Over the last four years, I’ve interviewed around a hundred athletes from a wide variety of sports and fitness or athletic backgrounds. Everything from the lifelong athlete who has never known a life outside of elite sports, to women athletes in their 70s, 80s and 90s who wanted to play organized sports when they were younger, but never had the opportunity...to later in life athletes and weekend warriors.
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Today, instead of interviewing a later in life athlete. I’m going to share actionable tips you can use to start your own later in life athletic journey.
These tips come from a combination of advice given by athletes I’ve interviewed for Seasoned Athlete along with my own experience as a later in life athlete.
We discuss:
Why you need to keep an open mind when it comes to the activities you do.
How finding an athletic community in the sport you love makes such a difference.
Why you need to be patient with your progress.
The fact that you won’t like your sport all of the time, and that is totally ok.
How you define what it means to be an athlete.
… and more!
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Here are some highlights.
Have an open mind
“What I mean by have an open mind is this: it may take a little bit of time to land on your sport or athletic endeavor of choice, but it helps to be open to anything that interests you or lights you up. Is there something you’ve thought about doing like even a little bit? Why not try it now? Or train for it so you can try it soon?”
Finding community
“Starting a later in life athletic journey can be a lonely thing. Especially when your family and friends don’t quite get what you’re doing.
Or when you find yourself turning down social engagement invitations because you have to go on an early run the next day. Which is a thing that happens.
The good news is that athletic and sporting communities can be an amazing place to connect with like-minded people who support you and your new journey.
So look for ways to connect with those communities as you get started. This could be as simple as joining a local run club or finding a Facebook group for your sport.
These are great ways to find training buddies or new race besties.”
Be patient with your progress
“This starts with working on avoiding comparison, and there can be a couple layers to that.
The first is avoiding comparison to a younger version of you. Maybe you were active when you were younger and you stepped away for whatever reason. It’s important to not go into this new athletic phase of your life with an expectation that you will be able to instantly get back to the level you were at when you were younger.
Because the reality is that you are older now. Your body may be different now. It may respond to stimulus differently. It may progress slower. Or it may not - that remains to be seen.
But it’s important that you are patient with yourself, your body and your progress.”
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