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Fitness coaching for men over 40

Stronger at 50 Than I Was at 35

I rebuilt my body at 35 and I have held it for fifteen years. Not by training harder, by fixing what I ate, when I ate it, and how I slept, then adding training once my body could absorb it. That order is the whole method, and it is what I now run with clients.

  • No weight lifting or running required to begin
  • First step is 10 days of nutrition, not a gym membership
  • Built and tested on my own body for the last 15 years
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INT-01 Photo · 1:1 A real Solum plate, shot from above: palm-sized protein, half the plate vegetables, a fist of rice or potatoes. 1200×1200 · WebP
INT-03 Photo · 4:3 A body composition scale readout mid-measurement, or a filled tracking sheet with real handwriting. 1600×1200 · WebP
INT-02 Photo · 3:4 Tomas walking or carrying something heavy outdoors. Everyday clothes, no gym, no strain face. 1200×1600 · WebP
15+ Years I have run this method on myself
About Solum

You Do Not Need More Discipline

You need a different order. Most people over 40 already know how to work hard, that is not what is missing. What is missing is a sequence: fix the food, fix the sleep, measure what changes, then add training once the body can actually recover from it.

Solum is that sequence. I built it on myself starting at 35, and I have been running it for fifteen years since. The name is the Latin word for foundation, the part nobody sees, holding up everything that does.

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The Problem

You Are Still Training Like You Are 25

The problem is not your age. At 25 you could eat badly, sleep five hours, train hard and still make progress, because the margin covered the mistakes. After 40 that margin is gone, so the same behaviour now produces the opposite result.

Nothing about your body has stopped working. What has changed is that it now requires the structure it used to tolerate you skipping.

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HabitAt 25After 40
Eat late, sleep badlyGot away with itCosts you the next day
Skip proteinHeld muscle anywayLoses muscle quietly
Train hard, recover littleAdapted fastAccumulates fatigue
Guess instead of measureProgress hid the errorsErrors compound
The system

More Energy. A Body That Works.

Six parts, always in the same order, because the order is what makes them work. Fix one in isolation and it slips back. Fix them in sequence and each one holds the next in place.

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Part 01
Nutrition Foundation

Everything starts here, because nothing downstream works without it. You get a daily calorie target, protein set per kilo of body weight (1.9 g/kg men, 1.7 g/kg women), fats at 1 g/kg, and carbohydrates from what is left, then a daily rhythm to hang it on. Three meals, one planned snack, 2–2.5 litres of water, and the last large meal three hours before sleep, because a late dinner costs you the following morning.

  • Individual calorie and macro target
  • Food list: what to include, what to reduce
  • Meal timing and a steady daily rhythm
  • Menu planning where you want it
  • Allergies and intolerances accounted for
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Part 02
Blood Marker Review

If you already have blood work, I read it alongside your body data, the full picture, never one number in isolation. Not a diagnosis, and anything unusual goes back to your doctor.

Part 03
Body Composition

Muscle mass, fat mass, visceral fat, waist and bone mass, measured on a schedule. Scale weight alone is the noisiest number you own.

Part 04
Supplements

Reviewed only after your food is measured, and only where the food genuinely falls short. Most people need far less than they are sold.

Part 05
Training

Enters once you can recover from it. Built for function, strength, mobility and keeping the muscle you have, not for exhausting you.

Part 06
Monitoring & Adjustment

Fifteen metrics, reviewed weekly. One change at a time, and only when the data says so.

Weight trendWaistEnergy 1–10 Sleep qualityProtein hitWater StepsMuscle massFat mass Visceral fatBone massAdherence Blood markersWellbeingProgress photos
How it works

What Actually Happens

No mystery, no onboarding maze. This is the sequence I run every client through, whichever level they are on.

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How a weekly review works Watch the walkthrough · 1:24
Week 0 · Baseline

Measure before changing anything

Weight, waist, body composition, and a 1–10 energy score morning, afternoon and evening. You cannot tell what worked without a starting line.

Weeks 1–2 · Food

Fix the plate, not the gym

Your calorie and macro targets, the food list, and the ten day reset. Nothing about training changes yet.

Weeks 3–6 · Rhythm

Stabilise sleep and timing

Meal timing, evening cut-off, hydration, steps. Weekly check-in against the same metrics you baselined.

Week 6 onward · Load

Add training you can recover from

Only once energy and sleep have held steady for two weeks. Then one variable changes at a time, reviewed every week.

Our standard

What Solum Will Never Sell You

Every one of these makes a programme easier to sell and worse to follow. If you want any of them, Solum is the wrong choice, and I will tell you so rather than take your money.

  • A crash diet, or any plan under 1,200 kcal
  • A promised number of kilos by a promised date
  • Supplements sold before your food has been measured
  • Training prescribed before sleep and nutrition are stable
  • Before-and-after photos as the only proof offered
  • Anything described as a detox, a hack, or a secret
My story

I Built This on Myself First

At 35 I was overweight, low on energy, and far from the shape I wanted to live in. I was not an athlete and I had no useful genetics, I was a normal man who had reached the point where something had to change.

What I built was not a crash diet or a punishment plan. It was a sequence: structure the food, fix the daily rhythm, measure what moves, add training last. Within one year I had rebuilt my condition. In the fifteen years since I have held it and improved on it, without keeping my body under constant stress.

I am not a perfect genetics example. I am the opposite. I am proof of what a system, repeated with discipline, can do over time.

Tomas Pivoras, Solum

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Age 35
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Age 50
My numbers today, at 50
37Metabolic age
12%Body fat
<5Visceral fat
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Your details

Six answers. Nothing is sent anywhere yet.

2

Your targets

Calories, protein, fats and carbohydrates for a normal day.

Fill in step one and press Calculate My Targets.

3

The ten day plan

Sent to your inbox with your targets. Free.

Solum 10 Day Energy Reset
  • A meal plan for all ten days
  • Eight daily rules and one shopping list
  • Energy score sheet for days 1, 5 and 10

You score your own energy 1–10 on day 1, 5 and 10. The target is a 20% rise on your personal scale, a self-assessment, not a medical measurement.

Personal coaching

Coaching for Men Over 40

Start free with the ten day plan. Move up only when you want more of my time on it.

Level 1

Foundation Reset

€49one-time

Best for: you want to run it yourself, with me on hand when something does not make sense.

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Everything included:
  • Calorie and macro targets
  • The 10 day energy reset
  • Food list, include and reduce
  • Energy self-assessment sheet
  • Shopping list
  • Message me your questions for 30 days, I answer them myself
Most people start here
Level 2

Structured Progress

€149per month

Best for: you have tried plans before and they stopped working the moment nobody was watching.

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Everything in Level 1, plus:
  • A nutrition plan I write around your life
  • Weekly progress review with me
  • Body composition tracked
  • Supplement guidance from me, where food falls short
  • Training structure I set once you are ready
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Application only
Level 3

Complete Ecosystem

€390per month

Best for: you want the whole thing handled and you want it handled by me personally.

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Everything in Level 2, plus:
  • Menus I write for you by hand
  • I read your blood markers alongside your body data
  • Visceral fat and bone mass tracked
  • A training programme I build for you
  • Regular one-to-one calls with me
Reviews

What Changes First Is Energy

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"The first thing that changed was the 3pm crash. It just stopped. I hadn't touched a gym at that point, I'd only moved protein to breakfast and stopped eating at 10pm."

Name, 54

Level 2 · 4 months

"I'd done three programmes before this. This was the first one that told me to stop training for six weeks. That sounded wrong and it was the thing that finally worked."

Name, 48

Level 3 · 8 months

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"My weight moved about four kilos in five months, which sounds like nothing. My waist went down seven centimetres and my visceral fat dropped three points. That's the number he actually cared about."

Name, 61

Level 2 · 5 months

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Tell Me Where You Are Now

Five questions, two minutes. I read every one myself and reply within two working days, including when the answer is that Solum is not the right fit for you.

Do I need a gym?

Not to start, and not for the first six weeks in most cases. The first phase is food, sleep and daily rhythm. Training is added once your energy and sleep have been stable for two weeks, and when it is added, it is built around what you have access to.

Is this a diet?

No. There is no forbidden-food list you follow forever and no plan below 1,200 kcal. You get a calorie and macro target, and a structure for hitting it, three meals, one planned snack, protein in each. The ten day reset is stricter on purpose, because ten days of clarity tells you which foods were actually costing you energy.

What actually happens in the first ten days?

You score your energy 1–10 on day 1, follow eight daily rules, protein in every main meal, vegetables twice a day, one clean carbohydrate per meal, no alcohol, no sugar drinks, last big meal three hours before bed, 2–2.5 litres of water, then score again on day 5 and day 10. The target is a 20% rise on your own scale. It is a self-assessment, not a clinical measurement.

How much weight will I lose?

Solum does not promise a number by a date. Scale weight is the least useful measurement on the list, it moves with water, food volume and time of day. What gets tracked instead is waist, body composition, visceral fat and energy. It is normal for the scale to barely move while the waist drops several centimetres.

Why is Level 3 application only?

Because it involves menu planning I write by hand and regular one-to-one check-ins, so the number of people I can carry at once is limited. The application is five questions and exists to check the fit runs both ways, if Level 2 would serve you just as well, I will say so.

Do you review blood work?

At Level 3, and only from results you already have. I use them as one more input for nutrition, supplement and recovery decisions, never as a diagnosis. I do not order tests or interpret them medically, and anything unusual goes straight back to your doctor.

What about supplements?

I recommend nothing until your food has been measured for at least a few weeks, and then only where the food genuinely falls short. I do not sell supplements, so I have no reason to suggest more of them than you need.

I am over 60. Is this still for me?

Yes. The sequence is the same and the starting point is your current condition, not your age. If anything the case for protecting muscle and protecting sleep gets stronger, not weaker.

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