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    Do any of you youngsters think about this...

    I sometimes think about what my training will look like when I get what most consider "old". Will I still be trying to lift mountains of weight? Will my training resemble something more circuit style... dare I say something more like cross fit? I doubt it, lol. No, but seriously conditioning takes on a more serious role. Perhaps, I'll go back to bodybuilding because my body won't be able to take on the heavy workloads anymore.

    Anyways... does anyone else think about this or do you only worry about what's happening right now and in the near future?
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    I can't see myself getting old yet In my mind ill be 28 forever
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      Well for me I have found that lifting heavy all the time takes a toll on me for recovery.

      I am close to 50 and still consider myself a heavy lifter but one real heavy workout sometimes causes me to do a couple lighter workouts later in the week or it seems I dig myself into a over training mode that my body can't handle.

      Hope that makes sense.

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      • #4
        Well I will say I don't feel like I'm 20 anymore

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          Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

          Originally posted by clockticking View Post
          Well for me I have found that lifting heavy all the time takes a toll on me for recovery.

          I am close to 50 and still consider myself a heavy lifter but one real heavy workout sometimes causes me to do a couple lighter workouts later in the week or it seems I dig myself into a over training mode that my body can't handle.

          Hope that makes sense.
          That does make sense. As we get older we don't recover as quickly anymore from workouts or from injuries so that has to be taken into consideration.
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            Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

            Originally posted by babablacksheep View Post
            Well I will say I don't feel like I'm 20 anymore
            Awwww, to be 20 again. You could hurt yourself and be back in the gym the next day. It seemed like I was invincible. I'm paying for it now though. All those cumulative injuries take their toll later on. They seem to catch up and say... remember me. lol

            I'm just wondering if the members on here who are in their 20's think about that. Do they think about how things will change in their 40's or their 50's? Do they think about their health when they drug? Or are they only worried about now and today?

            I think this will make for some interesting conversations....
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            • #7
              Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

              yep heavy workouts do take longer to recover from and yep old injuries are cumulative. But oh thank heavens for GH! Makes a world of difference.
              "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian."
              Henry Ford

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                Im 53 and have been working out since I was about 20. I have always been careful and read a lot. Currently I still try and lift all that I can. Recovery is one of the biggest things I have to deal with for sure. I have developed a plan I follow that helps me keep at it. I keep track of how long a work out is. Currently they run between one hour and one hour and a half, my goal is one hour and fifteen minutes. The one hour and fifteen minutes is the sweet spot for me, I can work out longer but I start going catabolic. (Catabolic = I lift heavy and get almost no results, Im even tired for a few days afterwards = over training) Ofcourse being sore from a work out lasts longer. My wife says Im a S and M kinda guy but thats just me, I love the pain. It lets me know Im alive!

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                • #9
                  I agree with V13, my brain still tells me I'm 28, an hour on the iron reminds me I'm 50.
                  SS hit on something that not many think of when you are young and that is all the other things we do then, drugs, maybe recs and the overall way we take our resilience for granted. I for one did, party all the time yet still lift everything as heavy as I could, for hours. When I turned forty and had a series of joint surgeries over the past 10 years that all changed. Powerlifting went out the window and I embraced BB instead. All I care about now is aesthetics not strength. I wish I had figured this out sooner.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

                    Originally posted by SisterSteel View Post
                    I sometimes think about what my training will look like when I get what most consider "old". Will I still be trying to lift mountains of weight? Will my training resemble something more circuit style... dare I say something more like cross fit? I doubt it, lol. No, but seriously conditioning takes on a more serious role. Perhaps, I'll go back to bodybuilding because my body won't be able to take on the heavy workloads anymore.

                    Anyways... does anyone else think about this or do you only worry about what's happening right now and in the near future?
                    Live in the now and continue to do your best to progress, defy age, and just enjoy what we are doing!

                    I do need to work on my conditioning more for sure!
                    Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3)

                    We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! (Philippians 4:13)

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                    • #11
                      Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

                      Shit I'm 75 in my mind and every couple months I feel a year older. WTF?

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                      • #12
                        Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

                        I'm 36 now as a teenager I dealt with things by hurting my self and others. There are not many bones I haven't broken at least once. Some days my wrists, hands and what not hurt so bad its hard to push and get my work out done. It's going to suck to get old. I wish I could go back and change what I did in my past but even as fucked up as it was it has made me what I am today.

                        At least I have a 24 year old wife to take care of me.

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                        • #13
                          I hope all this partying and heavy lifting doesn't catch up w me
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                          • #14
                            I turned 31 this past December and literally a month after woke up and felt aches and pains like never before.

                            After 10yrs on the army being both airborne and air assault, couple of deployments and extensive training in the field I am having to ease up on the fast and furious approach to life for sure.

                            I have also learned from many of our veterans here and abroad on better ways to train to avoid lifelong injuries.

                            Soon I will tamper around with hgh for an extensive period to see how the effects play out. Just gotta find the right place to pull the trigger.
                            When I die I want to be called a friend or family member by everyone I came into contact with!!!

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                              Re: Do any of you youngsters think about this...

                              ^^^Discuss with the Dawg bro. He is an encyclopedia on it.^^^
                              "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian."
                              Henry Ford

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