I'm 33. If you're in your 30s watch this:
By Wanhee 완희
Summary
## Key takeaways - **30s Advantage: Experience Over Youth**: What you lack in youth, you make up for in experience from past failures like inconsistent training, extreme routines, and crash diets. In your 30s, you have fewer distractions like parties and shiny object syndrome, allowing focus on key principles like consistency and progressive overload. [01:11], [01:36] - **Train Minimalist 3x/Week**: Follow a system designed for consistency: train three times a week, do five exercises, finish in one to one and a half hours. This minimalist approach counters age-related muscle loss, lower testosterone, and reduced metabolic rate by providing stimulus to build and keep muscle. [03:01], [03:47] - **Cut Out Baby Foods Daily**: Eliminate sugary drinks, chocolate snacks, and biscuits from daily life, as they cause inflammation, joint pain, diabetes, and obesity. Eat like an adult with whole foods like steaks, eggs, and tofu, knowing processed foods lead to dead fish eyes, brain fog, and poor function. [04:29], [05:30] - **Prioritize Sleep for Hormones**: Prioritizing sleep improves it overnight; during sleep, you produce testosterone, increase fat mobilization, repair muscle, and recharge dopamine for motivation. Bad sleep's costs show later at 40-50, but top athletes invest heavily in recovery. [07:38], [08:28] - **Invest in Quality Food & Tools**: Upgrade to organic beef ribeye, high-quality gym, health trackers, and better bed covers instead of cheap options. In your 30s with more financial capability, invest in mindset, skills, and coaching for sustainable fat loss and aesthetic body control. [09:46], [10:13] - **30s Are New 20s**: Life expectancy has increased, marriage timelines shifted a decade later due to better medical standards. Speaker started YouTube, jiu-jitsu, and business at 30 while broke, proving it's not too late for health, fitness, or life goals. [12:11], [13:00]
Topics Covered
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Full Transcript
This is me at 28. This is me at 32. If
you're approaching your 30s or you're already in your 30s, it's not too late.
Here's exactly how you can get lean.
Even if you failed in the past, let's get into it. A lot of people get scared when they approach the 30 years old mark. They start to think, "Oh my god,
mark. They start to think, "Oh my god, it's over for me. I'm going to get unhealthy. I'm going to get old. I'm
unhealthy. I'm going to get old. I'm
going to decay. My muscle's going away.
My bone mass is decreasing. I'm getting
shorter. When I pick up something, my back starts to creek. I have back pain.
Look, I've been there. In this video, we're going to dissect exactly why being 30 plus is actually an advantage when you want to build that physique that is lean, that is aesthetic. And the first
reason is that when you're in your 20s, you do have more energy and recovery capacity. Nobody's denying that. You do
capacity. Nobody's denying that. You do
have more testosterone, you have more growth hormone, which helps putting on muscle, which is why if you're in your 20s, yeah, you should build muscle. You
should hit the gym. And if you have done that throughout your 20s, in your 30s, it's just easy maintenance time. But
let's say you didn't do that. Let's say
you were a lazy guy. you kind of partied a little bit or you didn't really focus on your health so much and now you've got a job, you're doing this thing, maybe you even have a family. You come
back home, you look in the mirror and you got a little bit of chubby, skinny fat, physique, belly fat, and you're like, "Damn, I got to start this now.
I'm already 30." What you lack in youth, you make up for in experience. If you
didn't manage to build an aesthetic body in your 20s, there's probably certain things that you did or didn't do. Maybe
you didn't train with consistency. Maybe
you tried, but you followed a bunch of routines that were too extreme and you ended up falling off track. Maybe you
went for crash diets, so you got lean one summer, but you bounced back. You
have a lot of these experiences that should have taught you something. And if
you learn something from that, that is your comparative advantage. Cuz let me tell you, a lot of people in their 20s, they still have a lot of these issues of shiny object syndrome, chasing the next
fat diet, looking at this influences routine, that influences routine, bouncing between them, not focusing on key principles like consistency, strength building, progressive overloads. When it comes to building
overloads. When it comes to building muscle, you have less distractions.
Usually, you're not going to parties every night. There's no solicitations to
every night. There's no solicitations to drink alcohol or go out on a binge drinking episode and eat crappy food afterwards. You have less distractions.
afterwards. You have less distractions.
you're more sure about what you want to do and not want to do and you can leverage all of these to your advantage to not only build a physique that looks good and is lean but is actually healthy as well. So the first thing you need to
as well. So the first thing you need to realize is not accept mental defeat as you approach 30. Change the frame, change the mindset to this is the new beginning. I am in the best spot to get
beginning. I am in the best spot to get in the best shape of my life. And
honestly that is really the case if you follow the steps that I'm going to outline. So, the next thing you must do
outline. So, the next thing you must do is actually get in the gym this time and follow a system that is designed for consistency and longevity. You've tried
the quick fixes. You've tried the crazy diets, and they never worked out. They
never stuck because it wasn't for you.
It was built for these gym bros, these 20-year-old protein obsessed athletes.
For you, what you need to do is something that you can just go to and turn your mind off and just execute and build muscle. What is that going to look
build muscle. What is that going to look like? That's going to look like
like? That's going to look like something like training three times a week, something like doing five exercises, finishing your workout within an hour to hour and a half. Something
minimalist that you can stick to. That's
first of all what you need to do. And
the reason it's really important to do this is because as you age, your cells burn less energy. You also lose muscle mass as a result. Your testosterone goes down. Your growth hormone starts to
down. Your growth hormone starts to decrease. So naturally, as we age, we
decrease. So naturally, as we age, we start to lose a little bit of muscle and your base metabolic rate goes down. So
the calories you need to sustain your body weight starts to go down. So if you don't want this to happen, then it's very smart to get in the gym and counteract that natural tendency. So
what you do is you go in the gym and you train in a way that gives your body the stimulus. Hey, I want to keep this
stimulus. Hey, I want to keep this muscle. Hey, in fact, I want to build
muscle. Hey, in fact, I want to build muscle. And this is always the first
muscle. And this is always the first step to getting lean, to getting aesthetic, is to get that training side down. Now, what I've seen with a lot of
down. Now, what I've seen with a lot of people is that they don't actually know what it is to train with the right intensity, what it is to train in just the right way so their muscle actually grows and they actually start to lose
fat. Now, if you're somebody that's
fat. Now, if you're somebody that's like, you know what, I've tried the routines, but I actually want a coach. I
want you, weren't he to help me do this entire process, not just the training, but also the diet, guide me on my mindset consistency discipline sleep hormones, all that kind of stuff, and just have that holistic guidance so that
you get to your goals faster. then you
can apply to join my private coaching program, Aesthetic Body Accelerator.
There'll be a link for that as well below. And that's really for the guys
below. And that's really for the guys that are serious that want to work with me. Next is you got to cut out what I
me. Next is you got to cut out what I call the baby foods. Now, I don't mean to offend you, but baby foods are things like sugary drinks, fizzy drinks, those little chocolate snacks, little biscuits
and stuff like cream, whatever the hell biscuit thing. Now, you got to cut those
biscuit thing. Now, you got to cut those out. Now, am I saying never have them?
out. Now, am I saying never have them?
Am I saying when you go to your end of year like party with your work colleagues or you go into a family gathering for Christmas and there's a big cake and lots of like good biscuits and treats and brownies don't have it?
No, of course not. You know, just go enjoy it. But I'm talking in your daily
enjoy it. But I'm talking in your daily life. You know, when you go to work and
life. You know, when you go to work and there's cafeteria food or you go to the supermarket after your lunch break with your people, like what are you getting?
Are you grabbing those chocolate bars, those sugary drinks? I mean, you see little girls and boys, okay? You see
children loving these sugary drinks because of the dopamine spike. Give up
on these baby foods. These are not good for you. Stacking sugar is going to
for you. Stacking sugar is going to cause more inflammation. It can cause joint pain in the worst cases, diabetes, obviously, obesity, and things like that. So, if you want to go against this
that. So, if you want to go against this trend, you got to kind of eat like an adult. What does that mean? You know
adult. What does that mean? You know
what's healthy. You should know because you made all the mistakes in your 20s that processed food gives you dead fish eyes. You feel crap afterwards. You get
eyes. You feel crap afterwards. You get
brain fog. You function less. you're not
a high performance individual after a fat pizza or a fat brownie. So try to limit these foods and eat healthy whole foods like steaks, eggs, tofu, satan if
you're vegetarian. If you want, you
you're vegetarian. If you want, you could even add supplements that will help your health like magnesium, like vitamin D, like zinc that will support your immune system. These are all much more mature choices when it comes to
food than, you know, your chocolate mocka ice cream coffee and these chocolate brownie fudge cakes. Again,
not saying cut them out completely, but understand that baby foods are there for babies. And now you're in your 30s. You
babies. And now you're in your 30s. You
got to kind of eat like you care about your body. Next, if something is
your body. Next, if something is worthwhile, it's quite hard to get because it wouldn't be worthwhile if it was easy to get because everybody would have it, right? So, think about the visible abs, the six-pack, which a lot
of people want. Why is it that when we see a guy with a ripped six-pack, you're like, "Wow, that's awesome." We don't say that about guys with eyes, cuz guys have eyes, most of them. But not all guys be having a six-pack. So, when a
guy has a six-pack, you're like, "Wow, why is it that not a lot of guys have a six-pack?" Because it's bloody hard to
six-pack?" Because it's bloody hard to get there. It's not going to be got
get there. It's not going to be got there in 30 days or 60 days or 90 days.
Understand now that you're in your 30s or or at least approaching it, that the days of these gimmicks and fast sprints are done. We're not doing that anymore.
are done. We're not doing that anymore.
You and I, we know that in order to actually see real results and get genuinely good at something, you need to dedicate sufficient amount of time. And
in order to do that, you need to crack consistency. So now you can focus on
consistency. So now you can focus on routines that provide that. You can
focus on building systems that are going to provide you that instead of going on these crazy influencer routines. Again,
if you wanted to do that process with me, you have the option to join my coaching program where we build out that sustainable habit, that ecosystem that's going to give you the support you need, the accountability you need, and also
the guidance and feedback you need so that not only can you stay consistent longterm, you're actually progressing at a faster rate, which will keep your motivation super high. Next, double down on sleep and recovery. And let me tell
you the number one reason you struggle with sleep. You don't prioritize it. If
with sleep. You don't prioritize it. If
a doctor came to you and said, "You have diabetes or cancer or you will develop it next week guaranteed if you don't improve your sleep." What do you think's going to happen to your sleep? What do
you think's going to happen to your doom scrolling in bed? It's not going to happen. You're going to go to damn
happen. You're going to go to damn sleep. What does that show you? You just
sleep. What does that show you? You just
don't think it's that bad to get bad sleep. You think it's not that bad. I
sleep. You think it's not that bad. I
mean, you never had a health condition.
You never you never got the diagnosis.
You never know that you're leading towards some bad stuff down the way because the cost of it shows later down the line when you're 40 when you're 50.
So you didn't complete the equation as I say. So for you it's just like yeah you
say. So for you it's just like yeah you know I got good sleep but you know just other things are more important checking your emails or or watching Netflix. The
moment I got the people that I work with to prioritize sleep their sleep just improved overnight. And why is it so
improved overnight. And why is it so important? When you sleep what happens?
important? When you sleep what happens?
You produce testosterone. Okay, so
that's again we're trying to counteract that natural downward tendency. Fat
mobilization increases. So if you want to get lean, fat burns, muscle repairs during sleep. Dopamine recharges. That's
during sleep. Dopamine recharges. That's
your motivation. That's your feeling of I want to do stuff when you wake up, whether it's the training, the diet, the work that you have to do. And just to mention the common sense idea that when you get good sleep, you feel good, you have more energy, which is why we want
to work out and stay healthy in the first place. So why are you not focusing
first place. So why are you not focusing on the one thing that has the biggest leverage is the biggest impact on your performance and your energy and your overall sense of well-being and focusing on all these other things like the
incline bench cable machine versus the decline chest press machine like that ain't the lever to pull right now. Okay?
So if you're struggling with building muscle, losing fat, I would highly encourage you to start with sleep and recovery. And if you don't believe me,
recovery. And if you don't believe me, just look at all the best athletes in the world and where they're spending money. If it's not supercars, it's going
money. If it's not supercars, it's going to be on recoveries and chefs, sleep and nutrition. That's it. Next, I used to
nutrition. That's it. Next, I used to think that spending money was not smart, that you had to save and save and save.
But I started buying stuff like health trackers, expensive bed covers that help my sleep, like just going that extra mile to pay a little bit more for my gym that is not the cheapest gym, but also,
you know, it's not a luxury gym, but it's just that one level, so it's less crowded with cleaner equipment. When it
comes to getting beef, I used to get like the lowest on sale Tesco value crappy mints. Now I get for the organic
crappy mints. Now I get for the organic beef, ribeye, sirloins. Even when I get ground beef, I'll try to get the good ones. Even when I go drinking, I won't
ones. Even when I go drinking, I won't just go for the cheapest kind of gin, vodka that will knock you out in two shots. If I have drinks, I'll try to go
shots. If I have drinks, I'll try to go for the high quality stuff. This is the thing that you can do in your 30s because let's be honest, you probably have slightly more or significantly more financial capabilities now that you're
in your 30s. Right now, the smartest thing is not just to invest in good food and your environment, which is obviously a very smart thing to do. is to actually invest in your mindset and your skill
set because that's really what's going to change your body, isn't it? If you
knew exactly how to build an aesthetic body, lose fat in a sustainable way, and you knew how to set up your diet, maybe even cook meals that are high protein and very delicious and lets you lose fat. You knew how to design systems that
fat. You knew how to design systems that got you there easily, like that's a very good skill to have. You can basically control how your body looks for the rest of your life and just stay healthy. That
is a damn good skill. So to learn that skill, it's worth investing your time, your energy, and even your financial resources to get that done. Another
thing to invest in would be something like coaching and accountability that you actually do the things that you know you have to do. Let's say you watched a bunch of my YouTube videos, other YouTube videos, and you really know like what you need to do. You need to do
progressive overload, track your workouts, go on 10k steps, get stronger each time. Like, you know, all the guys
each time. Like, you know, all the guys that are saying, "Whe you say the same stuff." Why do you think I say the same
stuff." Why do you think I say the same stuff? Because it's damn simple. Yet,
stuff? Because it's damn simple. Yet,
why are you stuck? Why are you still where you are when you know what you have to do? Cuz it's no longer about information. We live in the age of too
information. We live in the age of too much information. Now it's about
much information. Now it's about implementation. So why can't you do the
implementation. So why can't you do the things you know you have to do? Because
you don't have accountability because you don't have a system and a structure around you that demands that expects the best out of you. That's the power of coaching. When you surround yourself
coaching. When you surround yourself with the right coach, but also the right environment of people that are all doing the right things, thinking the right things, and trying to troubleshoot the right things, you can't but be drawn
into that energy and be helped by it and be drawn upward by it. And that's really the power of coaching and a and a powerful community to go with that. And
that's basically what I have in my private coaching community. I love the guys in there. We work together. We have
such a good vibe. everybody working
towards health, leanness, and functionality and an aesthetic body that looks good, feels good, and just is the foundation for the confidence in your life. Again, if you want to do that with
life. Again, if you want to do that with me, there's a link to join that below.
And with that said, let's get on to the last point, which is 30s is the new 20s.
Life expectancy has gone up. Everybody
lives to 100 now or 90 or 80. Honestly,
back in our parents' days, they used to get married at what 20 my grandparents, you know, even younger. Our parents age maybe in their 20s. Nowadays, people are getting married in their 30s or not at
all. So, you can kind of see that the
all. So, you can kind of see that the timeline is shifting by a decade. It's
happening because of many reasons. One
of which is that medical standards have gotten better. So, we live longer. And
gotten better. So, we live longer. And
you can kind of see that people that used to, you know, get married have established jobs at 20, which was our parents or grandparents age. Now, most
people are like unstable until they're like 28. First of all, if you're there
like 28. First of all, if you're there and you don't have all your life figured out, don't worry about it, man. It's
still a long way to go. I started my YouTube channel at 30. I started
jiu-jitsu at 30 and I started my business at 30 and I was broke. So if
you feel bad, you know, take my word for it. You can still get there. And the
it. You can still get there. And the
same thing is true of your health and your fitness if you just have the right mindset and the desire to go for it again, then the world is your oyster, okay? You can get there. 100% you can
okay? You can get there. 100% you can get there. You just need a little bit of
get there. You just need a little bit of courage and a little bit of guidance and a little bit of that raw desire to try something new. And you know, if you are
something new. And you know, if you are that person, I really want to help you get there, which is why I make these videos as well. So, if you like this, share it with a guy who's turning 30 and crying about it. With that said, I hope you enjoyed this video. And if you're
turning 30, don't worry, man. I got you.
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