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Tom Watkins
Приєднався 26 вер 2024
Chasing Life At 50 is here to motivate you to get off the couch, get out of the office, go for an adventure, get some exercise, and chase your best life after 50!
Learning To Be Thankful For Small Wins
Most people on this UA-cam journey are looking for overnight success. While I certainly wouldn’t complain about that happening, I am not expecting that! There are so many videos out there of channels getting monetized in 10 weeks, but in talking with other friends on this same journey, I have come to realize those types of stories are not the norm. Each journey is different and everyone’s experience will be different. Just learn to be thankful for the small wins and enjoy the journey.
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Відео
3 Lessons Adults And The Media Can Learn From Kids
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Coaching kids soccer for 8 years taught me a lot about life. If the media and adults did as we coach our kids to do, the United States of America would be a lot better place! We need to learn to do what we say rather than saying “do as I say and not as I do!” Hard work, good sportsmanship, kindness, and love are all FREE!
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS OVER 50!
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Strength training is just as important for us older folks as it is for young athletes. In order to take care of ourselves and maintain our quality of life as we age, we need to do strength training! A TRX Suspension Trainer is a great tool for building confidence and adding extra stability during exercises. It is also a great tool for variegating the difficulty of an exercise to suit your curre...
Finding Hope In Slow Growth!
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Life is so precious and with the stress of the world and politics it easy to lose hope in it all. If we have a firm foundation of where our hope comes from the stress of growing a UA-cam channel or the results of an election will not make us waver!
8 Principles for Strength Training For Life Over 50!
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Too often we think of strength training as something for Olympic athletes, Winning the CrossFit games, or an Ironman World Championship! The truth is strength training is extremely beneficial for living your best life after 50. Being able to take care of ourselves and maintain the quality of life we want are just a few reasons to add strength training to our weekly routine. It only takes a few ...
1 Month On YouTube! - The difficult truth of growing a channel!
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It has been 4 weeks since starting this channel. Recording, editing, and growing a channel isn’t as easy as some make it out to be. I will say it has been mostly fun thus far and one heck of an educational journey. I have a long road ahead to get to where I want to go, but I plan to enjoy the ride!
Hike To Devil’s Kitchen: Grand Junction Colorado
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Devil’s Kitchen is a hike inside the the Colorado National Monument, which is part of the National Park Service. The hike is a short hike approximately .75 miles each way. Most of the hike is on gradual incline or rolling terrain, but the last 1/4 mile is on a well marked incline that might be challenging for individuals with stability issues. Most people will be able to complete this hike and ...
Making Time To Feel Like A Kid Again!
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We all have the one thing that we loved to do as a kid and wish we could still do. Too often life gets in the way and we let excuses from keep us from experiencing that thing that brings us so much joy. Work, family, age, health, and the list goes on of excuses. Drop the excuses and go make time to be a kid again!
Ups and downs of YouTube: Learning lessons on growing a channel
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Week 3 was full of learning lessons that made me grow as a content creator. Filming, editing, and learning to formulate a story! There were high points and low points and through it all the channel grew.
Fail - Learn - Grow!
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I had an epic failure on filming and adventure hike to devils kitchen in Grand Junction Colorado. Accidentally hit the time warp button and recorded half of my footage in the wrong mode. When I got home and went to edit the mistake ruined my day and I almost wanted to give up filming. We can’t quite when we fail! We have to get up, learn from our mistakes, and move forward. I hope you can learn...
Planning For Fitness: When Mother Nature Gets In The Way
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We make plans for a run, a bike ride, or hike and Mother Nature shows up and ruins our plans. When weather interferes we have to have an alternative plan to stay on track to our fitness goals. Having a backup plan in place when nature doesn’t cooperate will help us stay on track. Gym memberships, indoor trainers, and mall walks are all great alternatives when we can’t get outside.
When Life Interferes With Your Plans: Give Yourself Grace!
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We spend so much time putting together the perfect fitness and nutrition plan, and then life happens! The transmission goes out on the car, the kid gets sick, we have to work overtime, and the list goes on and on. No matter how much planning we do life is going to happen and knock our plan for the day off the tracks. We have to be willing to pivot and do what we can do that day and get back on ...
How to make 2025 your best year: Start Now!
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If you are like me and didn’t quite accomplish what you set out to in 2024, now is the time to get a jumpstart on 2025! Starting now will help build momentum heading into the new year to make 2025 your best year yet!
Road to Monetization: Reaching New Heights
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Week 2 on UA-cam came with some pleasant surprises and some great learning lessons. Most important of all I am enjoying the journey and have found a new outlet of creativity!
Trying Hard Things: The Power Of Pushing Your Limits
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There are 4 main things I have found that hold people back from trying hard things. In this video I show you how to overcome the things that hold us back from accomplishing difficult goals!
Starting YouTube after 50: Week 1 Results
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Starting UA-cam after 50: Week 1 Results
How I Lost Almost 100 lbs!: And How You Can Too!
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How I Lost Almost 100 lbs!: And How You Can Too!
Is It Too Late? 3 Reasons To Start YouTube at 50
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Is It Too Late? 3 Reasons To Start UA-cam at 50
Feel Like Life Is Slipping Away? 3 Changes to chase after your best life after 50!
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Feel Like Life Is Slipping Away? 3 Changes to chase after your best life after 50!
Great video Tom 👍
Thank you!
Thank you very much for sharing this great insight and for the encouragement. It's true, ideas by themselves aren't valuable until they're excecuted. Action is needed! Keep going, climb more mountains my brother!
Thank you! Action is definitely the key!
Happy Birthday 🎉
Thank you Deanne! Getting older but still kicking it!
Happy birthday!! 🎉
Thank you Steph!
Happy Birthday Tom! Congrats on the video success. Just keep spreading the positivity and Gods word and you will continue to be blessed! I am grateful for you and your encouragement!
Thank you Susan!
You should go to Front Range … they got lots of snow. Keep it going!
Yes they did! My wife’s sister lives over there and they get more snow but they also have a lot more traffic! I enjoy the small town life and I can drive 35 minutes to the slopes to enjoy the snow!
Great Video. Those fall colors are gorgeous. Used to live in Washington State..really miss the snow and cool weather especially around Christmas Time. So Much to be thankful for... 1. Connecting with You of course; 2. While 62 now, being able to write what I am thankful for is something to be thankful for...Breathing; and Ever Lasting Thankfulness for the Fullness of GOD. Have a Blessed Day and again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Young Man..lol❤🎉
Nothing like the fall colors! I love winter and snow but fall is my favorite time of year!
Watching now...but wanted to be first to say Happy Birthday from your UA-cam Community.❤
Thanks Tony! Getting older but still kicking it!
I am thankful for God, Family, and Friends!
Awesome Video. You are doing so many things right. Keep sharing the message and the Inspiration. After Crabbing yesterday, I ended up with over 10k steps and 446 zone minutes. Exercise as we enjoy the outdoors. I do need strength training on my hips and core since I lost my hips in Iraq. The muscle group on left side sucks. I am following you intently on all of this content. :)
Grab you a suspension trainer off FB marketplace or Craigslist. It packs down tight and you can carry it with you anywhere you travel. It allows your upper to add support while you train your lower body.
Awesome Tom. I hear you. We are cut of the same cloth. Someone said to me yesterday while doing the @oldguyoutside crabbing video, she said; "The answer is so simple, IF we all just did the right thing, there would be no wrong". How true that is. Keep making your videos and sharing the message. Love to You and the Family Brother. Note: I just redid my Baby Boomer starting a UA-cam Channel to get rid of all the silly stuff and get the heart of it. Shouted you out a couple times along with a few others that give me Hope and Inspiration. Thank You for All you are doing and Thank You for Your Service. Airforce cool. I was supporting the 101st Airborne in Mosul, Iraq in 2003. Got coined by Donald Rumsfeld. That was cool.
Thanks Tony! I appreciate all of your encouragement and support!
Yes we do live in a GREAT nation! Good Video!!!
Thanks Randy! We are truly blessed to live in this great nation!
Very educative video, keep doing it
Thank you Annah! I will definitely keep putting the videos out as I continue this journey to get back in shape.
You are walking on a very beautiful place
Yes! Very blessed to live here in Colorado! Love the fall colors this time of year.
Sure 👍, thanks for sharing
You are welcome!
Excellent video, grow up, and act like an adult. I like that. 👍
Amen! The media are acting like a bunch of toddlers in preschool! Driving me crazy!
Amen! Its beyond my comprehension at this stage in my life the way so many humans are behaving on both sides. Ohhh good scripture! Thank you for your Service!! I was married twice and both served in The Marine Corp and I almost became a WM after the first divorce.
You are welcome! I enjoyed my time in the service. Wish I would have stayed in and retired.
If adults did what they teach kids the America would be a lot better place!
Another great video Tom! Keep inspiring!
Thanks Randy! Get that TRX out and get to work!
@ yeah , yeah …..🤔
Great video! Thanks for the lesson. I used to use those when I had a personal trainer. I think my son may have one of those, if not I’m going to add one to my training!
They are a great tool for all levels of fitness. Also, nice and portable to take with you when you travel.
Adding strength training to our routine as we age is important to maintaining our quality of life and being able to take care of ourselves.
It's never too late. A body in motion, stays in motion!
Amen!
I used to live in San Antonio Texas & there was a huge mall there at that time that had a gigantic pair of boots out front. The Northstar Mall. That place had 3 or 4 stories too. Great idea if you live in the city. I'm an introvert now that im older & prefer to just use a rebounder while watching UA-cam at home. Another good video, Tom. You're a natural!😊
That is me! I just throw youtube on and hop on my rower. I was in San Antonio for basic training back in 1989 at Lackland AFB!
@chasinglifeat50 My dad was stationed at Fort Sam at that time as well. My brother was actually born in Colorado Springs. We lived in Lamplighter Park right behind the Pikes Peak mountains & then both of my sisters were born in Georgia. It's a small world. 🌎
@ That is a beautiful area! One of my good friends is the pastor of Manna Church in Colorado Springs. Love going to that area to visit. I live on the Western slope of Colorado 35 miles from Utah.
Such a beautiful message, Tom. I appreciate your transparency & willingness to share such vulnerable & personal experiences. Every little bit of fresh air keeps a body good. Great perspective on life. I'm glad to see you enjoying it. You're absolutely right... life moves faster & faster the older you get so people really should just go for it!
When I was a kid and grandpa said time flies I thought he was crazy! Now that I am old I realize he was right! LOL
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Your editing skills are great for a newbie. You made it look like a breeze with all those camera cuts & angles... if I'm even using the jargon correctly. 😂 What a beautiful place to live! Your voice is very soothing & your cadence is perfect. Great job! 👍
Thank you! I am new at all of this filming and editing and enjoying the process of learning it all. Yes, it is an absolutely beautiful place to live. All of God’s creation is beautiful but I am especially drawn to the mountains and rivers!
You hit the nail on the head with the politics! JESUS Is KING! I agree 100%. Any growth is AWESOME, Tom. Keep going. You're a beautiful soul.
Thank you for the kind words Shira! Jesus is King regardless of who is in the White House!
Great video!
Thank you Shelby!
Such a Great Message Tom. My hope is same as yours, Jesus. What I feel so hopeful for and happy about are videos like yours. If we can reach just one person with a message of Hope and Faith, then this journey is so worth it. You keep being you, keep posting your way and God will lead the way. Also, your outdoor video on strength training is awesome and attracts views as many of us need this inspiration. As Always, Stay Safe and God Bless
Thank you! That is the mission to reach just one! Simply a seed planter for the kingdom!
I Hope you have an awesome week.
Thanks Robert!
Congratulations on your UA-cam growth 🎉 kindness and compassion is so important right now. I try to focus on that to give me hope 🥰
Thank you Deanne! You are so right kindness and compassion are always important!
Congratulations on the snow! It is so beautiful! That is the exact message I posted on my Facebook the other day and today! This movement is about unity not division. Jesus is my hope in all things! Great message Tom! ❤️🇺🇸🤍🇺🇸💙🙏
Amen!
Keep it up dude, as long as you're having fun with it, than it's worth it. I LOVE the winter, but I live in Ca, so I don't get the cold weather I love. The working out is going very well. I'm still down 10lbs, and I'm getting stronger in the gym. The best thing is, my wife and I do it together, and it's great bonding for us. It's not about how much we lift or anything, it's us doing it together to better ourselves. God Bless you dude!
That is awesome that you and your wife are doing it together! Thanks for the support and encouragement! I really appreciate it!
You live in the most beautiful area.. I'm a little jelly.. LOL 119 subs.. that is great.. I'm only at 21.. :)
I am very blessed to get to live here! I love the mountains and it has always been my dream to live where I could enjoy them on a regular basis. The reason you are only at 21 is you just found your calling. Your last 3 videos have been amazing and so authentic! I think you are going to begin to see some really steady growth now that you found your niche.
@@chasinglifeat50 Thank you!
Great subject and great word! My hope is in Jesus Christ there is no other!
Amen! The King is still on the throne!
Good word👍
Thanks Mike!
Regardless of what is going on in life, regardless of how fast your UA-cam channel is growing it is important to find hope in your situation!
The tortoise and the hare, great story to remind us fast isn't always the way to go. I would love to see you post a video about your opinions on slowing down to focus on what's important to you. We definitely need to learn to get out of our need for hyper speed. Keep going, you definitely have a great channel here!
I will definitely do that! Our society seems like it is living in warp speed mode all the time, and it is easy to get swept up in it. I definitely feel like life is better when I can get away from it all and enjoy life at a much calmer slower pace. I think to often we want the result now and forget to enjoy the journey.
Life is precious and the people we love arent promised tomorrow. Thank you for the reminder, to focus more on the important things in life
Life really is precious! Too often we take it for granted that we are not promised tomorrow. Go make the most of today!
Hi Tom. Great to hear your story. I'm a similar age and stage to yourself with a similar Dad story. I just stumbled upon you and certainly feel a connection with the things you talk about. I encourage you to keep pursuing your goals and wish you the very best. I will be following you with interest. I'm one year into making some of my own life changes concerning my health and exercise, it has been very beneficial and satisfying to see me accomplish some of my own goals. Go you 😊
Thank you Gavin! Stay in touch and keep me posted on your progress.
Love this Tom, keeping our bodies strong and moving is super important as we age. I definitely want to be walking up mountains for many years to come 🏃♀️Can’t wait for your next video!
Thank you Deanne!
Great video … my former trainer told me exactly the same thing! Must be right, two witnesses.
You are funny Randy! Love you brother!
Oh Jesus!!! There is absolutely no coincidence that God caused our paths to cross! I just started strength training for these exact purposes. And the questions you asked the woman, well that is exactly what God is showing in the Book of Malachi - asking better questions that cause critical thinking!! What a fabulous video Tom!!!!!!!! Thank you for for sharing your wisdom.
You are welcome Susan! My next video will show a strength training routine you can do with confidence and I can help coach you through it virtually.
That was a phenomenal video Tom. Awesome to incorporate exercise with everyday efforts. For me, if I can exercise without me actually thinking about it as exercise then fantastic. Thats why I am anxious to get going again with Fishing, Crabbing and Shrimping that will show up on my new 2nd channel @oldguyoutside. The AMA says at least 150min per week of exercise. I did 564min this last week just walking and filming some possible outdoor spots. I absolutely love the path of this video and your approach. I will be following your plan for sure. Love Ya Brother and Thankyou for the Vid. God Bless.❤👍🙏
Thank you! Look forward to seeing those fishing videos!
Strength training is just as important for non athletes as it is for athletes. In our older years it helps us continue to take care of ourselves and provide the quality of life we want as we age.
Hello friend slow and steady win the race don't give up you will surely grow the channel hard work never fails
Thank you for the kind words and encouragement!
End screen should link to your most motivational videos (aka your bangers) with text "more motivation" or something with your comedy flare like "stuff that whopper" ... you should get the point 😉 PS if you want to understand the algorithm try VidIQ, pay for a month and do their little course, basically helps to understand that consistency is the most important thing, post same time same day same type of content and eventually the algorithm will figure you out
I've recorded entire videos with the mic plugged in and clipped to my shirt, but not turned on. Totally worthless. I've filmed videos and realized when editing that I wouldnt even want to watch it so I scrapped it. Learn what you can, laugh a little, and move on to the next one.
I recorded another video where I didn’t have the mic plugged in as well. All you can do is just laugh and learn! Thanks for sharing, it makes me feel a little better to know I am not the only one doing silly things.
It’s a slow process! I agree with what you say about doing what brings you joy 🥰
I plan to enjoy the process no matter how long it takes!
Just do what you hear in your heart to do … usually when we start adding things we’re only adding stress. Continue to be ‘Tom the encourager’…. Here’s my end of video. Keep looking forward in His word. Love ya Bro!
Thanks Randy! I appreciate you!
I never agreed to the video a day challenge but didn't want to discourage you. I agree that you need to add an end screen even though I understand the purpose is to get people off social and out living! But if you recall it was one of your videos that got me to take action but you have to remember that most people aren’t going to go take immediate action. You need to just keep doing what you’re doing but it’s your journey that will inspire others. So an end screen may just lead someone to THE video that happens to get them to take action! Love ya man! ❤
Thank you Susan! I never thought it about it that way. I will add the end screens! Thank you for your support!
Great point!