I wanted to start this thread because there are certain aspects of approach which are definitely different when you reach around 50 YO ( outside of SE Asia and parts of SA. )
I'm hoping for first hand reports and ideas from guys over 45 or at least 40. "My older friend kills it" isn't informative unless you can specifically describe what he's doing.
I don't want to be complaining, just noticing and dealing with what is objective reality in improving and getting results. Please don't preach "it doesn't mean anything" , because as far as I'm concerned, it just means you're either under 45 or a natural. What it means is MORE WORK for results and I know and acknowledge that.
1) One thing I've been dealing with in my mid-fifties here in the States is what I would call approach remorse.
I've gotten in pretty good shape in the last couple months, still about 20 lbs heavier than I was at 35, but i still get initial IOI's from 20-somethings -- from a distance. I have a handsome face and I dye my hair to its original color and keep it long, so I look better/younger from 75 feet away.
A few times the girl has gotten up close as we speak, see the couple of deep wrinkles I have and realized "He's over <whatever her limit is>" and then shy away.
It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does it's pretty noticeable, I've had it happen when she is obviously enchanted, and approached me as I talked to her.
She's all shiny eyed; and then she gets a close look at details of my face and sees some signs of aging and it's an immediate turn-off.
I imagine it's a similar reaction to BO!
I think one thing I can do is approach from a close distance, so the teeny-bopper types that want cute young Jonny screen me out right away.
2) Conversely, losing some lard has helped a lot. If you think about it, overweight is a pretty consistent marker for age. In other words, on average until people get REALLY old and frail fatter people are older.
Over the past 6 weeks I've worked hard with a low carb diet , intense bicycle intervals and long (1-2 hour rides) on my bike and lost 12 pounds of LARD ( from 194 to 182, I'm 5'9") I look MUCH better, and am getting many more IOIs.
Lard is the most obvious, simplest to overcome enemy of the older guy as far as I am concerned.
I'm hoping for first hand reports and ideas from guys over 45 or at least 40. "My older friend kills it" isn't informative unless you can specifically describe what he's doing.
I don't want to be complaining, just noticing and dealing with what is objective reality in improving and getting results. Please don't preach "it doesn't mean anything" , because as far as I'm concerned, it just means you're either under 45 or a natural. What it means is MORE WORK for results and I know and acknowledge that.
1) One thing I've been dealing with in my mid-fifties here in the States is what I would call approach remorse.
I've gotten in pretty good shape in the last couple months, still about 20 lbs heavier than I was at 35, but i still get initial IOI's from 20-somethings -- from a distance. I have a handsome face and I dye my hair to its original color and keep it long, so I look better/younger from 75 feet away.
A few times the girl has gotten up close as we speak, see the couple of deep wrinkles I have and realized "He's over <whatever her limit is>" and then shy away.
It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does it's pretty noticeable, I've had it happen when she is obviously enchanted, and approached me as I talked to her.
She's all shiny eyed; and then she gets a close look at details of my face and sees some signs of aging and it's an immediate turn-off.
I imagine it's a similar reaction to BO!
I think one thing I can do is approach from a close distance, so the teeny-bopper types that want cute young Jonny screen me out right away.
2) Conversely, losing some lard has helped a lot. If you think about it, overweight is a pretty consistent marker for age. In other words, on average until people get REALLY old and frail fatter people are older.
Over the past 6 weeks I've worked hard with a low carb diet , intense bicycle intervals and long (1-2 hour rides) on my bike and lost 12 pounds of LARD ( from 194 to 182, I'm 5'9") I look MUCH better, and am getting many more IOIs.
Lard is the most obvious, simplest to overcome enemy of the older guy as far as I am concerned.