Forum: Over Age 35

After 7 years of daily back pain, I've finally had my two smashed discs (L4-L5 & L5-S1) replaced with the ActivL artificial disc. The surgery was one week ago today. I'm on pain drugs and looking forward to the future. I've signed up for NASM's CPT course. I decided on this surgery after talking...

We’ve all been told that or told someone else that before. I’m here to say that if you decide to use whatever works all the time and it’s the only thing you do, eventually it won’t work as it once did. See folks I discovered this gem, that works for me, time and time again this gem works, for...

I'm a 38 year old male and one year ago started with diet and exercise. Went from 180 lbs to 155lbs over 4 months. For exercise, I started with simple things like push ups and cheap dumbells. Eventually got a barbell and real weights. I was doing pretty standard 3x8 squats, bench press, rows, and...

In the last few months I have put myself to some serious bulking for the first time in my life. I have been super careful about gaining fat on top of lean mass, and although this made my bulking feel like watching paint dry, it worked. However, something else happened: my midsection thickened...