I'm going to hit the 30s later this year and I'm worried.
To any bros in their 30s, how is it? Are the gains harder to get? Is it difficult to increase your speed as a runner? Knee and back pains? Is "30s the new 20s" or is it just cope?
I'm going to hit the 30s later this year and I'm worried. To any bros in their 30s, how is it?
turning 30 next year, my consumption of white monster drinks has been on the rise
30s mog 20s so hard it's not even funny.
But also this.
>worst flavor of monster
>not c4
The can's embossed, dumbass
You drink white monster... you become a white monster
I'm turning 34 soon and am the strongest I have ever been
Recovery is more important, you have to really manage your volume & intensity around how much rest you're getting but gains are very achievable
I have fewer aches and pains after getting back into lifting now at 33 than I did when I took a few years off in my late 20's and that's even with training very hard for WL.
Also 34 and seconding this. You will have to put in a little more effort to optimize your results since you can‘t just cruise along the free health boost of just being very young still but very doable. At that age, you have to always consider that what might have worked ten years ago might not apply 100% anymore and also take any advice you get with a grain of salt because yeah, maybe doing dirty CICO works when you are 24, but if your body is ten years older, you might have to do clean CICO to get the same results. Same for frequency. Maybe your body could easily recover every night and you could train hard every day but it might be worth it to consider a rest day once you get older because even if you are in good condition, you aren‘t a teenager anymore.
this
30 isn't over, it's just no more training wheels. All the fat kids are about to fall off their bikes and the kids who actually pedaled get along fine. It was easier with training wheels but you now have unrestricted control over your own life if you're not a clueless moron. If you fall off your bike nobody is gonna pick you up
True
Thanks for the hopium bros, I just might make it yet
are 18 year olds open to dating/hooking up with guys in their 30s or are they completely anti-age gap?
anybody younger than 21 is basically a child.
oh yeah listening to an 18 year old is insufferable these days. not a single word about making it or running a business, just negativity and loser vibes, stupid trivial shit.
The worst thing is they dont respect their elders and think they know it all. Its like youd give a crown to a bum... nice hat, burger king. Not really an authority.
If your gay it doesnt matter
18 year olds are as open to me as ever
as long as you have hair
otherwise you can just cope with young 10/10 escorts
It's more common in Christian communities, but don't expect any sex before marriage and a lot of vetting from the parents.
My dad is in his 50s and was dating girls in their 20s so I don't think they care
I'm only mid twenties but from what I've seen guys tend to hit their stride early thirties while women start hitting the wall.
b***h it's not like there's some magical switch that gets toggled when you hit 30.
If you workout and eat healthy you're hardly gonna notice the difference
This. 37 here still feeling good, lifting the same or more weight than in my 20s
I started working out late into my
29th year. I’m 31 now and do 1/2/3/4 for reps, it’s not so bad.
you are literally me. My hope is restored.
As long as you started lifting in your early 20's then you're fine.
If you don't have a solid lifting base (same goes for your career) by 30, then you're most likely NGMI.
Absolute tomfoolery.
That's true. People who got laid off at 29 back in 2008? They're all working at mcdonalds now. It's over
literally nothing changed.
the only ones who hit the wall were non-fit with shit-tier diets.
doing fine, had another kid, lifts went up, no hair loss, no recovery problems.
you're good mane.
I keep spending my days in a daze having all these flashbacks to times when I was 3, 5, 7, 10, my teens, 18, 20, and then how now I’m pushing 30 and haven’t really amounted to much in life. The problem is idk what I’m supposed to amount to.
Get a good paying career/job maybe start a business after a few years in that field, move out get my own place and start truly being an adult and independent… then what? Like that’s it? What, does something so bare minimum give me some kind of bragging rights? It hardly feels like a major accomplishment, supporting oneself. Surely there’s more…
Maybe I’ll get in combat sports and start competing amateur.. that feels like something more to me. Train, build my body and mind to be fight conditioned for several years, start breaking other men who also trained like I did.
Idk. Idk what the point of everything is. I feel like life’s passing me by. I could have sworn I was just a kid running around my neighborhood catching lizards and snakes with my friends…
And I can’t help but wonder how different my life would have been if my parents never divorced and I was able to grow up with that tight knit group of neighborhood friends, having had a decent home life instead of the shit storm mine turned into after age 7…. I can’t help but feel I’d be on top of my shit and have amounted to something more by now instead of spending my 20s learning to be a functional human…
Not that it matters. I’m here now.
My parents divorced when I was 7 and im a successful lawyer. Lame excuse. You will never make it while you keep making exuses
IST is full of doomers who post shit like "If you're not at a top 500 company doing 1/2/3/4 when you're 23 you will always be a poorgay", ignoring all other factors, people switching careers all the time if they've got the education etc. When you start to realize this website is full of sadsacks who gave up and want everyone else to give up so they don't have to face the fact there are literally 70yo boomers who come out of retirement to open a business or whatever it makes a lot more sense why there are so many "bro I'm 30..... it's over...." posts. Meanwhile 70yo boomers would murder every single person on IST to get back to being 30.
The reward is supposed to be living life how you want to live it. If you want a life that requires more money to live then do that. If you can see yourself perfectly content with where you are for the rest of your life then don't change. You don't necessarily do things for you now but for future you who might want different things than what you want now.
Just turned 29 and feel better than when I was 23. Most of my friends are 30 and we all work out and eat pretty well. The problem most people have with aging is due to not taking care of their bodies over years. There's a few things that are harder to control (like hair loss), but for the most part of you eat well and exercise 30 should be no different than 20.
30's here. Absolutly shocks me when I'm introduced to people I've met before. "Rember this guy or girl you knew them in highschool".
Look at someone that looks like a 50 year old in bad shape.
I mean that's just the revenge of us shut-in incels.
Chad was tan-maxxing and drink-maxxing in his teens and 20s. he looks like shit now.
we were shut-in maxing and not-socialising-maxing and now we look a lot younger.
How is that us maxing anything? If anything we were life-minimizing.
True, I've been a shut in at times but I've also stopped eating gas station food as a diet and I'm nolonger a fat fricker. Most of these idiots out here truly believed you pay attention in highschool and college and then clown the rest of your life.
If anything is the opposite. (not saying dont study guys)
that's actually the most disturbing part of ageing. my face has definitely matured into the shape it became around age 26-27, but my physique is very similar to when i was 18. the biggest difference was that i put on 10 lbs of solid muscle (since lost). seeing highschool friends gone to seed, getting fat, greying hair, when most of them are 31-33, is really sad. and i barely even exercise these days, and have been smoking/drinking for the last 15 years
Stop being a materialistic egotist and it'll be fine.
>To any bros in their 30s, how is it?
Literally nothing changes, you're just slightly older
>Are the gains harder to get?
Nope, I'm in way better shape now than ever, at 32
>Is it difficult to increase your speed as a runner?
Might be, I mostly swim, don't run
>Knee and back pains?
None, but I've been taking good care of my body all my life, do yoga or stretching once a week
>Is "30s the new 20s" or is it just cope?
Pure cope, stop partying and start working on your career
>do yoga or stretching once a week
Is that all it takes? Not necessary every other day?
early 30s
>gains: slightly harder but maybe due to the plague
>only cuz i don't bike 6 miles a day and pass a calisthenics park on my daily commute
>smoking and drinking: a problem
>net worth, job skills, and confidence: through the roof
>biked 25 miles, swam for 1.5 hrs, and walked a decent mile or 2 yesterday cuz my car is in the shop
so just don't smoke or drink, trust me on that. also focus more on stretching, a full body stretch after every workout
ideally after every workout. gains come and go, but lack of flexibility really compounds in a noticeable way. then again, my peak exercise activity was always followed by a full yoga stretch regardless of age. i'm talking mid-late 20s calisthenics, not high school long distance track pussy shit
I wake up with aches and pains but after the first hour or so I'm pretty good to go
Getting out of bed at 4am to workout feels like walking away from a car accident after chugging a fifth of vodka. 20 minutes of dynamic stretching and I'm good to go for the rest of the day.
I take my dogs out on a walk around the neighborhood but I'm thinking about going all in on a top-tier mattress to see if it helps. Used to be able to drink until 4am then sleep in a chair or on the floor til 7am and be good to go but that shit would ruin the next 2 days now
Yeah walking is a great way to wake up and break yourself in for the day. Getting old isn't that bad if you don't fight it and work with your body to age gracefully.
Yawn, yet another boomer thread full of coping baldies lmao.
Yeah we know you're in the best shape of your life, you make $400k working 30 minutes a day from home and are regularly fricking 18 year olds.
I actually make seven figures.
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Yeah we know you're in the best shape of your life, you make $400k working 30 minutes a day from home and are regularly fricking 18 year olds.
>I actually make seven figures.
Yes, you jelly?
It's fine. I'm 5 years in my 40s and it's great. 45 year old virgin btw.
Omg, loser
>t. 42 virgoo
I competed in a strongman competition a week after my 31st birthday and I was the youngest guy in my weight class.
professional athletes hit their stride from their late 20s all the way to mid 30s
all you have to do is be consistent
what you fail to mention is that they all start when they're 5-10 years old. So basically, parents win olympic medals, not athletes.
I'm 35, others have said good points so I will add:
If you do the basics you are going to be great by default relative to most everyone around you. Just by caring and putting in effort, you will differentiate yourself from the dumpster people in their 30's and 40's who simply stop caring.
Your maximum physical potential decreases and you're going to pay a higher cost for doing dumb shit. That's really about it.
I'm 31, but i didn't start lifting until like 27. So i'm still gaining strength at a decent rate. All my body aches and pains are my own fault imo
Didn't start working out till I was 2 or 3 months away l from turning 30. It only got easier to keep working out, but life is a b***h
I'm 33, and I don't feel any different from being 18. If anything, I'm in the best shape of my life.
If you are over 35 and not on test/hcg your ngmi.
You begin falling apart in multiple ways once you hit 30 unless you're physically active.
I've turned 30 last year. So far it's not particularly different from being 25-26. I've had a bunch of health issues since I was a teen, couldn't do much in terms of sports up until I sorted them out at 21. So I'm in better physical shape than I was a decade ago for sure.
My hairline started to recede a while ago, I've been having multiple day long hangovers for a few years now, and my lower back has never been particularly pain-free. So not much change in that regard.
I see some really fit people pushing 50 at the gym, so I guess I'll need to keep up and improve further.
>Are the gains harder to get? Is it difficult to increase your speed as a runner?
Twice as hard yet, but my resolve has tripled since my 20s now that I have grown wiser.
>Knee and back pains?
0 because I started lifting when I was 18. Joint pain is a symptom of weakness, body asymmetry, or powerlard levels of strength chasing.
well honestly 30s have sucked. I feel like i get more harsh criticism for looks or having fun. Maybe people are just kinda nazis here too, idk.
>are gains harder t get
yeah it feels like i need slightly more recovery time. The psychosocial stress of people always talking shit on top of that slows down the phase.
Top speed was around 18-25 and i used those in sports teams, now i aim for endurance.
Lower back pains slightly visible after deadlifts or funny angles.
Im gonna be honest here, sports wise you are at 30s around 10% past your prime, now you got the slow decline coming.
Prepare yourself mentally to face 800 shitstorms which are you vs you and the world vs you. If you get through that filter, world truly is your oyster which you rule as the Lich King through cars, planes and opening your damn mouth.
Im gonna drink a beer for this. We made it.. Cheers.
I've always been a hard gainer, so I feel no difference.
Lifted for 15 years and never got close to natty limit.
I turned 30 this year and don't feel different in any way to when I was 18. Feel better actually as I'm just more experienced and knowledgeable about things.
Get confused at people who say their body is falling apart at 30. Must be sedentary types
>Get confused at people who say their body is falling apart at 30. Must be sedentary types
I fricking hate this because my friends AND my wife all act like they're so fricking "old" for being in their thirties, like it's impossible to be fit and active and be anything more than a sad tired lump that does nothing all day. Like frick, I'm 32, and I feel totally fricking fine. I refuse to believe this dumbass idea that 30s = life over, and I have no goddamn idea how to convince the people in my life to stop being so fricking lazy and actually SEIZE the day.
30 years old.
Gains? No, they are not significantly harder. This is the strongest I've ever been.
Endurance? Yes, the 10 mile runs I used to do and recover from within a few hours now wind up clearing like 1/3 of my day with recovery, sore as hell the next day.
I think from this thread it appears many of us still think of age 30 as it was for the generations before us, who smoked endlessly, heaved leaded petrol and worked outside in the sun 16 hours a day since they were 15
>gains harder to get
Dunno, I started lifting at 29 so I have no reference
1/2/3/4 is easy (5pl8 beltless diddly at 80 kg bw). People compliment my physique
I wouldn't worry. Only thing the younger me had over current me is explosiveness. If I were to get up and spring at the snap of a finger I would probably get cramp in both calves and snap my shit. That's not something I have practised a single day since PE in high school though
>spring
sprint
Or jump. Haven't jumped in 10 years
Get up and jump right now.
I don't get any problematic pains that stop me from keeping on at the gym. Just cant keep up with the younger guys in pickup basketball or job/sprint for very long but I was never a runner to begin with.
It's terrible, zero gains, i smell like death, penis not working anymore, hair falls out. I'm fricking dying bro!
and it all happened straight away on my 30th birthday!
that's horrible and fills me with anxiety
it's also a lie. gains are always forthcoming, haven't used deodorant in 2+ years, penis works fantastic, not remotely bald. my only complaint about being in my 30s so far, is that i'm only making $115k rn and not a quarter mill as i'd done last year
I'm 36. It's fine. Doesn't feel any different than late 20s. Just seent more shit.
I look better now than I ever have, even being in Marines from 20-28. I think I was stronger and faster in my early 20s than I am now. But I also let myself get fat from 28 until 35—lost it all over last year—so I think I can still get back to where I was and get even better. I do have joint and back pain, but that's also from the military, not necessarily age-related.
People who give up in their 30s/40s are moronic.
My dad started working out when he was 17 and was at his absolute strongest when he was 38, with a 405 bench, 500 squat and 590 deadlift. Now, in his 50s he can still lift about 75% of those without much issue. He tells me that all the time when I'm worried about starting late (23). Quit making excuses and lift the fricking weight. You can do it for virtually your entire life. I've seen natty guys in their 40s and 50s at my gym who can bench 315. There are no excuses.
i would say warming up is definitely important, dont neglect it.
you dont really start noticing anything until 35 tho
I had a fricked up injury in my teens and it took a long time to recover, so my frame of reference perhaps isn't the best. Also I pent years NEETing before getting into tech. I avoided stress as best I could, it's extremely important to prioritize stress management and sleep. You'll just live a better life in every way. I get carded for everything still because I just didn't age like """normal""".
Now is a good time to start really taking care of your skin and hair. Find what suits you. Otherwise, I didn't have the test drop off and etc most guys experience. Burnout from work, sure but if this keeps happening to you just find a way to take some income. A different job, whatever just don't let this part of your life rule you like most boomers did, it's insane because even if you do this you still may not have access to the same privileges they had, affordable housing, white neighborhoods, etc.
Free testosterone stays about the same as you age. The problem is more so guys not sleeping well, getting fat and weak, their androgen receptors losing sensitivity as a result, abusing their skin and never taking care of it, baldness, shit like that. I never noticed decreased healing or more pain from old injuries, but like I said, I have a self-care regimen and I do yoga and meditating almost daily. This investment of an hour or so each morning prevents so much bullshit from creeping into your life. I use the evenings for whatever training I want to do, same as in my 20's.
You absolutely don't have the energy and libido of a 15 year old, the brief times when you do in your 30's it's usually crushed out of you by wage cucking and this gay earth. Be prepared for that more than anything, the limits of your time and energy are more easily realized. Also look into psychedelic therapies if you're feeling stuck or attached, it's much better than psychiatry or partying in your 30's. Now is the time to really become your own man brosef.
well im turning 31 in september and life has been hell but not because i turned 30 but a series of unfortunate events. i will turn the tables tho and make a huge comeback. wgmi
I am 29 years old and I never even kissed a girl
>Is "30s the new 20s"
It was always cope
But the other side is that you realize your 20s kind of sucked. All of life is like that. The past wasn't as great, neither is the present. The future will also suck.
im 33, gains are as easy as they were when I was 22, but that's probably because I was a shit poor student eating ramen at 22 and now make enough money to eat healthy, protein rich meals
currently considering a trip to turkey for a transplant and my first cycle
if you're not roiding, just eat 1-3 dozen eggs and you'll be jacked before you're 40
I'm 37, i just do bjj and bodywight shit now, left weightlifting years ago.
If you don't have good natty genetics then you really REALLY need to watch macros and be on point if you want gains years on end. The juice really isnt worth the squeeze imo, better of keeping weight down, staying mobile, and keeping your cardio good.
If you drink, stop drinking in your early 30s. Alcohol is fricking brutal.
Really depends on how you treated yourself in your 20s. I know a lot of guys who smoked and drank a lot in their 20s, they all look old and have health issues in their 30s. I am the only one who got autistic with fitness and people think im a little brother hanging out with my group of friends despite being the oldest in the group.
Once you screw up though, there is no turning back time. You have to work with whatever you got and try to prolong those conditions, otherwise it just keeps getting worse as you age
yeah, my #1 goal for this decade of life is to quit drinking 1st and smoking 2nd. no major health issues, thankfully, but i know it's a race against time i can never win. if you make it into your 20s without becoming a smoker/drinker, DO NOT START. one of my friends thought he'd try to start smoking, i gave him a long talk about how he'd engage in a lifelong chess match with himself while continuously degrading his health. which is weird cuz his own father is like 75 (old dad) and doesn't look a day over 50
Good luck to you. Its not going to be easy since none of the people I know have successfully stopped smoking. Quitting drinking is quite easy but most people don't see a reason to stop.
thanks man. i'm on the sinclair methodfor drinking, which helps, but it's slow and the medicine makes me tired. smoking will be hard, but i did go 4 months once and now live alone (not with another smoker) in a significantly less stressful life situation. just gotta grit my teeth and last the first 3 days, ideally on vacation. it's a matter of replacing smoke breaks with pushup breaks, and hanging out with my friend/neighbor who is 100% clean
typical 20 something these days.
>hurr i'm so old
>hurrr i'm almost 30 is this the end
>hurrr i'll lose everything i had only a year ago
grow the frick up and stop acting like a fricking child, you are almost 30.
that's actually the long and short of it re: not being a loser in your 30s
>if your life situation is too comfy, bike/walk to the store as often as possible
>drink way less, ideally 1-2 glasses of red wine at dinner
>DON'T SMOKE, or at least schedule a time to go balls out on allen carr's easyway
>sleep + stretching is more important than raw gains
>it's okay to turn off your alarm on a saturday night and just sleep 12-15 hours, if you need to
>if you do a yoga stretch correctly, it's almost like a mini strength/static hold session on a rest day anyway
there's a good yoga pose where you place one knee on top of the other and lean forward
Yoga is lame as frick.
Do like I did and start on Tren. 30s fricking rock.
Don’t give me that bullshit about health either. I’m offing myself at 65 so my kids gets a huge insurance payout. A couple mil will help out a young lot more than a crotchety old butthole. Frankly people who insist on living as long as possible at the expense of the young generation are selfish pricks.
gay. flexibility is a constant upkeep, and if you stay alive long enough, your investments should double every 7 years or so. to the point where my grandparents are sitting on a solid mill of property, and i'll buy 350-400k of it, while the rest gets split into 4, and next generation, into 10, where i become majority owner
Exactly you boomer frick. You’re watching your investments grow while golfing, doing old person yoga, and whatever geriatrics do while their kids struggle to afford a home and start a family. Selfish old pricks.
I’ll be yoked and my family will have their own investments. You’ll be old and flexible while your sons ODs on fentanyl and your daughter struggles as a single mom. Frick you
I'm 30, started working out 3 weeks ago. I'm yet to take a second set of measurements but I'm anxious about slow progress. Sarms/ steroids seem quite appealing, given that it's a risk/reward trade-off and the risk of not doing it seems relatively high (working consistently for a year and only getting mild gains is a scary thought, given the sheer cumulative time and effort expenditure). The guarantee of results under steroids seems like it might be worth the risks. I think about wrestlers and how many of the more modern ones seem to be just fine (the old ones did a lot of hard drugs), despite falling down for a living. Can't be that risky if you are sensible about it, surely?
>asks if steroids are safe
>just to get results quicker
bro with your mindset, you are already fricked when it comes to anything health related
It's not just a speed thing, it's a result thing. I know the point at which a body starts looking 'properly' impressive is when you are thinking that it's probably not natty. Considering that I'm starting at 30, time and testosterone are not on my side. I can look back in 3 years and judge my decisions. If I do steroids safely and keep most of the gains, it is 100% the correct choice. The body has limitations, if that's anything that's drilled into anyone here its to not expect much. If I can safely get twice the gains for example, I'd be a fool not to.
I'm 30 and I have pretty bad shoulder pain and knee pain, but that's only because I wasn't active for almost a decade. And I ate like shit for a while. If I'd kept playing sports and lifting throughout my life, I'm confident I would have no such issues.
tbh I do feel tired more often. but otherwise best shape in my life and workouts are easy and gains are easy
I go to Asia to have coom sessions. Overall i’m in a much happier place in life.
I still work out to be the best version of me.
gains def are slower, you need to pace yourself, injuries take longer and recovery is a must, but being mid 30 with a decent physique and economical stability is the best thing in the world, you hit your prime while all women hit the wall hard, its pretty great
I'm in my early 30s.
I honestly feel no different than I did when I was 25.
As others have said here OP, turning 30 is not some magical switch where you all of a sudden become geriatric.
I also didn;t worry too much, since both my parents look a good 10-20 years younger than what they actually are (both in their 60s, look to be around their late 40s to mid 50s, and my old man still has all his hair)
No loss of hair or even a receding hairline, no fine lines, no reduced run times and not only do I lift heavier, I can do more body weight pullups despite being like 170ish vs 150ish 10 years ago. Weirdly can't do as many pushups, but whatever, much more impressive to crank out 22 pullups than 80 pushups.
Only real sign that I'm not a 20 something anymore is the salt and pepper goatee I grow now. I shave it half the times anyways and it looks kind of cool, so I'll take that any-day over losing hair (sorry bald bros.)
Do moderate exercise, don't drink or smoke, have a facial skincare routine, eat healthy, sleep, and don't tan for it's own sake.
I reckon the reason we commonly perceive 30 to be "old" is due to the loads of people we knew from the 90s and 2000s who were always out in the sun with no sun screen and or protective clothing, and they smoked like a pack a day. These people looked like they were 60 at 30 and about to keel over at 40 looking all leathery from all the sun damage and toxic smoke irradiating them from the inside.
Felt good being clean shaven at work and a random fresh out of college zoomer coworker from another section I was partnered up with thought I was like 25. He was all like "Shut up anon, your not 3*, my uncle is that age,and he's OLD." Showed this guy my ID, and he was like, "WTF you were born in the 1900s!!!" LMAO, I took his reaction as a compliment.
Just being here in /fit op means your better off than 90% of your peers.
You'll be fine.
what exactly do you eat?
Nothing changed for me and I'm in better shape than I have ever been
Why is this thread posted on here every other day? Every single fricking week another 30+ thread.
The last of the millenials are turning 30. 20's will be zoomer only territory
its like 29 but 30
I am 32, and I feel like I am in the best shape of my life tbh.
I don't think I have more pains than I used to. I have pain in my hip right not, but I think it is due to my hobby of martial arts.
In the past, before I was 30, I had plantar faccitis, and I had some knee pain. Those are both long gone, so even with some pain in my hip I am in better shape than before.
You have not been training properly.
>not one person has mentioned kids
35yo old here with a 6mth old, gl with lifting more than 2-3 times a week so gainz are minimal. Really just about keeping it all together. CONSTANTLY FRICKING TIRED so recovery takes forever. Working out 2 days in a row is tough af, 3 days in a row impossible
> Are the gains harder to get? Is it difficult to increase your speed as a runner?
Yes, but it doesn't kick in so noticeably until your mid-late 30s and by then you don't give much of a frick about getting "mogged" by some 20 year old.
I turned 30 earlier this year
Literally nothing happened (why would it??)
Gains are the same
Everything is exactly the same
Some people literally die in their 30s. Some people come to look like old misers in their 30s. Some people lose all their hair in their 30s. Some people keep all their hair into their 70s-80s-90s+. Some people can't grow much muscle after they turn 18. Some people have erectile dysfunction when they're 25. Some people ...
If the earth rotated at a slightly different speed my current age would be 16, or 23, or 5, or whatever; it doesn't matter
>inb4 'cope' by a 20 year old moron on summer vacation
Try turning 30, young moron