding some form of resistance (modest weights, preferably) and more aggressive cardio.

Then, read up on the benefits of vO2 max training -- it's basically easy-ish cardio and one of the top predictors of longevity with quality of life.

At that age you should just embrace it instead of doing all that hard work

Get you some heydudes and a 2xl pfg you earned it baw

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I will check it out

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Please do. Here is a link to a basic beginner combo work out. It incorporates different movements.

LINK

Every workout can be different. I will post some more examples when i get time.