Stay Fit Over 40! (I Wish I Knew This Sooner)
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Why are old fitness routines failing as you age?
If it's getting harder and harder to stay fit as you age, and what you used to do no longer works, and if you're tired of punishing your body with workouts that hurt, or you're confused about what to eat and all those shoulds that you are supposed to be doing to stay fit and look a certain way, this conversation is for you. I'm 52 years old, and I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm leaner and stronger and more confident than ever, but I don't count calories, and I don't track my macros, and I quit high-intensity workouts years ago. And while I'm not a nutritionist, a personal trainer, or a fitness influencer, or anything like that, I get these questions all the time. What do you eat? And what are your workouts? And what's your secret?
How do you stay so fit, especially in your 50s? What are you doing? So today I am sharing exactly what I've been doing to achieve these results, and it's really about letting go of all those shoulds. Hi, it's Hillary. Welcome to the Hillary Silver Podcast. Thanks for tuning into the conversation today.
What mindset shift helped Hilary transform her approach to fitness?
If you haven't already, it would mean so much to me if you'd take a minute to just click that five-star rating on your podcast app, leave a review, and subscribe so you never miss one of my episodes. And if you're enjoying this podcast, please consider sharing it with a friend because if you like it, they will probably like it too. It's so weird for me to be having this conversation today because I never in a million years would have ever thought of myself as an example for fitness. I'm five foot one, and I don't exactly have that body type, but here I am having this conversation with you because it is one of the most commonly asked questions that I get. So I'm sharing what I've been up to in the last few years, five changes that have gotten me into the best shape of my life, gave me my best body, and along with it, my peace of mind, which is way more important than anything. anything. So the first thing that I did was listen to myself. I literally hit the pause button on what I was doing, like blowing the whistle and taking a timeout.
How can you prioritize self-care in your fitness routine?
All that I had been doing for my workouts and my fitness routine had become such a habit that I was doing it all on autopilot. Which, of course, on the one hand is great because I have a daily habit of working out. But I was doing it all without paying attention to myself. And what I had been doing in my 30s and 40s, especially to bounce back after babies, just wasn't feeling good to me anymore.
What are effective habits that support fitness over 40?
But I kept doing it. I was doing hardcore HIIT workouts and boot camps and Orange Theory and going all out and running long distances just to see how far I could go and even how fast I could go. I was lifting super heavy weights, like ridiculously heavy weights at a gym that's meant for bodybuilding. I did it all. But as I approached 50, I began to feel like it wasn't energizing me anymore, but it was fatiguing me. And I wasn't feeling fit, but I was feeling inflamed. And it was taking me longer to recover and to rehydrate, and I just felt like I needed to rest during the day, which is just not how working out is supposed to make you feel. It was actually making me feel old. But I kept pushing forward, as usual, noticing the fatigue, but not changing anything, but pushing through. So one day I had a come to Jesus moment with myself and I literally heard what I was saying, my inner monologue. And what I was saying was really important information. For me, I was doing all of that to prove that I could. prove that I could. That's crazy.
How to make fitness enjoyable instead of a chore?
I had been the last picked in gym class in elementary school, little Hillary. And I really always thought of myself as unathletic. And so there was this subconscious need to prove I am fit. I am a badass. I can do these hard things, proving to myself that I can. And I realized, holy shit, that is just not a kind and loving thing way of being. It was actually rather punishing. How I was approaching all of my workouts was discipline. So I just stopped it immediately. This is not how I want to treat myself or talk to myself at all. So I encourage you to tune in and listen to yourself. What are you saying to yourself about your body, about your workouts? Are you proving? Are you punishing? Are you being too critical of yourself?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why are old fitness routines failing as you age?
0:00–1:03
2
What mindset shift helped Hilary transform her approach to fitness?
1:03–2:00
3
How can you prioritize self-care in your fitness routine?
2:00–2:23
4
What are effective habits that support fitness over 40?
2:23–3:30
5
How to make fitness enjoyable instead of a chore?
3:30–5:18
6
What are the benefits of self-devotion over self-discipline?
5:18–16:20
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