Fit at 41
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@Wairau said in Fit at 41.:
@pakman Did you stay fit from 50 to 60? Or did you lose fitness and have to recover? What level are you at now? Do you do more weights to retain muscle? Cheers
I in fact got stronger from 50 to about 55, but also got heavier. In last 5 years have made more of an effort on legs, aided by Hammer Strength Leg Press machine which I really like.
In last three years slimmed down from 91kgs to 87 (mainly flab, but some muscle), and about 10% weaker in upper body -- used to do chin ups with 26.5kg (117.5 total), but now at 22kg (109).
Since lockdown stepped up cycling, including a few hills, with an 'inefficient' bike, and that seems to be keeping deterioration at bay.
My best tip is keep things heavy and don't overdo volume.
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@pakman said in Fit at 41.:
@Wairau said in Fit at 41.:
@pakman Did you stay fit from 50 to 60? Or did you lose fitness and have to recover? What level are you at now? Do you do more weights to retain muscle? Cheers
I in fact got stronger from 50 to about 55, but also got heavier. In last 5 years have made more of an effort on legs, aided by Hammer Strength Leg Press machine which I really like.
In last three years slimmed down from 91kgs to 87 (mainly flab, but some muscle), and about 10% weaker in upper body -- used to do chin ups with 26.5kg (117.5 total), but now at 22kg (109).
Since lockdown stepped up cycling, including a few hills, with an 'inefficient' bike, and that seems to be keeping deterioration at bay.
My best tip is keep things heavy and don't overdo volume.
I’m 43. I’d hate to lose my gainz. Does anyone know any good steroid dealers?
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If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
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My legs are in as great a shape as they always have been, but I have been blessed with naturally musclar legs.
I've been doing jack shit since coming out of L4 too!
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
even when i was mid-90kgs i never had calves
even when i was cycling 150km a week i never had calves.
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@mariner4life oh I've always had calves, just for most of my life they were bigger than my thighs.
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
Joey Johns is a more flattering comparison
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
Joey Johns is a more flattering comparison
See you do it to yourself eh. Straight to a player from the 90s.
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
Joey Johns is a more flattering comparison
See you do it to yourself eh. Straight to a player from the 90s.
It’s nice you analyse my posts so much.
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
Joey Johns is a more flattering comparison
See you do it to yourself eh. Straight to a player from the 90s.
It’s nice you analyse my posts so much.
Yeah. Analysis.
"Who the fuck is Joey John's? Oh that's right"
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@mariner4life said in Fit at 41:
If my legs deteriorate any further even the chickens will hassle me about them
Yeah that was me until about 4 or 5 years ago. My movement from the 80kg range to the 90s was all about my thighs catching up with my upper body and Piri butt.
Out of interest, what changed?
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Oh yeah, this thing.
Did some runs and workouts eh. (managed to crank a 5k at 5min/k the other day) Been hovering under 93kg over a week now.
Gym opening seems more real now (if they can on the 4th July).
Even better, rugby training on the 2nd! Will probably be my first one in over 6 years, looking forward to it! Might have to shift to openside though.
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Oh yeah, this thing.
Did some runs and workouts eh. (managed to crank a 5k at 5min/k the other day) Been hovering under 93kg over a week now.
Gym opening seems more real now (if they can on the 4th July).
Even better, rugby training on the 2nd! Will probably be my first one in over 6 years, looking forward to it! Might have to shift to openside though.
The term is loosehead I believe.
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@Catogrande said in Fit at 41:
Oh yeah, this thing.
Did some runs and workouts eh. (managed to crank a 5k at 5min/k the other day) Been hovering under 93kg over a week now.
Gym opening seems more real now (if they can on the 4th July).
Even better, rugby training on the 2nd! Will probably be my first one in over 6 years, looking forward to it! Might have to shift to openside though.
The term is loosehead I believe.
I'm almost 50, so yeah. Plus, it's probably something else Mrs Rage said. Right @JC ?
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@Catogrande I saw this post earlier and bounced around a few responses in my mind - I just couldn't find one I was happy with.
You found it, thank you
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Sooo...rugby training. 32 max allowed at a time and broken up into groups of 6. Fuck maths.
Anyway, I survived eh! Thankfully due to the numbers and contact restrictions the sessions are limited to an hour so groups can fit in. fluffybunnies half my age are fit these days eh.
Training was broken up into four stations where you moved on after 15 minutes, each with different games/skills/passing/running drills. Luckily my group had bronco last.
Aaaaabsolutely fucken pissed it down and of course this noob put his touch shoes by the door so he'd remember them. And he did! Halfway to training. Running around in old flat sole sneakers on sopping grass sucks shit.
Thought I'd finished the bronco a stage early, so take away the shoes and that pissing about and I think I could have easily gone under 6 minutes - ended up at an unofficial 6:38.
5km this morning was hard to get moving eh, ankles, knees and back don't like me.
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