I have been doing some thinking which all comes to I ain’t as young as I use to be.

I have been trying to figure out my lack of motivation and why it seems to be getting worse and I am wondering if it is (and it pains me to admit it)the fact that I am in my latter 40s heading to 50 and not in my 20s anymore.

I forced myself to go work out last night but I did not get much out of it because the bottom line is I’m tired. I am trying to do some sort of exercise everyday and but it is getting more and more difficult. Then it hit me… I am considerably older than I was back in my hard core martial arts days and I worked out about 2 hours a day and from what I have been reading of late as we get older we need more recovery time and I have been giving myself little or none.

So I am wondering if it would not be more beneficial to me at this time to do a killer workout 2 or 3 days a week instead of the split cardio one day strength the next day I have been trying to maintain 6 to 7 days a week and of late failing miserably at.

I would still be taking my 30 minute walk at lunch everyday, weather permitting, and doing my taiji just about everyday but the stationary bike, weights, push ups, sit ups, leg raises, etc would be relegated to 2 or 3 days a week.

Does this make sense to anyone else, does this sound like a plan or am I just making excuses justify my current failure to maintain the routine I have set up for myself?