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Aging adventure sports athlete, keeping the game alive

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Turning 42 this month. Been an adventure sports athlete most of my life. Surfing, kayaking, hiking, gravel biking, trail running, all that good stuff. I also spent a lot of years partying way too hard but put all that crap down for good over 6 years ago on Christmas, still the best damn decision of my life and you honestly couldn't pay me enough to drink or do recreational drugs again.

Not long after getting sober I jumped hard back into fitness, working back up to imperial century rides (100mi+ in one day) several times a week on the gravel bike and surfing and kayaking my brains out. Eventually started doing real resistance training again and in my late 30s I got into better shape than I had ever been in my life, all natty at the time.

But over the last year or two I could feel myself plateauing and the weights became a chore to maintain rather than something I would actively look forward to, and I could feel myself slowing down on the bike and in the water too. I decided one day a couple months ago to look into TRT, signed up with PererMD, got my hormones checked, and sure enough my T was dismally low, 231 total T and 39 free T. Granted they told me to go as late in the day as possible (probably to better justify a prescription) so I know the test probably captured the absolute bottom of my range, but either way it was eye opening and explained so much.

Now seven weeks in on 180mg/wk Test C, 500iu/wk HCG, 1mg/wk Reta, 2iu/day HGH, 600mg/wk Glutathione, and smatterings of NAD+ and GHK-Cu, I'm looking and feeling better than I imagined I could at this age. My energy is high, my mood is delightful for lack of a better word, I'm sleeping like a rock at night and I have tons of motivation to not only work out but also take care of regular chores and bullshit. The amount of volume in the gym that I'm motivated to do, capable of doing, and able to recover from is unreal compared to how I felt just a couple of months ago.

This space and the knowledge of so many here has been invaluable. I have no interest in being a competitive body builder but really I've learned so damn much from y'all so thank you! Also thank you to the amazing suppliers here! I really just wanna feel and look great and keep enjoying the things I love at a high level of performance for as long as possible. Also my girl fucking loves it and can't keep her hands off me, so that's an added bonus lol.

I'm waiting on new blood work results to come back and I will surely post them here when they do. Until then, I think the results speak for themselves. The first picture was this past December, still in better shape than 97% of men my age but not as good as I knew I could be. The second picture is from a few days ago after roughly seven weeks of TRT and all the rest.
 

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Hell yeah! There’s always that one pivotal moment where you’ve just about had it with all the bullshit. Fuck drugs and alcohol. They consumed a good little chunk of my twenties. Glad to see your life turned around for yourself and those around you. Shit like this keeps me motivated. Keep up the good work! 💪🏼
 
When you’re having fun with alcohol, we sometimes think we can’t have fun or be funny without it.

It’s the lie we tell ourselves. As you well know.

I think alcohol is also something you can get away with abusing when you’re younger. But as we get older, it’s detrimental to our health and well being.

Glad you’re on the right side of the road looking in shape and feeling good physically and mentally.
 
Looking good, brother! Sounds like a lot of us have similar pasts. The important part as @Lustyscripps said is that pivotal moment of clarity when you realize that it's just a band aid for really experiencing life, and its bullshit. Don't get me wrong, I had a blast in my 20s and early 30s, but I look back on the money and time wasted, and it makes me sick!

As they say, health is wealth! Glad to see you are feeling the benefits and rewards that come with transforming your life!!
 
When you’re having fun with alcohol, we sometimes think we can’t have fun or be funny without it.

It’s the lie we tell ourselves. As you well know.

I think alcohol is also something you can get away with abusing when you’re younger. But as we get older, it’s detrimental to our health and well being.

Glad you’re on the right side of the road looking in shape and feeling good physically and mentally.
LOL, took me until 59 to realize that. (And my best friend dying 2 years ago at 46). In some ways I'm glad I waited till 59 to start training. I appear to have avoided all the ligament and joint strain people have after lifting for years at my age.

Pictures on the left are the 1. beginning of my journey, 2. age 60, 3&4 on the right me last month at 61.
 

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LOL, took me until 59 to realize that. (And my best friend dying 2 years ago at 46). In some ways I'm glad I waited till 59 to start training. I appear to have avoided all the ligament and joint strain people have after lifting for years at my age.

Pictures on the left are the 1. beginning of my journey, 2. age 60, 3&4 on the right me last month at 61.
Hell yeah man, looking fantastic! 💪
 
Looking good, brother! Sounds like a lot of us have similar pasts. The important part as @Lustyscripps said is that pivotal moment of clarity when you realize that it's just a band aid for really experiencing life, and its bullshit. Don't get me wrong, I had a blast in my 20s and early 30s, but I look back on the money and time wasted, and it makes me sick!

As they say, health is wealth! Glad to see you are feeling the benefits and rewards that come with transforming your life!!
Thank you brother! And yeah man it's sooo damn true. It's hard to even quantify what I spent on that crap over a 15 year period. Tens of thousands of $ easy but probably way more. I love who I am today though and luckily I got out before getting hit with the worst of it.
 
When you’re having fun with alcohol, we sometimes think we can’t have fun or be funny without it.

It’s the lie we tell ourselves. As you well know.

I think alcohol is also something you can get away with abusing when you’re younger. But as we get older, it’s detrimental to our health and well being.

Glad you’re on the right side of the road looking in shape and feeling good physically and mentally.
Thank you! Yeah I remember hitting 32-33 and all the sudden hangovers lasted days instead of hours. It got to a point where it just wasn't fun anymore and the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. I couldn't even imagine doing any of it again, especially with how good I feel today and how much my life has improved on all fronts.
 
Hell yeah! There’s always that one pivotal moment where you’ve just about had it with all the bullshit. Fuck drugs and alcohol. They consumed a good little chunk of my twenties. Glad to see your life turned around for yourself and those around you. Shit like this keeps me motivated. Keep up the good work! 💪🏼
Thank you brother! Yeah I very clearly remember that moment: Christmas Day 2019, woke up hungover as fuck after ruining Christmas for my entire family, and saying to myself "man... This isn't even fun anymore..." and it was like a switch flipped inside me.
 
Should have posted this first, this was me a few months before my last drink. I was never "fat" because I still did some active things but holy shit I felt like crap all the time and I was weak as hell. I thought this was a "good" picture of me at the time but I barely recognize this person anymore in the best way possible.
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This is only a step on the journey and keep going as you are going to be going great places!

Nice transformation and props to kicking the bottle. and now your liver thanks you for that.
 

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