Don't you miss it, though? The feel of the weight in your hands, the way the rubber-coated weights smell and sound, the sensation of getting a strong biceps or shoulder pump? Even the sci-fi-inspired look of those weird nautilus machines?
There are some guys who are genetically cursed and really can't gain muscle (even on the juice, lol,) but I still see them in the gym all the time, and I think I understand: It's just fun. It doesn't need to be something that seems "rewarding" to outside observers.
I think I'm gonna keep doing it for life, purely for personal enjoyment, even when I get too old to "look good," objectively speaking.
I have never enjoyed training, I did it because I looked good when doing it.
I started weights to help with rugby and saw how my body responded pretty quickly so went with it.
Looking back I enjoyed rugby way more than weights and maybe should have stuck with it, I was a pretty good centre/winger.
Maybe I could have been a decent sprinter as well, I was always the fastest at the rugby teams I played for or against.
As i have gotten older I wanted to be in shape and defy age.
Every year your body goes worse especially past 60, these guys still competing telling themselves they are making improvements and still thinking they look as good as they did when they were 30 are deluded..
I was one of them, when I got stage ready in 2013 I thought I looked as good as my last show in 96, boy did the photos wake me up.
