Forum: Over Age 35

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

Didn't know where else to post.. Anyways I have been currently lifting since September 2020, never got headaches before and in general its rare that I have a headache.. So a few nights ago I was doing bench presses and I got a headache on maybe the second set, weird spot where I usually don't get...

I have been doing a program designed by Stark for about a year now and the old body is starting to send some signals. The program was designed around heavy compounds and progression. I loved it, my strength and size increased, but I am starting to get some nagging in my shoulder and back. I am...

Hello everyone, As the subject reads I just turned 39. I work out four days a week, M-Th. basically I fast all day long and hit the gym at the peak of my fasting after having not consumed a single for the last 20h. After my work out I have a protein power with good quality frozen fruits(kiwi,...

So I'll try to keep this brief. I'm 40 y/o, 5'10" 185 lbs and roughly 20.5 percent bf. I started boxing about ten years ago and fought competitively for five years. Once I hit 35 y/o and stopped competing I still did some boxing training and started training others for a couple years after...

Hello all, I’m about 183 cm tall and 86 kg. I would consider myself skinny fat. I’ve been skinny all my childhood and teen years. Narrow shoulders and chicken legs. In my 20s and 30s started gain weight and no muscles. Due to poor diet eating out and drinking beer. Now I turned 40 and last...

hey guys. I am 41 years old, 6'4" and 210-215lbs. I am completely new to weight lifting / body building. I spent the last decade drinking and eating my way around the world working out here and then. My weight went up and down over the years from lows of 180lbs to highs of 250lbs - I have...

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....

I’ve been attempting to use the npnewsonline schedule page for Masters competition that would be good for first time female competitor in the Figure class but searching that schedule is incredibly inefficient and tedious. Along them didn’t yield any better results. I found the below ones that...

Last set for 185lbs x 6. The barbell bench press gets a back rap today in the fitness world, in fact most workout advice in today's world is horrible. You need to really shift through the sands to find some sound advice. Or to make it easier just only read about old school bodybuilding. I’m...

Hello all - what are your thoughts on periodization? Periodization defined here is planned periods (mesocycles) to vary variables; for example 3 weeks low volume, 3 weeks medium volume, 3 weeks maximum recoverable volume, 1 week deload (to desensitize muscles), and start over. Note volume is just...

Hi all, been a while since I've posted. I'm 37 yo. Been lifting , well trying to lift seriously for 2 years. I did the F5 novice then have been doing the intermediate routine for a while. In a nut shell. I have low testosterone ( got it checked) and am a very hard gainer. I might have put...

I'm looking for bodybuilders/competitors feedback following a pregnancy. I'm a competitor and just went through my first pregnancy. I have trained until about 5 months pregnant due to lockdown, gym being closed etc.. What was your strength situation following your pregnancy? I have started...

You know, the FFMI and Maximum Genetic potential ones. https://fastfoodmacros.com/maximum-muscular-potential-calculator.asp Have you guys ever plugged in your numbers in to these? Have you come close to the numbers it generates? Think it's legit? I know Casey Butt puts a disclaimer that...

I've been lifting for about 25 years now. I did a couple of natural bodybuilding competitions several years ago and got my pro card. My wife and I decided to start a family at the ripe old age of 40 :) I'm now a stay-at-home dad, which is a tremendous blessing and challenge. My wife and I each...

45 years old, 6', 225LBs, wanna get under 200. About 5 years ago my doc said...your knee jiggles around a little, get a brace for jogging. Well...no idea where it is and I'm going to start walking again. No jogging...yet...I'm in awful shape and just want to start walking, on my Sole...

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...

Hi all, So i been into working out for years on and off. This year with covid its been rough ( not blaming that). I kinda feel like i let myself down. Gaines 15lbs, starting drinking and just ate what ever i wanted. I was NEVER like this. Tomorrow starts a new path for me. I am 6'1 230 i want to...

I have lifted for a year or three here and there since I was about 20, and I am 40 now. Since I have gotten very big in the past and I lifted a lot in my 20s, I am big all the time and it is quite easy for me to increase size whenever I start lifting again. I started lifting again in the fall and...

I mean, he advocated later in his life to do a single workout to failure every like 5-10 days, but I tried it a little myself some years and I never grew anything, almost nothing in strength ether, but now later I feel I could probably do a single workout and then rest some days before doing the...

Let me get to the point! I hurt, all over, all the time... well I think there might be one toe that does not hurt. I get up in the morn and can hardly move (this is without working out) and it does not go away. I heard someone once say it feels like the beginning stages of rigamortis. And it lasts...