4d ago
Sixty years old and I am genuinely intimidated by a set of resistance bands. That is where I am. Bought them three weeks ago, still in the packet. Every time I think about starting I picture some kind of boot camp situation with someone shouting at me and I just... close the drawer. I know that is not what beginner strength training is. I know that. But there is something about having been sporty in my thirties and now feeling like a completely different person in this body that makes it hard to just pick the bands up and do a gentle YouTube video without feeling a bit tragic about it. The mobility stuff before bed has actually been easier to start because it feels less loaded somehow. Lying on the floor doing hip circles at 10pm is not intimidating. Nobody is watching. There is no version of me from 1994 to compare it to. I have been knackered in a very specific way lately, that bone-deep fatigue that is different from just being tired, and I want to ask my GP whether that changes what I should or shouldn't be doing exercise-wise. Whether there is a point at which pushing through is actually counterproductive. I do not want to be told to just rest forever but I also do not want to make things worse. Anyone else navigating that question? Where does sensible-gentle end and doing-nothing-in-disguise begin? x