Fit-ish: Rewiring Your Relationship with Fitness at Any Age No Lycra cults. Just movement that feels like freedom.
I always enjoyed sports, as a child of the ‘70s, exercise was something that happened to you, it was part of the day to day. From summers on the track and field to winters on the frozen rugby pitch it was challenging, tough but normal.
Somewhere along the way, exercise became a numbers game — reps, steps, BPM, VO2 max, and other abbreviations, we are sold the idea that if you’re not pounding protein shakes and spinning like a possessed washing machine, you’re essentially crumbling into dust. But real movement — joyful, sustainable movement — doesn’t live in data.
It lives in mood.
Have you noticed how even ten minutes of motion — a brisk walk, a few stretches, a dance around the kitchen while the kettle boils — can reset your entire day?
That’s because movement isn’t just physical. It’s psychological, emotional, even spiritual. It’s momentum in a world that so often wants to freeze us in place.
And here’s the truth most influencers won’t tell you: movement isn’t just for the young, the lean, or the Lycra-clad. Movement is for you. And it doesn’t have to be punishment. In fact, it shouldn't be.
Being fit-ish isn’t a half-hearted compromise. It’s a full-bodied choice to move toward a version of yourself who sees possibility instead of pain, curiosity instead of decline, and progress instead of punishment.
It’s about outlook. About rewiring the story you tell yourself every time you look in the mirror and think: “Maybe I’ve still got more in me than I thought.”
Why Move? Because Standing Still Feels Worse
Let’s not pretend: your joints click like castanets and your back now has opinions. You’ve tried the gym. You’ve flirted with yoga. You own a resistance band you last saw tangled in the vacuum cleaner.
And yet, for all the barriers, here’s what’s quietly true — the days you move, even just a bit, are the days your mind feels clearer. Your energy sharper. Your inner monologue slightly less hostile.
That’s no accident. Movement is the oldest therapy we have. It rewires the body and the brain. It fuels the chemicals that make you hopeful, makes your heart work better at loving you back, and brings you back into contact with the you that still dreams of walking further, living longer, laughing louder.
It’s Never Too Late (and You’re Not Too Far Gone)
Here’s the good news: you don’t need to run a marathon, take cold plunges at dawn, or become fluent in kettlebell. You just need to begin. Not from where you wish you were — but from where you are.
Even the most modest fitness journey — the dog walk you usually skip, the ten squats during the ad break, the stairs you choose over the lift — can build a quieter strength. And that strength slowly shapes how you respond to life’s nonsense. A fitter body doesn’t solve everything, but it often gives you more resilience to deal with what it can’t.
A fitter you isn’t just stronger — you’re more patient, more curious, more alive.
The Myth of the Perfect Body (and Other Lies That Age Badly)
Our culture likes to peddle ideals. Shredded abs, sculpted delts, and a life lived entirely on grilled chicken and regret. For the average human — particularly one who’s balancing jobs, families, bad knees and a mortgage — this is not so much aspirational as it is mildly offensive.
Fitness, as it turns out, doesn’t need to come with a side of existential shame. It can begin with standing a little taller, breathing a little deeper, and walking a little further than yesterday. It might be gardening with the fury of a 17th-century peasant, dancing in your kitchen to Taylor Swift, or doing squats while brushing your teeth because you forgot to go to the gym for the fifth year in a row.
You don’t need a six-pack. You need your back to stop hurting when you unload the dishwasher. That, my friends, is a noble goal.
Rewired, Not Remade
We are the ordinary adventurers. The people who are still busy living, not just logging.
It’s a mindset: less pressure, more presence. Less "transform your body in 6 weeks," more "remember you have one, and be grateful it still works."
You may need to warm up like a vintage car and rest like an Edwardian duchess, but that doesn't make you any less an athlete in the quiet theatre of daily life. You are training for something far greater than a beach body: you are training to still be able to lift your suitcase, chase a grandchild, climb that hill to the best view. You are training for life.
At A Life Rewired, we believe movement isn’t just about muscles — it’s about momentum. It's how you keep the light on in your soul. It’s how you find the breath to laugh harder, love longer, and carry your bags without grunting in front of strangers.
Final Thought: Fit-ish is Hopeful
There’s something quietly heroic about moving when no one is watching. When the world says “why bother?” and your body says “not today,” and you move anyway — for your mind, your mood, your future self.
That’s not vanity. That’s hope. And hope, as it turns out, has a surprisingly good resting heart rate.
So be fit-ish. Move freely. And keep rewiring.
The journey is still yours.