Your team doesn't just follow your rank - they follow your example. When you're dragging through PT, getting smoked on calls, or making excuses about 'getting older', that becomes their permission to do the same. Your decline doesn't happen in isolation. But here's what separates the ones who peak from those who decline: You stop training like you "used to" and start training like the experienced professional you are now. Your wisdom becomes your weapon. Your experience IS your advantage - if...