Right so I am doing something I never thought I would be doing at 58, which is going to a gym and lifting actual weights. I want to write it down here partly to track it and partly because if I tell someone it is real. Background: had a DEXA scan last year, GP said my bone density was lower than she would like, and something about that just clicked for me. I have had joint pain in my knees and wrists for a couple of years and I have mostly just... not mentioned it to anyone. Got on with it. But the bone scan felt like a proper wake-up call in a way that being tired and achy never did. So I found a class at a local leisure centre, nothing fancy, just a small group strength session on Tuesday mornings. I went twice in week one and felt completely out of place. Everyone seemed to know what they were doing and I dropped a weight on the mat and went bright red. Week two I went again anyway. Week three I noticed I was not watching the clock as much. I am also logging what I eat for protein because I read somewhere that muscle needs it and I thought, well, I can at least try to have eggs or yoghurt at breakfast rather than toast and hope. Not a diet. Just noticing. The joint pain in my knees is still there. I am not claiming anything has changed on that front yet. But I feel like I am doing something rather than just waiting to get worse, which is new. Also started taking vitamin D again after the GP mentioned it. Just noting it here so I remember when I started. Anyone else come to strength training late and felt like a complete beginner surrounded by people who seem to have been doing it forever? x