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At 47, I was in the best shape of my life.
I was training hard, racing almost every other week, completing multiple Spartan races, several marathons, and even two ultramarathons within a two-and-a-half-year span. I felt strong, capable, and incredibly fit.
Then my body started pushing back.
The injuries began piling up — a separated shoulder that eventually required surgery, hip tendinitis, sciatica, a foot sprain that left me barely able to walk for about a week and a half, and finally persistent back pain that just wouldn’t go away.
Eventually, I made the decision to back off and let my body heal.
The good news is that the pain finally improved. The difficult part was what came afterward.
Once I had detrained, getting back into the routine became much harder than I expected. The workouts that once felt normal suddenly felt difficult. My conditioning disappeared. My body changed. And the fitness level I had worked so hard to build slowly slipped away.
Now, just a few weeks away from my 51st birthday, I’m facing a new challenge.
Over the next year, my goal is to rebuild.
Not necessarily to become the exact person I was at 47 — but to find out how strong, fit, athletic, and healthy I can become in my 50s.
This channel will document that journey: rebuilding strength, improving conditioning, losing fat, staying injury-free, and learning how training needs to change as we get older.
Can you regain your fitness after 50?
I intend to find out.
If you’re trying to get back in shape, rebuilding after an injury, or simply refusing to accept that getting older means giving up on being fit, follow along.
This is **Fit After 50** — and the comeback starts now.
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