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I don't know if that says more good about the older men or less good about the younger men.
I was there to watch the very first Iron Man competition in Honolulu back in 1978.
The Hawaii Iron Man is the ultimate for athletes and spectators alike. This one today is our first in Juneau, Alaska. 50 of the top competitors will qualify for the Kona Iron Man later this year.
The Hawaii Iron Man is the ultimate for athletes and spectators alike. This one today is our first in Juneau, Alaska. 50 of the top competitors will qualify for the Kona Iron Man later this year.
I think there were like 12 people in the first one.
It comes down how much you're willing to push yourself. Over the course of the pandemic I developed a bad habit of drinking 3-5 tallboys (24oz cans) daily. I mean cheap beer. Natty Daddys , OE 800, etc. Once I hit about 250 (6'8 lean & lanky frame) and got called out for carrying a few extra pounds. I kicked it into high gear. I purchased a treadmill and started using it at least 3 days a week (32 mins 4.3 mph-10% incline). Since I work from home M-W-F I curl with a 75lb straight bar (10 sets /180-200 reps) on my lunch break. The real kicker is that I started rucking again. Usually 4-5miles 3-4 days a week with the military standard of 15min/mile. Nothing too heavy (35lbs). Over the last week I've shaved about 4-5 mins off my total. Today was 5 miles/64:10. In the last month I've dropped 15lbs. Confidence has definitely increased. I'll turn 47 in December.
LOL! Yeah that pandemic hit hard. I'm mid-late 30s, and had a similar situation. I've always been VERY fit -- star athlete growing up, and carried that fitness level well into my adult years... until... I went from working in an office building that had a full-equipped gym in the basement, where I could get full daily workouts in, and do a few laps around the 1-mile trail that circled the lake the building sat on, all in a day's work (split between before work, lunch, and after.)
Then I started working from home, and got lazier, and lazier, and started drinking cheap crap daily. It was Bacardi Gold Rum for me lol. 1 Pint. Daily. That's over 1,000 calories of cheap alcohol.
While I only gained 10 pounds or so, my body structure changed drastically, from quite lean and muscular, to... Well, dad bod.
I've cut the habit and started working out again. Cardio in the morning, usually a short run. Weights throughout the day (I work from home) as well as pull-ups. And either a bike ride in the evening, or some laps in the pool. Didn't take long to start looking and feeling better again.
10 years ago, I know I could have gotten away with being lazy and drinking garbage for a few months with little to no effect as opposed to now. I'm assuming in 10 years, I'll be looking back at my current self and thinking the same. And so on and so on.
So I think one needs to be consistent, and maintain their level of fitness, and avoid slip-ups.
Exercise and it's therapeutic dose of differs for all. At 58 I go for 1 hour of cross training , no more no less. After, dry sauna therapy, then sunshine.
I do 3-4 hours a week, my minimums
10 min row- 15 bodydips then 25situps, then repeat until 1 hr is done
bicycle and ski machine are rotated in for variety, I also have a Pilates Reformer, which I love.
It comes down how much you're willing to push yourself. Over the course of the pandemic I developed a bad habit of drinking 3-5 tallboys (24oz cans) daily. I mean cheap beer. Natty Daddys , OE 800, etc. Once I hit about 250 (6'8 lean & lanky frame) and got called out for carrying a few extra pounds. I kicked it into high gear. I purchased a treadmill and started using it at least 3 days a week (32 mins 4.3 mph-10% incline). Since I work from home M-W-F I curl with a 75lb straight bar (10 sets /180-200 reps) on my lunch break. The real kicker is that I started rucking again. Usually 4-5miles 3-4 days a week with the military standard of 15min/mile. Nothing too heavy (35lbs). Over the last week I've shaved about 4-5 mins off my total. Today was 5 miles/64:10. In the last month I've dropped 15lbs. Confidence has definitely increased. I'll turn 47 in December.
Maybe you should get an outside opinion on your 180-200 reps, just saying.
Maybe you should get an outside opinion on your 180-200 reps, just saying.
LoL. He likes the reps or he wouldn't be doing it. Let him do his reps.
I do a few crazy things "just because". But I don't publicize. The few times I have, I never hear the end of it so I just keep my mouth shut and don't say anything. I got slapped to death here about a 100 rep leg workout a few years ago and learned not only to keep the mouth sealed but don't work the fingies on the keyboard either.
Let him do his reps. Good, bad, or in between. He likes them and this is the free USA.
LoL. He likes the reps or he wouldn't be doing it. Let him do his reps.
I do a few crazy things "just because". But I don't publicize. The few times I have, I never hear the end of it so I just keep my mouth shut and don't say anything. I got slapped to death here about a 100 rep leg workout a few years ago and learned not only to keep the mouth sealed but don't work the fingies on the keyboard either.
Let him do his reps. Good, bad, or in between. He likes them and this is the free USA.
I only suggested an outside opinion. I didn't even say anything was wrong with it.
When my gym shut down, I could only do pushups and pullups. (I have a pullup bar in my garage.) I got to where I was doing sets of 55 pushups. I was shooting for 4 sets when I started getting elbow pain. I don't get elbow pain in the gym because I add weight once I hit around 8-10 reps.
I won't even go into detail about the squat workout I once devised that started with 32 reps in the first set and worked down to one rep, adding 20 lbs. on each set. I don't know what I was thinking.
I won't even go into detail about the squat workout I once devised that started with 32 reps in the first set and worked down to one rep, adding 20 lbs. on each set. I don't know what I was thinking.
If you worked where I work. We would head on down to the gym and try this one out. I am always game for something off the wall.
But more generally curious to hear from those that are 50+ and exercise regularly but also enjoy it and find that it adds to their life. How you're able to keep fitness and exercise into your routine in a sustainable way and if you have made any changes along the way?
I'm going to really read-through all of these posts from trained professionals to get an idea of what I need to do (sorry, joke). But really, I am going to re-read through all of these.
I'm in my mid-40s. Growing up, I did a sport literally every season. In middle school, I was on the ski team, tennis team, and baseball team. I was fantastic at at least two of them (top ski team, and in the top 5 for tennis). In high school, I ran track every single year... running at least 8-9 miles every single day... and I often still ran 1 mile to where I started running.
Since I left high school... I've not really participated in any sports, unless you call adult kickball with alcohol a sport.
Last weekend, I spent about 6 days in my attic installing a pull-down ladder so I could replace the stupid "hatch" that's there now... and relocate it from the master bedroom closet, to a conspicuous place in one of the upstairs hallways.
Essentially, I likened it to "hot yoga construction." It's Florida... so it was easily 120 degrees in the attic. I essentially spent my entire time balancing on two 2x4 rafters / studs, while doing construction, lifting, squatting, and numerous times climbing up and down a ladder.
The pain I feel today (two days later)... is something really to behold, and I question if I'd ever felt this way when I was younger.
I bought a home in my early 20s, and I installed a pull-down ladder in my garage. I remember it being difficult only because I had less arm strength than I do now. I'm like 30-40% more muscle mass today than I was when I was younger... not really sure why. But I absolutely do not remember being in this much pain.
It's frustrating because I was asking myself... what happens when I'm 50? Is it going to be that much worse? What about 60?
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