Does it get harder to lift in ur 30s

[conics]

Honestly just want to maintain my physique i had at 19

Is 30s hard in building muscle/etc as long as u lift

Or u need to tech?

Ppl like chest brah and vipergq are all on roids

[conics]

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[PaulJerome]

I'll say no, since I'm 54 (50's in Avatar).

As you get older you have to be more and more careful about your diet. And avoid the exercises that you've been injured on in the past.

[guest89]

How old are you now? You need far less volume and effort to maintain muscle as opposed to what it required to build it. In theory as you age you spend less time under iron and more time doing cardio/conditioning/stretching to maintain your health/physique.


Also when you get a bit older you quit worrying about the nonsense. IE if you follow the fitness influencers they are talking about the ideal training frequency (typically 2x per week) how many 'reps in reserve' you should do to prevent over-training. And all this other BS about the 'optimal' way to train. I think most people over-complicate things. And people are trying to sell content/get followers so they pretend like all this stuff makes a big difference (it doesn't). When you get older you realize its all BS.


I lift 4 days per week, bro split style workouts. 60-115m training sessions. Train 2 muscles per session.
-14-15 hard sets on a primary muscle group. 8-20 rep ranges. Train to failure or close to it on most lifts. Next week I try to increase by a rep or go up in weight.
-8-12 hard sets on the secondary muscle group. Same rep ranges. Also going to near failure or sometimes to failure. Also try to increase by reps or weight.
-Each muscle group gets hit every 6-8 days.



The rest of my time I might do LISS cardio. Stretching. Get massages. Red light therapy. Etc. But as for as actual lifting. Just 4-5 hours per week total. My physique is better at 36 then when I was younger.


I genuinely enjoy lifting now so its not 'harder' to hit the gym. Other factors do change as you age though. IE life-style changes. Possible metabolism changes due to sleep, stress, etc.

[Fewski]

Yea.. just like it's harder the older you get when it comes to technology. This is a finance/business section... perhaps you would get better help in the fitness sections of this forum? lol

[DorothyRuiz]

Yea.. just like it's harder the older you get when it comes to technology. This is a finance/business section... perhaps you would get better help in the fitness sections of this forum? lol

A pretty funny joke. Maybe we should just exercise.

[xxAchillesxx]

The biggest thing for me I've noticed is my joints can't take the heavy loads much anymore. So I've started moving to more circuit style training with a little bit lighter weight. I'm not necessarily as strong as I used to be, but my muscle endurance is for sure much better and I'm still about the same size.

[coachcalande]

I’m almost 57.

I’m fatter than I was in my 20s, 30s even though my diet is a million times better and I never eat fast food or cookies, cakes or drink beer. I’m also hella stronger now than I was back then though and I’m more disciplined in my approach. Back then I could shred just by playing basketball for a few hours I swear.

[taperedtam]

yeah, it gets harder. generally, your body will be producing less testosterone. it will take longer to recover from injuries as well.

[stayhomeneet]

Yeah honestly at 30 I was so much weaker than in my 20s

[skinnyfat88]

I need to be more mindful of warming up and resting my injuries more than before.
Proper form becomes even more important as well.

[LargePeter]

Honestly just want to maintain my physique i had at 19

Is 30s hard in building muscle/etc as long as u lift

Or u need to tech?

Ppl like chest brah and vipergq are all on roids

No

Tech helps

But no

[Crazy_Desi]

The biggest thing for me I've noticed is my joints can't take the heavy loads much anymore. So I've started moving to more circuit style training with a little bit lighter weight. I'm not necessarily as strong as I used to be, but my muscle endurance is for sure much better and I'm still about the same size.

if you were lifting correctly your joints would have never been taking much stress to begin with.

locking out for each rep was always a bad thing. I've never had joint problems because I always did partial reps with 90% ROM.

[lordpatrick]

I'm 33 lifting atm.

I see no difference, yet.

[_zman]

I started seeing problems with joints in my 30s making it much harder. I'm certainly not as strong as I used to be. I lift for volume, about 50% less than I used to and light loads now and I'm happy with where I'm at personally.

[TurboBurger]

All the little injuries you have had over the years add up and you end up so you have to be more selective with exercises that suit your body.. eg I do rack pulls instead and deadlifts and belt squats instead of barbell squats.

Honestly, the hardest thing is maintaining the motivation and dedicated time as family, career and looking after my home take greater priority. Life is much busier compared to being a uni student living with my parents when I only had the gym to worry about.

I know if I dedicated myself like back then I could be in just as good shape if not better since my training knowledge has increased with experience.