Be The Aging Sexual Superstar You Know You Are
How 50 really is the new 30
An old friend had emailed a group of us the other day, asking about our workout regimes and — more specifically — how much we were bench pressing these days. He shared that he was lifting about 200 pounds and had set his goal to get to 225. So we all shared a bit about our workout regimes, including that each of our bench presses was in the range — of 200–225 pounds. I’ll admit to being very impressed — I worked out with all of these guys in university, and that was their max way back then, in the 20s.
I had not considered that before comparing what we could do at 25 with what we can do now — but I will admit to being impressed. We all seem pretty much as fit and strong now as we were at 25. That’s awesome.
Building off of that, I took things to where I usually do — sex. I immediately asked them each how their sex drives and sex lives compared to their 20s.
The answers here were a little more mixed. On their sex lives, I would say all (except me, Thank God). It’s not so much a function of desire — I’ll get to that — but stagnation. Three guys, who’ve been married for a long time, report a pretty banal and tedious sex life. They claim their wives aren’t that interested, and they’re not willing to make an effort. On the other hand, the one in a relatively new…
