Forum: Over Age 35

So just over a year ago I started lifting. Had never touched a barbell in my life. Things went good. I was doing 5x5 stronglifts. Last August in hit the 1000lb club. Then a couple months ago I got a concussion so took a couple weeks off. Then I fell on the ice and hit my head again. Ha. So had to...

About 8 years ago I started losing weight. Over a 2 year period I lost 108lbs (starting weight 335) I was misc'ing all day. Then I had two kids, hated my job , stopped reading the misc, etc.. and got off track I put 55lbs back on over the last 4 years.

No date but rumour is gyms in UK reopen July if all is well. The uk's trade association for gyms ukactive has guidance which is fairly vague https://www.ukactive.com/covid-19 but does have specific things such as workout towels banned, 3m squared per person and obvious things about cleaning....

20s had a lot of learning lessons. Any advice for someone who just turned 30?

I was cleaning up my basement/gym area this weekend and after the junk laying around my dip station was cleared, I figured what the heck, let's see what this feels like. I have been unable to do dips for probably 10 years or so due to wonky shoulders, but to my surprise, there was essentially zero...

title says it all - it's my new morning beverage. 30g of protein, 180 calories and the taste grows on ya'!

I use the playbook app to do my spin sessions. Gabriella guarvara is my go to person. However there were Gremlins in the mix! First I got booted out of my app, then my phone didn't recognize that I was casting so it kept shutting down. It also kept going into landscape mode causing my ride to...

Anyone else deal with patellar tendon pain? Jumper's Knee, I hear it's called. It showed itself several weeks ago. It gets really bad after leg day and a few days after. I took a break for two weeks. I spent one week on a cruise where I just did some light work with the machines on the cruise ship....

Hey, Been lifting for around 5 years and like everyone else did the bulks/cuts and sometimes went on longer bulks for bigger gains. I've just been diagnosed recently with type 2 diabetes... i believe this level has crept up during lockdown where i hadn't been training and continued to eat a...

After a few weeks of doing kinda stupid waste-of-time exercises because I didn't know any better I tried my first modified Fierce 5 routine yesterday. I substituted pull-ups for the face-pulls because I don't have any kind of cable machine (only completed 4 before I was too weak to get in another...

Hello, my name is Tomaz, I am about to be 41 years old (well hopefully anyway) and last June I was diagnosed with rectal cancer, stage IIIB with 4 positive lymph node. Cancer was 4x6 cm, so huge beast.... I had 6 three week cycles of Oxaliplatin IV / Capecitabine tablets treatments which...

Did he get offended that he didn't have a chest to begin with to be complaining about something that wasn't there?

I just got back to lifting in Dec. And set a goal of CT 's bench record for my age 67 and weight 222 bracket. I currently use 65-90 dumbbells 12 reps each as a warm up. Then switch to barbell to get to a goal of 260 x 6 which will get me to 312 max as a starting point on my way to 356. My...

I was recently told by my eye doctor to cut back on weight training. This will be at least a 5 week layoff but could potentially be several months or more. I currently run F5 U/L. My question is has anyone had success with higher reps and lower weights and if so what would the workout look like?...

I'm never touching dead lifts again. I got to where I wanted to be. Between the deadlifts and my awkward sleeping positions my lower back finally had enough. I push to hard and get sloppy form eventually Once I heal and get better I'll start off slow and light. I'm going to be intimidated of...

Spaced-out Micro-Workouts: How do their physiological effects (blood glucose, muscle tissue, neurotransmitters) differ from a regular workout? For cognitive function, muscle growth, cardiovascular health, and general health. I'm curious to know how different the physiological response of the...

Hey all - What are your thoughts regarding going to failure? (failure defined as not being able to do another rep with proper form). Of course there's lots opinions on the web (Dr. Mike Israetel says no need to because it will negatively impact your next workout so leaving 2 reps in the tank is...

I'm a 41 year-old dude and I guess I'd fit the definition of skinny-fat. I played soccer and basketball in high school and was relatively toned into my early 20s, but never actually built... just leaner and you could see my small muscles when I had so little body fat. I'm here seeking advice...

Hey there I am 5'11 400 pounds 38 years old. I am looking at getting back into exercising. Losing weight is obviously the main goal. Any suggestions on supplements or exercise programs to maintain muscle and burn fat? I been looking at the supplements on here and not sure if I need any or what...

until today I have never truly deloaded. The closest I came was taking a few days off from time to time when my shoulder hurts. My normal routine is Push/Legs/Pull/Off Repeat. I woke up today and just felt "off" (note - I have been in a 500 calorie deficit for 4 weeks but have managed to keep my...