Workout tips for those 30+

sean miguel

sean miguel

In my late teens/early 20s I could throw weight up with abandon as long as I was wearing a belt lol. Yeah, now not so much. I do the wrong thing and I've actually ended up with a slipped disc, torn rotator cuff, etc.

Now it's slow, easy and strategic. You can still stimulate hypertrophy (muscle growth) by progressive overload (doing more than your last workout) but I fully realize I'm on the downward slope with diminishing returns. It'll go from growing to maintaining to slowing down the inevitable.

I'm going positive failure on each set in an 8 - 12 rep range then double-dosing on protein shakes right afterwards. Also upping my carb intake to 100g per day to have enough energy to lift regularly.
 
When he’s not seeking documents through FOIA, Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch bench presses the rotunda.
I think the guy is in his mid to late 50’s. I gotta get on his routine.

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If anything is the fountain of youth it's weight training.

I want to weight train and do no physical exertion otherwise - especially cardio. I figure our hearts have a set finite number of heartbeats - I want to preserve those. That, and I tend to be lazy.

And this thread is assuming no other eternal factors like HGH of course.

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46 years old and still pushing big weight at the gym. My waist size and body weight are the same as when I was 24 years old. I've gotten smarter about which movements my body can now take, trying to preserve my tendons from tendonitis. I now have to wrap my elbows for heavy pulling exercises. I eat a sensible diet and have an intake of 16-20 ounces of protein 5-6 times a day, anything more per serving just manufacturers more ****.
 
wifehubby31 said:
46 years old and still pushing big weight at the gym. My waist size and body weight are the same as when I was 24 years old. I've gotten smarter about which movements my body can now take, trying to preserve my tendons from tendonitis. I now have to wrap my elbows for heavy pulling exercises. I eat a sensible diet and have an intake of 16-20 ounces of protein 5-6 times a day, anything more per serving just manufacturers more ****.
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thank you for that. Yeah, I imagine the tendons are the first to go. getting old fucking sucks but it can be less suck than than it needs to be.

I'm going for time-under-tension and focusing on negative reps. Still get that pump and feeling like a f'n man. But not like I used to.

the recommendation is 1g of protein per lb of body weight. I'm 6'3 and 230lbs.
 
animus fox said:
thank you for that. Yeah, I imagine the tendons are the first to go. getting old fucking sucks but it can be less suck than than it needs to be.

I'm going for time-under-tension and focusing on negative reps. Still get that pump and feeling like a f'n man. But not like I used to.

the recommendation is 1g of protein per lb of body weight. I'm 6'3 and 230lbs.
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I'm 5'10" and 210lbs. Yes, 1g of protein per lb of body weight. However the body can only effectively process 16-20g per serving. The rest becomes waste.
 
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