[quote]jasmincar wrote:
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FU
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
The aging process hits sedentary people hard, I’ve noticed, and it starts early for them. Aggressive exercise seems to be the fountain of youth in many ways. There’s the appearance thing, of course, but there’s also the ability to play hard and I feel that I have an easy go of things other women moving through middle age suffer with; weird horrible periods and such. It could be coincidental - maybe I’m just lucky and would be if I were sedentary - but I don’t think so. In a group of my age peers I feel young because they seem so impaired and I’m still pretty much the same. I assume this will continue to be the case unless something happens that prevents me living aggressively.
I’m not as brave as Dr. Pangloss’s mom, but I want to be like her when I get to her age. I know women that age who are similarly capable. One friend is turning 85 this year and only slowed down when her knees got really bad at around 82. Had a knee surgery, refused pain meds, was saying “no big deal” a week post-op and went right back to Curves, or whatever, a couple of months later.
QTF.
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George H. W. Bush just skydived at 90. So…guess he is not old. 
[quote]carbiduis wrote:
[quote]fiftyplus wrote:
Having recently turned 60, I know ‘fiftyplus’ may have to go, I agree with the staying active while you can. It does get more difficult. I still work out, run, bike, lift, etc. 5 -6 times a week. I can’t get away with things like I used to - too little sleep, not eating or hydrating enough, recovery takes longer. I don’t feel like I am getting stronger, just maintaining with the same amount of work. for me, I feel there was a significant change somewhere in my late 50s. so relax, enjoy, you have a lot of time to go[/quote]
My dad is going to be 65 in september. 4 yrs ago he tore his patellar tendon on a tennis court. After that he kinda fell apart. He used to have 2 motorcycles and played tennis/handbal and lifted. Now he just lifts a little.
He was big into distance running when he was younger (30’s/40’s) and now he needs 2 new knees and an ankle surgery.
Basically what I am saying is I noticed the same thing around the 60 mark, a quick downturn for the people who are very active.
40’s, no problem.
50’s, no problem.
60’s? look out.[/quote]
Distance running is terrible for people over the age of 12.
[quote]silverblood wrote:
you know you’re old when…
you sit on the toilet and your balls are in the water.
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Then I was old at the age of 13.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
You must be able to do 3 of 5 of these or you are old:
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Your combined 3 rep max bench, deadlift, and squat must be at least 80% of your lifetime max 3 rep max (yes 3, not 1)
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Do 10 pull ups, or 6 if your #1 is at least 1200bs
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Complete a 5K without stopping to walk or getting passed by dudes in wheelchairs, regardless of size (yes, it’s just not that far)
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Ejaculate twice in one hour without chemical assistance with an actual female (or one time with the process lasting an hour, at your lady’s choice).
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Read really fine print in bad light.[/quote]
Well, I can do 4 & 5…give me a year and I’ll hit all five.
Having just turned 50 I know there are things one can improve on and some that are gone forever. I do…
Chin ups/Pull ups sets of 6.
Dips sets of 13.
Leg Raises sets of 25.
Push ups sets if 25.
My running days are gone forever having a bum left knee.
The take away are these. Do what you can do and work around what you can not. Also it is my firm conviction that people who get “too old to exercise” or “slow down” are those who have chosen to be lazy and eat crap.
For the record I didn’t get serious about an exercise program until my mid 40s.
When something new comes out and you just think it’s stupid with no point/benefit
@jewbacca couldn’t do most of that shit when i was 25
Am 50 this year, am strongest and leanest i have been, am approx 220lbs stay postive, stay away from constant drinking sessions. Sleep becomes real important, i had 12hrs last night.
I train early am if i can sets up the day good, get a good women(most important) i am a lucky bastard as my women is the best.
U get old when they put u in the ground, cherish your time with the weights, give respect but dont take no shit, have values and morals and keep your word.
Train like a man, live like a man, die like one.
I’ll be 60 next year. I’m doing well, in the gym 3-4 days a week lifting around a back injury though. I’m still stronger than most that are 1/2 my age. The thing is to keep moving, surround yourself with positive people and don’t let the old farts around you try to drag you down.
Avoid that slide into old age that I see far too much of. Unfortunately I’ve seen far to much of the inside of nursing homes with my dad and stepmother (aka step-cunt). Most of them are there due to losing their wheels, the ability to walk. Upper body strength is paramount as you age. If you lose that, you lose the ability to get yourself off the floor if you fall.
With that said, I have my tattoo appointments set up for the fall. I’m bidding on a '59 Ford on eBay, if I win it I’ll have a good project and it will have a 429/460 and a 4-speed top-loader in it. Think I have a 3.90 ratio Detroit Locker lined up too.
Rob
Although I am stronger than ever in my 40’s, the one thing I have not been able to prevent is the loss of foot speed. That is frustrating.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
You must be able to do 3 of 5 of these or you are old:
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Your combined 3 rep max bench, deadlift, and squat must be at least 80% of your lifetime max 3 rep max (yes 3, not 1)
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Do 10 pull ups, or 6 if your #1 is at least 1200bs
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Complete a 5K without stopping to walk or getting passed by dudes in wheelchairs, regardless of size (yes, it’s just not that far)
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Ejaculate twice in one hour without chemical assistance with an actual female (or one time with the process lasting an hour, at your lady’s choice).
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Read really fine print in bad light.[/quote]
Not sure about 1, 2, 3, and 5. But I can ejac 6 times in an hour, without chemical assistance with an actual female.
I’m going to be 34 soon. I don’t feel old, but I notice subtle things. I ache more often in the joints (not severe, just chronic, nuisance pains), and it takes me a lot longer to recover from lifts - i.e., more frequent and lengthier DOMS, pulling the hamstrings more, etc. I am starting to find more and more gray hairs. I can’t tolerate carbs like I used to and it is even harder to stay leaner than it was ten years ago.
I am tired by 10 PM and I find myself getting up early all the time anyhow. I’d rather have coffee over a beer and I save money instead of spending it more often than not. I don’t have near the sex drive I used to a decade ago, but it certainly isn’t gone. WTF happened?
On the other hand, I’m probably in better shape than I was in much of my mid to late 20s, so that’s a plus, but these subtle little things make me reflect on little losses that are part of a gradual aging process. I don’t feel old and I don’t know when one is, but these little, subtle changes are noticeable. I feel like I’m in my prime, but at the same time I can see the changes coming.
[quote]chillain wrote:
In dorky science terms, ‘getting old’ at the cellular level is indicated by the shortening of telomeres. This can be forestalled (and maybe even reversed) with lifting and explosive-type movements (ie. jumps and sprints) in particular. And fasting, on the nutrition side of things.
I also think there’s serious wisdom in that ‘use it or lose it’ cliche that goes something like, “You don’t lose the ability to do certain things as you get older; more like you get older as a consequence of no longer doing those things.”
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Good stuff
I agree with the use it or lose it…I’ve noticed my knees get creaky (I’m 41)if I go a few wekks without squatting.
I think lots of the non-exercising people that say their knees or back hurt honestly do think they’re hurting and the idea that exercising those areas with heavy weights will help seems very counterintuitive.
[quote]print wrote:
Smells like vapor rub & mothballs in here.[/quote]
That has to be an improvement to what you are used to smelling.
I’ll be 50 in a few months and some days I feel 30 and others much older. I haven’t noticed any impact on things like training. Where I’ve noticed it is in things I could do before with no impact. We ran a meet the end of May that spanned 4 days with set up etc. It flattened me where 10 years ago it wouldn’t have phased me at all. I also fall asleep on the sofa a lot; like all the time.
I find I have to plan things more carefully because I know some things will leave me trashed. I did a meet Jun 21 and declined a novice strongman on July 1 because I knew there is no way I would be recovered. Even 5 years ago I would have done it.
I’ve talked to a few of our masters lifters (women) who have been competing for years and many noticed their strength starts to take a hit mid fifties. I’m still hitting PRs but have an eye on when that may start to decline.
you get old when you believe you’re old.
I’ve been through a lot of crap the last few years but I refuse to be defined by numbers or some one else’s idea. am I the same as I was at 30? hell no! but so what? you don’t suddenly become old. sure I feel tired and sore sometimes but I also felt like that when I was a younger man.
I’m going to keep doing what I want and enjoy it at as high a level as I can. if I can still bust the ass of guys half my age in the gym, and I’m “OLD”, what the hell does that make them? I still wake up every day looking to enjoy life. when that stops happening I’ll be old…
and dead!
I am currently twenty four, never felt even a twinge of pain or health issues my whole life. I then randomly contracted lyme disease about two years ago and feel like I aged sixty years. Literally everything in my body hurts, my brain is completely offline, my recent testosterone came back at 150, 300 being the lowest norm for my age. Brain damage/issues, extreme unrelenting fatigue, all kinds of nervous system issues, etc… I come from a family of perfect health too. I hope I can recover fully but damn, I would have to say disease is the biggest cause of feeling older for sure.
Found this on a tombstone:
<Oh what a time when you?re old and grey
And life is a struggle every day
Now is the time when you have to pay
For the sins you committed yesterday
All you can do is hope and pray
That the good Lord will come and take you away>
In a couple of months I hit the three score and ten, nothing you can do to stop old age.
Progress is possible. I hit a personal record of chin ups in sets of 7 and push ups in sets of 30 at age 50. I have found though it is more and more like traversing a mine field. My left knee will not permit me to run any more and my left shoulder acts up if I do dips or pull ups. Just work around the limitations. Check YouTube. Pull ups are possible by folks that are 89. Just do it.