At some point in everyone's life, there comes a moment when you stop, take a step back, and grasp just how old you're getting. Your 20?s are long gone, and perhaps your 30?s are slipping away into memories as well. All of a sudden, you're in your 40?s! How did that happen? It seems like just yesterday you were partying it up in university. Suddenly all kinds of radical changes appear to be in order ? you don't want to let the rest of your life slip away! Yes, this is the dreaded "mid-life crisis" we've all heard so much about.
While it makes for humorous anecdotes and good stand-up comedy, experiencing it isn't as much fun. It's easy to feel like you have to make significant changes to recapture your lost youth. Do you, though? Instead of buying a fancy new car or taking an extreme holiday, you might be able to find the peace you're after simply through exercise.
What does working out have to do with improving how you feel about your life? Believe it or not, but the answer is actually "quite a lot!" Increasing the amount of exercise you do ? plus carefully choosing your activities ? can have a big positive effect on not only your physical fitness but your mental wellness, too. In this article, we'll delve into dealing with the mid-life crisis through conscious efforts at positive change. How do you approach exercise this way? What can you expect to get out of this? Let's find out.
Why start exercising again in the first place?
There is a stereotype about people undergoing a mid-life crisis where they turn into fitness freaks who just can't stop working out. Every fad diet and trendy exercise is on the table. That doesn't have to be the way it is ? in fact; it shouldn't be how you approach this at all. Think about it. What good does it do your body to keep changing the way you try to improve it? The key to fitness in later life is a