# Who's fit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-fit/257604 "2004-07-30T15:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-fit/257604/1 "2004-07-30T15:34:53Z")
Not Sexy fit, I mean aerobically and that. I just took the bleep test and got to level 10-8 which calculates to a VO2max just below excellent (since I’m older than I care to admit). I have never measured my “athletic” abilities at all before, I have no idea how long it takes me to cover a mile and I don’t time or measure my runs or take my heart-rate. I run to stay fit not to compete, even if just with myself. Now I have an objective measure I’m feeling blinking motivated. I’m gonna go for a run later today. And tomorrow. I will crack 11 next week. Anyone else done this test? Beat me? (for proper athletes that’s a given) Other non-athletes how do you stay motivated? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-fit/257604/2 "2004-07-30T16:37:07Z")
How do I stay motivated? I’m 46 y.o., naturally slender to muscular in build. I stay motivated by noticing what happens to most thin guys when they hit middle age…they usually develop a little “volleyball” pot-belly, and I’m not having any of it. I spend about an hour doing weights, three days a week, and I do cardio on the other two days, or sometimes I switch that around and do cardio three days and weights two. How fit am I? Well, I’m in decent shape, fairly strong, but not awesomely so.