Nate Pontius

I mean, back in the day,

i'm stating this sort of uh figuratively if you were to tell me if you take this pill you'll add five pounds to your back squat and you're going to take 10 years off your life without a question i would do it i was that driven to just getting better it's like i would do anything to get better and i would sacrifice everything down the line just to get better now

As a matter of fact, the first year that I lived out here at 30, for whatever reason, I thought 30 in terms of physical performance, I thought 30 meant that I was over the hill.

Like I was done.

And I have this just...

immense fear that I have peaked physically.

I can deal with peaking physically in my mid-20s, but I think what irks me the most about it is the fact that I didn't recognize it.

I didn't acknowledge the state that I was in.

I'd be like,

just recognize like I am in peak physical condition right now.

Just take a moment and recognize that.

I was always, like you said, focused on the next, next thing.

And so when I turned 30 out here, I decided that for whatever reason on my birthday, I was going to do 30 birthday miles, 30 birthday miles of just run one mile, bike a mile, ski a mile, row a mile.

My 31st birthday, I did the same.

32nd birthday, I did the same.

33rd, 34th.

35th, first year I had a daughter, I decided to add on comprehensive blood work.

That's something I never gave a crap about in the past.

If my overall health was going to suffer, but my performance was going to benefit, no questions asked, performance always wins.

But now, it's like I'm finding that balance of training, farming,