Listening to a podcast a few years ago a gym franchise owner was talking about training world class athletes. When asked to visualize a All Pro NFL offensive lineman you have an image in your mind. A picture of an All Pro NFL receiver might also pop easily into your head . When asked to visualize a Olympic men’s gymnast you easily do so. When asked to visualize a pro soccer player you have a picture in your head.
What does a world class seventy year-old man look like?
I visualize him as having 10 to 15 percent body fat with significant muscle tone. He has a thirty inch waist and wears a size large shirt. He exercises daily in a variety of activities. He lifts two to three days a week. He runs and swims two days a week. He does yoga, Pilates, or Tai Chi once or twice a week. Somehow he even has a full head of hair.
I have a 74 year old client I have seen periodically over the past six years. When I last saw him, he shared his goal of setting the age-group record at the Go St. Louis Marathon. It was then that it hit me. He is a world class seventy year-old.
How do you visualize a world class seventy, eighty, and ninety year-old and what are you doing to become one?
Tom