DECLINE AND CONQUER

Middle-aged man on a mission

There is little science in my approach, I just know I cannot sit back, put my feet up and resign to the inevitable deterioration of the middle-aged body I now inhabit. I offer little wisdom, am not qualified to advise on diet or training regimes, and cannot possibly be a role model for today’s middle-aged man attempting to juggle parenthood, being a husband and holding down a full-time job. But, I will fight this physical decline by staying fit enough - somehow - to take on a list of challenges I should have completed when I was in my 20s. This is nothing more than a catalogue of my often unsuccessful efforts to conquer decline.