Plenty of people who are now in their 50s, their 40s, their 30s, and even their 20s were athletes once upon a time, and are athletes no more!

And of course, the worst part is that it is often not until you go out and try to play some sort of recreational sport that you realize that you are not in nearly as good of shape as you once were!

If you have recently had a painful epiphany and have realized that it might be time to start getting back in shape, here are a handful of tips you can follow.

Working out and eating healthy: This is the biggest thing of all when it comes to getting back in shape – and you cannot do one or the other, but you have to actually do both! This might not be easy at first, but it will become a lot easier as time goes on, especially as you begin to see results.

Intensifying your workout: If you have already been eating healthy and working out, and you have realized that you are still not in the shape you want to be in, you might need to make a move to “up” the workouts you have been doing. There are a number of ways in which you can do this, but some ways to think about are increasing the amount of time you are working out, increasing your repetitions, or simply upping the speed at which you are doing the repetitions.

Additionally, you might want to consider doing something totally different with your workout in order to get yourself in better shape.

Make it a lifestyle: The main thing that causes so many people to end up failing in this is that they try to go on a sort of ”crash diet” and “crash workout routine,” and they are unable to keep this up in the long run.

You need to start with something that you will be able to stick with, and then you can build on it from there. Make an effort to put all these things together, and you will be able to start improving the shape you are in – until you are back to where you want to be!