Age and Training
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| Martin1956 |  | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:00 |
 Old Age Presser Member 75, 7745 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | mikehowarth said: Have you been strength training hard for 30 or more years??? If so then that indeed is an achievement in itself and a reason we have masters lifting Very respectful Slightly more complicated than that Mike. Always wanted to grow muscle. Bought a Bullworker aged about 15 and remember thinking I'd have to change my wardrobe within a month - the power of advertising even then! At uni I did karate and went to the gym to help my karate. In those days there was no gym culture, you were a freak if you went to the gym, unless you came up with an excuse for going. In 1980 I had my accident, didn't train again till 1984, trained 84 - 97, stopped training when I got my own gym (busman's holiday syndrome I guess). When I stopped training I'd just hit a 140 bench for the first time after 13 years solid training. Started back 2002, discovered Masters Bench Press via disabled lifting, and I've been competing since 2004. So since 1974 really (not counting the Bullworker years), with two five year breaks for very different reasons along the way. Can't see myself stopping, it's part of what I do and who I am, think it would leave too big a gap in my life if I couldn't do it any more. That said, I sometimes have to drag myself into the gym, but drag myself in I do! | ||
| Steve | | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:05 |
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts | mikehowarth said: Excellent training aim at any age!!! Times have changed - at my fist west mids divisionals (29 yrs ago) there were three 75kg lifters snatching over 120kg | ||
| Steve | | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:06 |
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts | Bullworker - I remember spending countless hours to be completely disappointed by the results too. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:23 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7745 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Steve said:Bullworker - I remember spending countless hours to be completely disappointed by the results too. Yup - it worked for Muhammed Ali though  | ||
| mikehowarth | | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:26 |
 Not so much as forgotten as can't remember Member 894, 4924 posts SQ 245, BP 167.5, DL 272.5685.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | Steve said: Times have changed - at my fist west mids divisionals (29 yrs ago) there were three 75kg lifters snatching over 120kg And they still are Your aims are still great | ||
| Frio3535 | | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:27 |
 Member 346, 163 posts SQ 0, BP 0, DL 335335.0 kgs @ 84kgs Eq | I'd like to think that when im 40 i'll still be lifting and would switch to Masters Athletics. | ||
| Wiegieboard | | ... | 10-10-2011 @ 22:32 |
 as crimson as my last victims underclothing..... Member 899, 11332 posts SQ 180, BP 132.5, DL 190502.5 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 10.10.2011 @ 22:32 PM by Wiegieboard Martin1956 said:Ok. Arising out of a recent conversation, I'm 55 and still training hard. How many of you young guys see yourselves still training hard into your 50s? And on a side note, am I the oldest regular poster on here now that Silver Oldie has vanished and Barrie sadly passed away? I know I'm a month or so older than FatPete, and little_a looks older than me but he's not... I'm a February 1956 vintage btw. I absolutely intend on training until the run up to my death. This is why I'm not greedy in the weights room. Lifetime health for me. | ||
| little_a | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 08:59 |
 still a devious weightlifting bastard Member 43, 14374 posts | Steve said:Next goal 100kg snatch at 77kg bwt (not much, but something to aim at). Heavy weight Steve. Good luck with that. We need a vid too. Fair bit of weight loss there from your days as a lifting lump. | ||
| little_a | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 09:03 |
still a devious weightlifting bastard Member 43, 14374 posts | Martin1956 said: Avatar 2 years old and taken in photoshop mate You do have to be careful about pictures posted online You make a good point about coming back to it though Martin (& Steve). Sometimes life gets in the way, but it doesn't mean that that's the end of it. The weights will always be there. Comebacks are part of lifting. | ||
| Steve | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 09:07 |
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts | little_a said: Heavy weight Steve. Good luck with that. We need a vid too. Fair bit of weight loss there from your days as a lifting lump. Every weight class from 75kg up to SH and back down - I feel much healthier at a lighter bwt and it's much easier to keep up with our 5 year old. | ||
| little_a | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 09:26 |
still a devious weightlifting bastard Member 43, 14374 posts | Always interesting when people chase strength through weight gain as far as possible and realise it's not for them when they get there. It's like we come of age. lol We're a funny bunch.  | ||
| Joni | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 10:39 |
 left the country satisfied Member 10, 19241 posts SQ 240, BP 150, DL 270660.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq | i think guys like martin, steve and other older lifters of the game (will include mark felix to this!) are an inspiration to me, and I hope to follow their suit in the not too distant future when i am knocking similar age. pagan and ben f too, they are pretty old. | ||
| Cuddles | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 11:07 |
 Eat.Cycle.Sleep.Win Member 2, 12511 posts SQ 190, BP 150, DL 280620.0 kgs @ 99kgs UnEq Administrator | Dont forget Boar. He was in his twenties when Corrie was launched. | ||
| IrishMarc | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 11:28 |
no really Irish Member 1196, 5908 posts SQ 312, BP 230, DL 320862.0 kgs @ 114kgs UnEq | AdamC said:I'll keep training hard untill the day i die Strong this. | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 11-10-2011 @ 22:59 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22063 posts | I can't see myself quitting, but I think it'll become more and more leisurely as time goes on. | ||