JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

How to GET OUT OF YOUR Comfort Zone #shorts

27 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this short video, JJ Virgin explains that as people age, they naturally lose muscle mass and strength—about 1% of muscle per year after age 40 and 2‑4% of strength, with the rate doubling after age 60. To counteract this decline, she commits to deliberately stepping out of her comfort zone by setting new fitness challenges such as goat yoga, rucking, and lifting heavier weights. She also expands the concept of growth to relationships, outlining goals to spend higher‑quality time with family and her husband, and to pursue spiritual practices that keep her evolving. The overall message is that continuous, varied goal‑setting across physical, relational, and spiritual domains is essential to avoid stagnation and maintain health as we age.

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I think one of the biggest challenges that happens with us is we get into these ruts. The thing is, is as you're aging, if you're not continuing to progress in your fitness, you are going to be declining. You know, at the age of 40, we start losing 1% of our muscle a year up to that, and up to 2-4% of our strength. And then at the age 60, that doubles. So what I decided was I'm going to put some really cool new fitness goals in and do things that take me out of my comfort zone, like goat yoga. Took up rucking, I've been lifting way heavier weights, and then I really set some relationship goals. Who are the people that I really want to spend time with, and how do I get to make sure that I'm spending more time with my family, and how do I make sure I'm getting to spend that really good quality time with my hubby? What can you do for spiritual goals to continue to push you out of your comfort zone? And by the way, all of these things, all these new experiences, are focused on getting me out of my comfort zone.