4d ago
Turned up to my first strength class on Tuesday. I was the oldest one there by about fifteen years and I genuinely nearly walked back out. Stood there in my ancient leggings holding a 4kg dumbbell like it was a live grenade while a twenty-something with a bun demonstrated a Romanian deadlift. I did not know what a Romanian deadlift was. I still barely know. But I stayed. And I did it. And my legs ached for two days in a way that felt oddly satisfying rather than worrying, which is new. I'm 58, been postmeno for four years, on HRT long-term and planning to ask my GP at my next review about what the latest thinking is on continuing it. I've read some stuff but I want an actual conversation, not just a repeat prescription and a nod. The walking I've been doing for months, that bit feels fine. It's this weights thing that makes me feel like a total beginner in a way I haven't felt since I was a teenager. Which is uncomfortable. But I keep thinking about my mum at 75, struggling to get off the sofa, and I don't want that. So. Awkward or not, I'm going back next week. Anyone else come to this late and felt completely out of place at first? Does it stop feeling weird? x