EP796: Geanina Popent - How To Build Muscle After 50
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Nina Popent shares her journey of building muscle after 50 and the importance of structure and consistency in fitness.
"Don't be lazy. Don't make excuses. If you want changes, you have to make the change." Nina Popent started her fitness journey in 2017, won a boot camp challenge, used the prize money on a personal trainer, and then built a serious physique at home during COVID with resistance bands and a few dumbbells. Her first bodybuilding competition was five years ago — she walked on stage without a coach, wearing a mask, with only her daughter beside her. What happened backstage that day led directly to a coaching career she is still building today, at 51. This conversation is for anyone who has ever thought that serious physical transformation belongs to the young. Nina is turning 52. She wakes at 5:30, packs four meals every morning, commutes an hour to her day job, and is in the gym by 6 p.m. — staying until 9:30 or 10. She has eaten the same breakfast for five years. She does not believe motivation is the variable most people think it is. She believes in structure, patience, and the willingness to protect your training time the same way you protect a shift at work. Nicky joins in with his own training updates — targeting a pro card at 60, currently building toward a heavier stage weight…
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