I'm on to 37 and started skateboarding 10 months ago. Took back my way to block climbing which I didn't practice for 15 years. Also started calisthenics. This i

I'm on to 37 and started skateboarding 10 months ago. Took back my way to block climbing which I didn't practice for 15 years. Also started calisthenics. This is after a sizable weight gain and huge drop in fitness down to rock bottom. I was quite athletic when I was 18-22, but stopped doing sports with any regularity around 23-25 and gradually degraded physically. Some day around 32 I woke up and felt so bad in my own body I decided to put an end to this over the next 7-10 years (since it was the time I took to dig myself into that hole I figured out it would take about the same time to reliably dig myself out of it), changed my diet (this is key!), and started running, which I hate, but basically the only thing I could manage to do. Went like 500m at a ridiculously slow pace (something like 10min/km) and started puking right on the sidewalk. This is when I really realized Things Were Definitively Not OK, and that all the parties and fun and eating and drinking we're not worth that. End result seven years later, lost the 20kg I had in excess, ran 18km in 1h30, stopped running regularly but (now that I'm more solid) swapped for sports I enjoy much more, and I feel so good it's like I could tear walls apart with my bare hands! In many ways I'm in as good or better a shape than I ever was even in my 20s. Random sample of newly met strangers give me between 8-15 years less than my age, and "less than 30, for sure". It's never too late. Pace yourself, one step at a time. Set realistic short term goals, yet look up to the stars because on the long run basically anything is achievable. Your mind will resist change, but it can be overcome. The only obstacle between current you and future you is yourself. Choose what you will become, at every moment, consistently. Fuck if I Ollied down 3 stairs a month ago and I'm now super close to land a tre flip barely a year in, and if that guy[0] can still be at the top of his shape[1] at 51 after having his hip joint basically fuse and fix it through dedicated stretching and exercise (and end up giving a talk where he draws parallels between FOSS and skateboarding), then it tells something about consistency and dedication. [0]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVO-MfIl1Q https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVO-MfIl1Q [1]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-3tDvMG87Ro https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-3tDvMG87Ro