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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5556421" data-attributes="member: 54877">It's all attitude, though.&nbsp; I started fencing at 37. That is &quot;too late&quot; to ever be really good.&nbsp; You peak around 25, and it goes downhill from there.&nbsp; I'm busy with work.&nbsp; So you could say that I dwell on negative self-concepts about my age and circumstances, and my self-efficacy would decrease.&nbsp; Why try, why lose weight, why practice?&nbsp; Or, I could look at it objectivey.&nbsp; Fencing is something you can do your whole life. It's fun.&nbsp; I like teaching the young kids.&nbsp; I can do it with my kids.&nbsp; I'll get out of it as much as I put into it.&nbsp; You can't say that about everything.&nbsp;The owner of the Salle D'Armes (school) likes to call me &quot;the old guy&quot; in front of the other students.&nbsp; This is usually to motivate the young kids.&nbsp; &quot;If he can do it, you can do it.&quot;&nbsp; This motivate me rather than discouraging me (which he knows, and is why he doesn't mind doing it). My age is what it is.&nbsp; It isn't a negative self-concept.&nbsp; It's a natural physical negative to the activity I am doing.&nbsp; It doesn't define me.&nbsp;&nbsp; How I deal with it somewhat defines me.&nbsp;The earlier anyone, female or male, learns that kind of attitude, the better, as far as I'm concerned.&nbsp; They'll have immutable traits to overcome their whole life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5556421, member: 54877"] It's all attitude, though. I started fencing at 37. That is "too late" to ever be really good. You peak around 25, and it goes downhill from there. I'm busy with work. So you could say that I dwell on negative self-concepts about my age and circumstances, and my self-efficacy would decrease. Why try, why lose weight, why practice? Or, I could look at it objectivey. Fencing is something you can do your whole life. It's fun. I like teaching the young kids. I can do it with [B]my[/B] kids. I'll get out of it as much as I put into it. You can't say that about everything. The owner of the Salle D'Armes (school) likes to call me "the old guy" in front of the other students. This is usually to motivate the young kids. "If he can do it, you can do it." This motivate me rather than discouraging me (which he knows, and is why he doesn't mind doing it). My age is what it is. It isn't a negative self-concept. It's a natural physical negative to the activity I am doing. It doesn't define me. How I deal with it somewhat defines me. The earlier anyone, female or male, learns that kind of attitude, the better, as far as I'm concerned. They'll have immutable traits to overcome their whole life. [/QUOTE]

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