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Forum ยป What is the point of lifting weights after age 40?
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Thread: What is the point of lifting weights after age 40?

post 1694402533 12-05-2023, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted By jall65000⏩
By working out do you mean smashing each other?

I suppose that would keep them in shape.
You finna get phuked up by a 90 yr old, boyo?
post 1694404313 12-05-2023, 10:46 AM
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Why not look good, feel good and be fit/athletic your entire life?



Its really not that hard if you maintain/never let yourself go. As you get older you don't have to nerd out as much about workout programs/routines. IMO it actually gets easier to be in-shape/a top percent physique for your age group as the standards fall.


Its literally as simple as don't go full retard on your diet. Lift weights 2-3 days per week. And do 2-3 days per week of cardio/mobility work. In a pinch you could probably cut it down to 1 day of lifting, 1 day of cardio and 1 day of mobility and still keep your physique/health better then 99% of people your age.
post 1694405053 12-05-2023, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
You say that as a joke but there really isn't a point in living after 65, SRS. The daveramseycels living like peasants eating rice and beans so that they can be a 401K millionaire when they're 65 are utter fools.
My parents are both over 65 and they're just getting back from two weeks in the Galapagos Islands today. I agree living like a peasant when you're young is no bueno, but life after 65 doesn't look too bad for them so far. My grandpa is 99, and I don't think I want to live until I'm in the condition he's in. Dying of old age doesn't look like much fun. He was living on his own until 96 though.
MFC
post 1694405113 12-05-2023, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted By Harry362⏩
Going to the gym costs me around $400 as I can only workout during the day or in morning and I could be doing an appointment. My body is old now at 40 and I am married so not trying to impress. Only reason is to be in peak physical shape in case of civil unrest which is coming
You're rotting bro.
post 1694405863 12-05-2023, 11:16 AM
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Imagine being 40 and you can't even lift the 20 year old Chad off your wife.
post 1694406393 12-05-2023, 11:26 AM
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yea,

what's the point of better metabolic health, better energy levels, looking good, and having a great stress relief activity?
post 1694406723 12-05-2023, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Do you want to look and feel 40 when you're 40?
for that matter do you want to look and feel 60 when you're 60 ...
post 1694406943 12-05-2023, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted By Casca⏩
Because you can. If you need more reason than that, I guess just lay down and rot.

Also, I don't actually lift weights much anymore, I do calisthenics....more on the gymnastics side. It involves a lot of scapula, tendon, ligament, joint strength. Stuff that will break you as you age. I strengthen that ****, they will not break. I move around better now than I did in my teens....cause I actually work on how I move myself now. Lotta mobility/flexibility stuff now, things I thought I can never do when I was younger, I do now at my age, 54.
What do some of your routines look like?
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post 1694406953 12-05-2023, 11:37 AM
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Just give up and get fat/nasty like your wife boyo
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post 1694407903 12-05-2023, 11:57 AM
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strong oldcel cope itt. op is right
IF YOU DONT SQUAT, YOU AINT SQUAT
post 1694407943 12-05-2023, 11:58 AM
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post 1694408793 12-05-2023, 12:15 PM
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post 1694408803 12-05-2023, 12:15 PM
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update: i did go to Crunch fitness to workout today did Push out of my PPL workout

Incline DB
Arnold Press
Hammer strength chest press
Pec Dec Fly
lateral raise
Some tricep

Left and got double pork burrito from new chipotle that just opened $13 who says that chipotle is $25 it was okay

Weights were heavy in my prime I was Incline DB repping 110s and I did 80lb today barely man
post 1694409033 12-05-2023, 12:23 PM
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You serious op? Lifting weights gets more and MORE important as you age. Lifting weights not only strengthens muscle and keeps your skin from sagging (looking old) but it also strengthens bone so when you do get old and fall you won't shatter a hip.
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