Getting old sucks...

[purbeast0]

Yeah when I do my heavier free weights, like squats, shoulder press, bench press, barbell curl... I always do A LOT of warmups before I get to my working set. Usually I do like 4-5 warmup sets until I'm at my working weight.

I turn 42 next month and I'm nearly tied with being the strongest I've ever been in my life, which was like late 20's or so probably. It feels good but I definitely do more warmups now than I used to and I hope that I can stay as injury free as possible. Today I squatted the most I've ever done in my life, which I had also done back in the day, and it felt pretty damn good.

 

[Mai72]

Yeah when I do my heavier free weights, like squats, shoulder press, bench press, barbell curl... I always do A LOT of warmups before I get to my working set. Usually I do like 4-5 warmup sets until I'm at my working weight.

I turn 42 next month and I'm nearly tied with being the strongest I've ever been in my life, which was like late 20's or so probably. It feels good but I definitely do more warmups now than I used to and I hope that I can stay as injury free as possible. Today I squatted the most I've ever done in my life, which I had also done back in the day, and it felt pretty damn good.

My friend who is a personal trainer tore his left pec because he was trying to lift heavy. At the time he was about your age. When you get older, stretching is a must. I always stretch now and do a bunch of warm ups before actually lifting weights. The worst thing you can do is lift heavy while cold. A 5-10 minute warmup on the treadmill is also a must. When I was 25 I could just go into the gym and start lifting heavy. Can't do that anymore.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Scientists Calculated How Much Exercise You Need to 'Offset' a Day of Sitting

We know that spending lots of time sitting down isn't good for us, but just how much exercise is needed to counteract the negative health effects of sitting down all day? Research suggests about 30-40 minutes per day of building up a sweat should do...

www.sciencealert.com

Sitting is expensive.

 

[purbeast0]

I got that covered then. I only workout 4 days a week but they are all between 60-90 mins and are very intense and I'm dripping sweat like 15 mins in.

 

[igor_kavinski]

60-90 mins

That's a lot! I walk daily about 45 minutes non-stop from work to home and may do some squats. The walking would be hard to do if I didn't have a good reason for it.

 

[purbeast0]

That's a lot! I walk daily about 45 minutes non-stop from work to home and may do some squats. The walking would be hard to do if I didn't have a good reason for it.

Yeah my shoulder is feeling like 95% now so I'm lifting heavy and am bulking up. I'm almost as strong as I was at the strongest of my life like around my late 20's or so. I actually squatted the most I've ever done in my life last week.