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Let me ask you something.
What did your morning look like today? Not your workout. Your morning. Did you wake up with a plan, or did you reach for the phone before your feet hit the floor? Did you eat something that served your body, or grab whatever was easiest? Did you have five minutes of quiet before the world started pulling at you, or did you hand that time away before you even realized it? I've been doing this long enough to know that the men who are winning in the gym are almost always the men who are winning in the morning. Not because they have more time. Because they've decided that the first hour belongs to them. I don't care what that looks like for you. It doesn't have to be a two-hour routine. It could be 20 minutes. But those 20 minutes, before the phone, before the emails, before everyone else's needs, are yours. That's not selfish. That's a standard. And at the end of the day, men who hold that standard in the morning tend to hold it everywhere else too. What does your morning routine look like right now, and what's the one thing you'd change about it if you could? Drop it below. 👇
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I get up, sit down and do deep breathing for a few minutes before I take my BP reading, then I have coffee and hard boiled eggs while either listening to music or watching YouTube. Then I workout, and then I prepare my lunch for the day. Once that’s done, I shower and go to work. It’s a relaxed morning routine. No rush. No stress. Just taking care of myself and my health, and it’s worked wonders for me.
Most men think nutrition after 40 is complicated.
It's not. You've just been overthinking it. After 45 years of training I've stripped it down to what actually matters, and it's not a complex meal plan. It's not tracking every macro to the gram. It's not six small meals a day. It's protein. Every single meal. Without negotiating. Your body over 40 is fighting muscle loss every day. Not because you're training wrong. Because you're not giving it the raw material to rebuild. Protein is that material. There is no substitute. After that it's simple, real food, not processed garbage. Enough water that you're not mistaking thirst for hunger. And eating at times that work for your schedule so you actually stay consistent. That's it. The guys in this community who are getting results aren't on some elaborate system. They cleaned up the basics and stayed consistent with them. Complicated diets fail because life gets in the way. Simple standards stick because they don't require perfect conditions. What does your nutrition look like right now, and what's the one thing you know you need to clean up? Drop it below. 👇
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I try to eat high lean protein, high fiber (lots of green vegetables), low fat, low carb. I don’t count calories, but I make sure each meal is mostly protein and fiber. I “cheat” once in a while, but for one meal (not the whole day). The cheating keeps me on the nutrition plan (notice I didn’t use the word “diet”), and sometimes it “confuses” my body so it doesn’t fight back against what I’m doing.
Introduction
Hi, everyone. Thanks for having me here. Been on a healthy nutrition plan and weight training 3-5x/week full body workouts for 6 months now at the direction of my doctor, and it’s been wonderful. I used to lift in my teens and 20’s, and then I allowed life to get in the way. Anyway, I’m back on track and feeling good. Happy to be here 😎
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@Keith Hanenian Esq I’m currently doing 3 sets of 15 reps (10 reps for bicep curls) of inclined presses, bicep curls, inclined center push, hammer curls, skull crushers or tricep bench dips (3 sets of 40 for the dips), bent over rows, squats, and calves with two 30-lb dumb bells. When I first started out, I eased into it with 20 lb dumb bells and worked my way up, but no crazy heavy weights (I ain’t 21 anymore. Lol). I don’t want to get hurt.
I want to be honest with you about something.
There are days I don't see the progress I know is there. You train for weeks. You stay disciplined. You eat right. And then you look in the mirror and think, is this actually working? It always is. You just can't always see it yet. I've been training for 45 years. The results I have today weren't built in a month. They weren't built in a year. They were built through thousands of ordinary days where I showed up, did the work, and trusted the process, even when the process didn't feel like it was delivering. That is the thing most men don't have. Not the program. Not the knowledge. The patience. Results require time. And time requires you to stay in the game long enough to see them. If you're showing up consistently and the mirror hasn't caught up yet, keep going. Your body is registering every rep, every clean meal, every night of solid sleep. None of it is wasted. None of it. The men who transform are not more talented. They just refused to quit before the results arrived. How long have you been consistently training, and what keeps you going when progress feels slow? Drop it below. 👇
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I’ve been on a healthy nutrition plan and weight training consistently for 6 months now. While the results are sometimes not visible, which can be frustrating, I have to remind myself that I reversed prediabetes, hypertension (I’m now off meds at the direction of my doctor and have the best BP of my life), and I cut my triglycerides in more than half. You can’t see any of that in the mirror, but it’s real. For the first time in a couple of decades (I’m 50), I actually feel good. I’m in it for the long haul. This is now a lifestyle for me.
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Ed Cardillo
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@ed-cardillo-3267
I’m 50 years old and have recently reversed prediabetes and hypertension through healthy nutrition (notice I didn’t say “diet”) and weight training

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