<story><title>Things I Learned from Doing Triathlon in My 70s (2023)</title><url>https://www.triathlete.com/culture/7-things-i-learned-doing-triathlon-in-my-70s/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>coldcode</author><text>I started working out at 66 this year for the first time since I stopped playing basketball 30 years ago. Even after 6 months I see a difference (I was never overweight 6&amp;#x27;5&amp;quot; at 212 but now 10 pounds less). But because I had no experience with weight training or even cardio for so long, there is no way to expect I can do triathlons all of a sudden. I can tell who in the gym has been training most of their life and I have no expectations to suddenly look like Dwayne Johnson (he&amp;#x27;s 6&amp;#x27;4&amp;quot;).&lt;p&gt;I wish I had started and continued training at some level 30 years ago (or earlier) instead of waiting until now. I can only exhort people to not wait until they are old, and things start falling apart to start.&lt;p&gt;The author doesn&amp;#x27;t mention his experience before he turned 70, I think that would have been interesting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Zelphyr</author><text>I started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at 44.  I was about 40-50lbs overweight and had never been athletic except for a few seasons of soccer and baseball as a young kid.&lt;p&gt;I was amazed at how my body responded. It helps that I immediately fell in love with the sport.&lt;p&gt;However, I found the most important change I made was in my nutrition, which I changed at the same time I started BJJ.  Not only did my body &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; respond to that, I saw dramatic improvements in my mental and emotional health as well.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m 51 now and I&amp;#x27;ve easily kept that 40lbs off the whole time.</text></comment>
<story><title>Things I Learned from Doing Triathlon in My 70s (2023)</title><url>https://www.triathlete.com/culture/7-things-i-learned-doing-triathlon-in-my-70s/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>coldcode</author><text>I started working out at 66 this year for the first time since I stopped playing basketball 30 years ago. Even after 6 months I see a difference (I was never overweight 6&amp;#x27;5&amp;quot; at 212 but now 10 pounds less). But because I had no experience with weight training or even cardio for so long, there is no way to expect I can do triathlons all of a sudden. I can tell who in the gym has been training most of their life and I have no expectations to suddenly look like Dwayne Johnson (he&amp;#x27;s 6&amp;#x27;4&amp;quot;).&lt;p&gt;I wish I had started and continued training at some level 30 years ago (or earlier) instead of waiting until now. I can only exhort people to not wait until they are old, and things start falling apart to start.&lt;p&gt;The author doesn&amp;#x27;t mention his experience before he turned 70, I think that would have been interesting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cmiller1</author><text>&amp;gt; there is no way to expect I can do triathlons all of a sudden&lt;p&gt;There is no way to expect &lt;i&gt;anyone&lt;/i&gt; to do triathlons &amp;quot;all of a sudden&amp;quot;, I&amp;#x27;m sure this guy spent several years getting up to that level.&lt;p&gt;I tried to look for more info on him to see if he detailed when he started and the path he took but apparently he&amp;#x27;s a quack and I got sidetracked looking at the time he got investigated and ended up settling for $100k in a wrongful death case involving the church of Scientology, wow.</text></comment>