WORDS HATTIE PARISH
20s What’s happening?
At this stage, we’re firing on all cylinders. Our body finds it easier to tone up, metabolism is at its peak and we’re set up for recovery. But that’s not to say this decade comes carefree. ‘That we’re all done and dusted as teenagers is a myth,’ says Dr Catherine Spencer- Smith, consultant physician in sport and exercise medicine. ‘We’re still growing in our early twenties, and do have some struggles maintaining a healthy weight going into adulthood, and maximising on our peak bone mineral density mass.’ External factors like our mindset and lifestyle tend to have a larger impact here, too – partying, little sleep and poor nutrition affect the amount of activity we realistically fit in.
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