Starting Again After Years Off: Where to Actually Begin
Most advice about getting active is written for people who are already fairly active.
Add a session. Increase your mileage. Progress your weights. Fine if you are three months into something. Useless if you are starting from a genuinely low base after several years away.
And that is a lot of people in Pocatello. Something happened, or several things did. An injury. A busy period at work. A health problem. A few winters where it was easier to stay in. And at some point you stopped thinking of yourself as an active person at all.