Author Topic: Working out over 35 (Read 966 times)

LePaul · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2007, 06:32:16 PM »

Well saw the company Dr on my way out of work today. (We're self insured, so we have employee health on site). Dr said I yanked a tendon real good. Gave me a bottle of Flexirol, said to take 1/2 a pill. Wow, I slept like a rock today and my back is much improved.

As Maverick said, he said the same...kudos for going to the gym, but SLOWLY phase in the increases!

Halo · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2007, 09:37:39 PM »

Sheesh! Young whippersnappers. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Use it or lose it.

But don't overdo it or your body will make you pay sooner or later.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 22, 2007, 06:04:02 AM »

I gotta go take a nap.
This thread was too much of a workout.

SD67 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 22, 2007, 07:08:54 AM »

<= Recently turned 40.
Keeping up with a 23 yr old wife helps, I do overwork her a bit, she sill begs for mercy:rofl
Having recently had a scare about a stroke (non smoker and occasional but not heavy drinker) I can say, never take anything much for granted.
As some of you know from previous threads, we eat very well, I'm an excellent cook (an organic chem minor in my BA helped) and we eat very little fast food. My blood work from hospital attested to this. Unfortunately my taste for extreme sports (read drag and circuit racing insanely modified motorcycles:cool: ) has caught up with me:(

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #19 on:** December 22, 2007, 07:16:38 AM »

~working out is one thing but nothing hurts as much as going back to work digging holes after 6 months slobbing.

1 day working real labour after a long break and youre crippled the next 3 days without fail.

and i am young...

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #20 on:** December 22, 2007, 07:41:22 AM »

Heh I still remember the crappy summer job I took one summer. I had to go inside a huge 70 foot high pressure tank (through a manhole) to remove a few cubic meters of coagulated plastic (printing surfacing for newspapers).

So they slapped a couple of pneumatic drills to us (you know the heavy duty ones used to spike concrete and rock). The plastic was hot under our feet and below the cooler surface was a semi-coagulated bottom which was like fudge candy both in color and texture.

The whole day consisted of punching through the solid layer, then getting the drill bit stuck to the jelly layer, having to pull the drill off the stuff and it wouldn't budge unless you applied the pneumatic hammer while pulling up.

Even though I was 16 or so, the next day I was so sore in all my body I had to take a sick leave. I couldn't turn the accelerator of my motorcycle to go to work, that much it hurt my muscles.

SD67 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 22, 2007, 03:25:35 PM »

sounds like my first day fettling in the foundry before I moved to heat treatment.

DFATITAN · « **Reply #22 on:** December 23, 2007, 08:11:58 AM »

Turned 45 this last April. I still compete in money volleyball tournaments in the summer and the USA indoor season in the winter with all the 20 and 30 somethings. I'm good during the tournaments and still keep up but the next day ---- YIKES! I can hardly get up and down the stairs and I have to move at a snails pace to get my chores done around the house. Ice and motrin are my best friend (and beer of course).

Suck up the workout, it only gets worse

>S<
TITAN

Thrawn · « **Reply #23 on:** December 23, 2007, 08:23:04 AM »

LePaul, take up some yoga. I took it twice a week for a couple of months and plan on doing taking it up again in Jan. I've learned enough postures to give whatever muscle groups I'm going to be training with weights a great stretch before and after. Not only that but it I overwork some muscles I noticed that it helps decrease my recovery time dramatically. And there's the whole increased flexibility and agility thing.

...plus, you know....lots of hawt chicks.

Reschke · « **Reply #24 on:** December 23, 2007, 12:04:37 PM »

Take some roids and HGH and everything rebounds!!!!

Seriously I know what you guys are talking about. I laid off the heavy weights for a long time and just recently began pushing the weight piles around again. I can't run due to having no cartilage in my knees any longer so its only free weight and the elliptical machine. Any way I pounded out 4 sets of 10 x 225lbs every other day on the bench press for two weeks and then 5 sets of 10 at 500 on the leg press and I thought I was gonna die each time I brought the weight down. Now though I think I have to adjust because it is no problem at all. Time to change to incline or decline bench. BTW I am 36.

ROC · « **Reply #25 on:** December 23, 2007, 01:16:07 PM »

LePaul, sorry it took so long to reply, but I read this friday after I got off the treadmill for an hour and a half.

Just now able to sit upright long enough to type.

<---- 45 years old

It get's harder, don't stop though, it's that much harder to start again