Forum: Over Age 35

I'm a 36 yo Caucasian male and was just recently turned down for TRT therapy. As a bit of background, I got a late start into weightlifting, and started making extremely fast nooby gains in my upper 20s and early 30s. I got pretty stupid strong on many exercises in a short amount of time while...

Am I too old, or does everyone do 8 sets of 8~12rm. I joined a small cheap weight lifting gym yesterday. There are not a lot of machines, but I have everything I need including pull up bar, shoulder press machine, leg press machine, pull down row machine, chest fly machine. I don't need anything...

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I'm 47. I lifted extensively before lockdowns and I've not been able to get the groove back and I'm stuck in 'dad bod' territory I really wanna grow, but should I just accept my age? If you think I shouldn't, would any guys with experience of bodybuilding at my age please make themselves known...

I have been dealing with elevated blood pressure for a while now, but last week I went to donate blood and the nurse took my BP and it registered at 180/110, so I am going to go seem my GP tomorrow and most likely get put on medication before something explodes. Anyone on BP meds? At first I was...

The following conversation happened on 8/9/2022: Me: Excuse me, I believe you forgot to rack the 45's on either side of the hack squat you were using. Him: I don't rack weights that were left on the machine. Me: Did you use those weights? Him: Yes. Even though the world is in a state of...

Pretty much as it says in the title. I am genuinely interested in why and / or how you do it as it's not the fun that it used to be for me. The blah, blah, moan, bitch, woe-is-me text is below should you care. I used to love working out (primarily weight training and swimming) and peaked in my...

Anyone here have experience with using Viagra or generics as a pre workout? I’ve found the pump to be better than any pre workout I’ve used over the years, while also being stimulant free and allowing for better sleep. However, as the old saying goes, if it seems too good to be true…. I...

Thoughts on a 3 day, possibly a fourth day work out like this: first workout - chest / back superset second workout - shoulders / core s third workout - legs / arms four minutes in between sets so that should allow for enough time to superset. used to do 5 day splits, prefer those but my...

I'm 47 (for the next few months) and have been lifting since I was 18 with a few short breaks in my 20's. I do a split routine 3x a week with one full body day to hit everything up again. These are my current pics!

That's it in a nutshell. I'm 65M and have done Insanity and P90 to completion in the past, however this is now and I'm getting old. I work four 12 hour days a week as an RN and am too beat when I get home after for any kind of workout (the drive to and from work is brutal). I exercise on my days...

The Upper/Lower Split Upper 1/Lower 1/Off/Upper 2/Lower 2/Off/Off and repeat... Upper Day 1 Bench Press - 4 sets - 32 reps Barbell Row - 4 sets - 32 reps Military Press - 3 sets - 25 reps Wide-grip Pulldowns or Pullups - 3 sets - 30 reps Incline DB Press - 3 sets - 30 reps

It's been a hot minute! I went from fat to fit in mid 2000's , from fit to ladies man in the 2010s, from ladies man to family man in the 2020s, and now I'm rockin New Balance sneakers with a bangin' dad bod. -So here's my question: Wife and I have full time careers. Kids go to...

The only part of my physique I'm unhappy with is my biceps so I think I want to swap out my shoulders/tri day for just arms but at the same time I don't want to do arms the day before back/bi because I don't think I'll be fully recovered and it'll impact my back exercises. Current routine listed...

Hello I am very out of shape. Never really worked out before. I walk a lot. Drink a lot of beer every day. Time to stop. I was gifted 2 kettlebells recently. 16kg and 8kg. Can you please recommend some essential exercises that I can do every day with these? I have googled and read about...

As I get older, I find myself being more sensitive to DOMS. For example, these days I can do only two sets of an exercise and I'm sore the next day. Is there something wrong with me, or am I just getting old? :p

I am 39 years old. i am 6'4" and i weigh about 210. I have been in sports and active most of my life but never really the weight room. I decided to start lifting to try to get back in shape after being laid off of work and being completely lazy for a few months. Now i am totally hooked and plan on...

So the gym I joined doesn't allow chalk, which is a bit rubbish. However, it's cheap, convenient, and I only really use chalk for heavy (for me) deadlifts. Although I could do those at my rugby club gym, I don't fancy running back and forth, so was looking at liquid chalk. Has anyone used it...

TLDNR: Even in my teens 60 pushups a day was more than my body could recover from without months of recovery. This has persisted all my life, what am I missing? I am 42m this has been happening since I was at least 15, quite possibly earlier. When I workout I start unsteady, I get used to the...

I been having horrible shoulder pain 43yr. I went to doctor gave me steroid shot. Help a lot with pain, did 8 week PT. Going need do a mri to find the cause. I don't want to stop lifting. But today I was doing incline bench and something in the deltoid popped. Hurt like hell felt a burning/numbing...