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| matthewvc |  | ... | 25-10-2018 @ 08:53 |
 ‘downsizing’ Member 5704, 3235 posts SQ 280, BP 210, DL 320810.0 kgs @ 96.3kgs UnEq | dazzachap said: Spoken like a gentleman. Of course we keep going but it does get more difficult. It amuses me when people in their twenties tell me that "age is just a number" and saddens me when I realize that I'll be dead when they find out just how wrong they were.  Very true. I recently had a 19 yr old university power lifter tell me my squats would improve if I upped it to 3 times a week, I could only sigh if only, smile and thank her for her advice. I wondered if I would still be around by the time she got to my age of 51 She’s right... if you can recover from or at least overreach and back off periodically. Problem is recovery at 51 is a world away from 19 both from age and lifestyle pressure. Few 19 year olds are in a stressful career, married with kids and can devote all their mental energy and recovery be it natty or not to training. | ||
| dazzachap |  | ... | 26-10-2018 @ 17:03 |
the ferryman will always need his coin. Member 1085, 408 posts SQ 220, BP 175, DL 285680.0 kgs @ 94kgs UnEq | Fatpete said: Exactly. I have four decades of experiencing the effects of ageing on lifting. It's very kind of a 19 year old to tell me I'm wrong. Ah well such is life - "The older I get the more I recall, how little I knew when I knew it all" So true, so very true Lol, I remember that quote from yourself from years ago, apologies but have used it a few times since. from first lifting weights as a pre teen with my dad, through my teens, 20's, 30's 40's and now 50's. Sport has and still is good to me, and im lucky that all things considered im in pretty good health. I also am well into my 4th decade of training and either through good luck, stubborness or stupidity have never in all that time taken a break . or been badly injured enough to have had a break forced upon me. This has also I believe, afforded me a pretty comprehensive Log, some written down over the years but mostly mentally filed away of my progress over the years, from what worked (everything in the early years) to what didn't. The dead ends and just about every training program known to man. to my maxes, the plateaus years when I had to constantly re adjust my training to allow for the changes in recovery times, and gradual decline, and it is only very gradual I may add, but def measurable year to year. So when the grumpy old bloke in the corner of the gym kindly thanks you for your advice and them rejects it out of hand, he may not be being disrespectful, he's just figured out what his body will let him get away with that wk. the wk after tho, may be a different story, and a wee sprinkling of youthful enthusiasm may be just what the old bones need but that's how it seems to roll, this age thing. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 26-10-2018 @ 20:04 |
 Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17903 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | dazzachap said: Lol, I remember that quote from yourself from years ago, apologies but have used it a few times since.. Don't apologize, I'm delighted that you could give it a good home. Excellent post too. I couldn't have said it better myself | ||