3 Fitness Habits That Are Destroying Your Body Before You Reach 50

There’s this belief among high achievers and go getters that more is better.

Because we often equal more work with faster results.

My experience has been that when we run faster in the wrong direction, we get further away from our goals, not closer.

Doing more doesn’t always go in our favour.

When it comes to getting back in shape, there are many mistakes men make that destroy their body before they turn 50.

These are habits that can cause long-term damage to your body regardless how strong you are, how old you are and how good your genetics are.

That’s because your body becomes less resilient as you get older, and the effects of these habits can have a more significant impact.

By modifying, correcting and even removing these habits as soon as possible, you’ll get a better ROI for your body.

The biggest one I see among high achievers is overtraining.

As a business owner and family man you already have enough on your plate.

The extra stress from work life and family responsibilities will lengthen your recovery period.

And your training has to take that into account.

If your personal trainer prescribes you a workout without asking about your lifestyle, you may be overtraining your body.

If you’re feeling fatigued all the time, aren’t setting new PR’s with your workouts and you don’t look forward to working out – where before you used to – these are 3 big signs you’re doing more harm than good.

Overtraining will kill your testosterone levels, which is vital as you get older.

You most likely need a deload week or two, followed by a new training program that adapts to your lifestyle, and not vice versa.

The second mistake I see many guys making is training only certain muscle groups.

Their workouts are typically designed to start with rows, bench pressing, squats or deadlift.

What is so often overlooked and ignored, is that the muscle group you train first will grow the most.

So if your workouts always start and end the same, then you’ll become a bigger version of yourself.

This is great if you have no imbalances in your body.

Yet every man I’ve ever worked with over the last 7.5 years has some sort of imbalance in their body.

And an imbalance will sooner or later cause pain in certain areas as the antagonistic muscle group is pulling too much in the other direction.

Think about all the guys training biceps and chest who have an internal rotation with their shoulder.

With often pain in their back.

That’s why it’s key to switch up your training program regularly and work on deficiencies in your body.

Training the same way week in and week out can lead to fitness plateaus, making you more susceptible to overtraining or overuse injuries over time.

Make sure to switch up your workouts every few weeks, and try new training styles occasionally to get your muscles moving in different ways.

The last thing is lifting with poor form.

That’s the quickest way to blow up an injury.

The older you get the more your workouts should take into account your joint health.

So even if it doesn’t lead to injury at the moment, getting your body used to poor lifting form can catch up to you once your muscle mass and joints aren’t what they were in your 20s.

It’s a ticking time bomb when not corrected.

Lifting heavy weights may look impressive, but prioritizing weight over proper form can lead to injuries, muscle imbalances, and damage to your joints.

The switch here for you is to make sure you are in control of the weight, and not the weight of you.