AskMenOver30

Weight training and exercise. Do it now and do it for the rest of your life.

I don't mean for you to become Mr Universe or get to the point of lifting 400lbs

Do it to maintain your health, physique and general good health. Learn about taking a bit of protein supplements and build a bit of muscle. In your 20s, it's easy to build muscle and you can train and do lots without much effort. Everything gets harder the older you get.

And you don't have to go overboard on all this .... just do it for a bit of physical maintenance and building a bit of muscle.

It's far too easy these days to just sit at a computer for hours, watch TV for hours or just sit on the couch or chair with your phone scrolling for hours. You have to get exercise as it will drive your health, clean up your system and break you away from being complacent and just sitting for too long staring at digital screens.

The best time to build a good base for the rest of your life in weight training and exercise is your 20s and 30s ... if you plan on taking it up later in life, you'll be in for a sad surprise. The older you get, the harder everything becomes and the slower the results you will see.

All through my 20s, I worked in construction and building and not enough to get to the point of building any muscle. I worked a lot but I had a terrible diet. I was complacent and all through my 20s and 30s, I built some muscle but never a lot. I'm a big guy but I'm a big soft lump of soft muscle that easily strains, gets tired and doesn't have as much strength as you'd think. It wasn't a big deal in my 20s and 30s but once I hit 40, any muscle stamina and strength I had seems to have dried up. I hurt easily, I strain easily, I can't lift as much and even if I did, I usually just hurt myself. I'm just past 50 now and I started an exercise routine and since then, I've felt better and stronger but it is a struggle. I would have been in better shape if I had just maintained everything from an earlier age.