[marbletimes]

Jiu-Jitsu 3 classes a week for 1.5 hours each. Weight training, 3 times a week, 1 hour each time. Running, 2 times a week, 45 minutes each run. That's on average, total 9 hours a week. Sometimes I do more, when on vacation I don't stress too much, if there is gym, fine, otherwise it could be rest week or 200 push up and 400 squats.

I enjoy every second of being physically capable without being obsessive about fitness.

One of the few advices that I give to people I care about: never give up moving your body. I am a bit older than 40 years old, and that's the time when you see people either be fabulous or going downhill with the wheels off. Apart from disabilities and pathologies, there is not a single reason for anyone not to exercise at least a few hours a week. It makes you feel better, be better, look better. I see friends getting married and having kids and work 5 jobs like someone says in the US especially etc. and they stop exercising, and they suddenly look older, talk older, and often going downhill real fast. That's not a good example for kids, it is a good prompt for your partner to look elsewhere.

Be bold, be in shape, be beautiful.

[notjustanymike]

I'm turning 40 this month and taking this idea seriously.

[edmcnulty101]

40 is a real critical time period in my opinion.

At 50 years old mortality rates kind of go up dramatically.

So starting in your 40s onward you probably need to be in decent shape to minimize the risk.