Every Man Over 40 Needs to Hear This
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Date: 2025-02-27
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2BWiley2
62 y/o here, regular lifter & athlete for 45 years, current V02Max 54, maintain body fat around 12% except once per year a controlled drop down to 8% that I briefly hold for 3 weeks to wring the towel out from an autophagy/mitophagy standpoint. That said, I keep the higher 12% body fat most of the year because overall energy levels are better there and also so that I have something besides muscle to lose when I get sick or injured. This is all sound advice - albeit two caveats. First, if you’ve been lifting your entire life and aren’t a newbie experiencing your first gains, just know max strength will eventually go down as you age even if you’re in the gym 6 days a week, lifting heavy to failure, getting high protein and all the right nutrition in the world. Second, and I suspect the more you’ve been an athlete your entire life the truer this will be - consistent daily/weekly training over the years becomes an exercise in managing persistent migrating injuries and recovery. There is NEVER a time when some part of my body isn’t injured and recovering. The where I’m injured constantly changes, but the fact I’m nursing an injury never does. You have to just work around it - letting the injured muscle/joint recover while focusing on other areas of your body. IMHO, it’s the persistent migrating injuries that ultimately result in your peak strength/lifts going down. Example, my max bench press at 52y/o was 365lbs (I'm 6' and 180lbs at 12% bf. Ten years later, I haven’t been able to get more than 3 reps of 245lbs in without some injury or another forcing me to retreat, drop the weight back down, and recover. All that said, strength as we age is possible - off to the gym! : )
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62 y/o here, regular lifter & athlete for 45 years, current V02Max 54, maintain body fat around 12% except once per year a controlled drop down to 8% that I briefly hold for 3 weeks to wring the towel out from an autophagy/mitophagy standpoint. That said, I keep the higher 12% body fat most of the year because overall energy levels are better there and also so that I have something besides muscle to lose when I get sick or injured. This is all sound advice - albeit two caveats. First, if you’ve been lifting your entire life and aren’t a newbie experiencing your first gains, just know max strength will eventually go down as you age even if you’re in the gym 6 days a week, lifting heavy to failure, getting high protein and all the right nutrition in the world. Second, and I suspect the more you’ve been an athlete your entire life the truer this will be - consistent daily/weekly training over the years becomes an exercise in managing persistent migrating injuries and recovery. There is NEVER a time when some part of my body isn’t injured and recovering. The where I’m injured constantly changes, but the fact I’m nursing an injury never does. You have to just work around it - letting the injured muscle/joint recover while focusing on other areas of your body. IMHO, it’s the persistent migrating injuries that ultimately result in your peak strength/lifts going down. Example, my max bench press at 52y/o was 365lbs (I'm 6' and 180lbs at 12% bf. Ten years later, I haven’t been able to get more than 3 reps of 245lbs in without some injury or another forcing me to retreat, drop the weight back down, and recover. All that said, strength as we age is possible - off to the gym! : )
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patriarchmike
I'm 43 and I built most of my muscle in my 20's. 30 lbs in first 2 years and another 5 by the time I was 27. I thought I was at my natural limit so I stopped trying to grow and even quit maintaining it once I broke my back in 2015 at 33. Then at 39 I got down to 143 with 5% bf unintentionally doing calisthenics at home without eating more than once a day. At 40 I got back to my old routine and got almost all of it back in 6 months. Then i got the rest back by 42. Then over the last year I changed my split and hit legs twice a week and brought up lagging muscles and added another 7 lbs. I don't believe the myths about ageing and testosterone decline. Its all bunk based on assumptions based on observations
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I'm 43 and I built most of my muscle in my 20's. 30 lbs in first 2 years and another 5 by the time I was 27. I thought I was at my natural limit so I stopped trying to grow and even quit maintaining it once I broke my back in 2015 at 33. Then at 39 I got down to 143 with 5% bf unintentionally doing calisthenics at home without eating more than once a day. At 40 I got back to my old routine and got almost all of it back in 6 months. Then i got the rest back by 42. Then over the last year I changed my split and hit legs twice a week and brought up lagging muscles and added another 7 lbs. I don't believe the myths about ageing and testosterone decline. Its all bunk based on assumptions based on observations
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madhusudan
Can confirm. Started getting back in shape in my early 40s and was shocked by how weak I actually was. Started with home workouts with a single 16kg KB. Took me a while to abandon bad habits and adopt good ones, but over time I got with it. Now I love hitting the barbell in the gym. It's my therapy and a reward, not a task. Gonna test my 1RMs soon and expecting to hit 100kg bench and 135kg squat. Nothing impressive, yet I'm satisfied.
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Can confirm. Started getting back in shape in my early 40s and was shocked by how weak I actually was. Started with home workouts with a single 16kg KB. Took me a while to abandon bad habits and adopt good ones, but over time I got with it. Now I love hitting the barbell in the gym. It's my therapy and a reward, not a task. Gonna test my 1RMs soon and expecting to hit 100kg bench and 135kg squat. Nothing impressive, yet I'm satisfied.
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tmack-rx4ih
I'm 55. Skinny AF. Tried the lift heavy, lift often approach, for a couple of months. Felt great. I can get a decent pump, not much in gains, however. Effed up a disc in my lower back. A month later I'm back to the point where it doesn't hurt anymore. I think I'm just gonna stick to bodyweight exercises, or maybe just limit the lift heavy workouts to just twice a week. Monday and Thursday
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I'm 55. Skinny AF. Tried the lift heavy, lift often approach, for a couple of months. Felt great. I can get a decent pump, not much in gains, however. Effed up a disc in my lower back. A month later I'm back to the point where it doesn't hurt anymore. I think I'm just gonna stick to bodyweight exercises, or maybe just limit the lift heavy workouts to just twice a week. Monday and Thursday
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Shreadington
Getting a cpap was a game changer. My sleep study showed I was waking up an average of 15x an hour. It's amazing how I was functioning before feeling like a zombie the year prior. Now I'll get 6-7hrs of solid sleep and be fully energized. I'm up 25 lean pounds from my last Masters competition 1. 5 yrs ago and feeling great. Quality sleep definitely played a role in that.
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Getting a cpap was a game changer. My sleep study showed I was waking up an average of 15x an hour. It's amazing how I was functioning before feeling like a zombie the year prior. Now I'll get 6-7hrs of solid sleep and be fully energized. I'm up 25 lean pounds from my last Masters competition 1. 5 yrs ago and feeling great. Quality sleep definitely played a role in that.
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xfireguy3243
Want to thank you and your podcast here for the great information and insight you provide to older men relative to their working out with weights. I'm 79 years old and restarted resistance training 6 months ago and I'm surprised at the muscle definition my body is showing! I follow your podcasts
regularly and my muscle growth shows it.
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Want to thank you and your podcast here for the great information and insight you provide to older men relative to their working out with weights. I'm 79 years old and restarted resistance training 6 months ago and I'm surprised at the muscle definition my body is showing! I follow your podcasts
regularly and my muscle growth shows it.
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cz2165
There is an Australian doctor who did a study on older ( including elderly) women with osteoporosis. One group did light exercise, the other was coached to build up to heavy lifting. The second group improved their bone density while the first group continued to have worsening bone density.
We ALL need to lift weights as we age!
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There is an Australian doctor who did a study on older ( including elderly) women with osteoporosis. One group did light exercise, the other was coached to build up to heavy lifting. The second group improved their bone density while the first group continued to have worsening bone density.
We ALL need to lift weights as we age!
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jeffreyadams9506
I am 36 and started supplementing with 200mg testosterone IM weekly, gained 36lbs of muscle in the past 5 months on my last seca scan. This was with 4-5x weekly resistance training, but I wasn’t doing legs. Can anyone advise why I should do legs if my Testo comes from a vile Does it help me grow even tho I’m enhanced
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I am 36 and started supplementing with 200mg testosterone IM weekly, gained 36lbs of muscle in the past 5 months on my last seca scan. This was with 4-5x weekly resistance training, but I wasn’t doing legs. Can anyone advise why I should do legs if my Testo comes from a vile Does it help me grow even tho I’m enhanced
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casadogaspar
44 years old, trained my whole life
Can say for sure, higher volume was way worse while I'm getting older.
The recovery times are worse and the volume starts to became junk volume way earlier.
So don't follow internet advice blindly, find the right amount for your body by trial and error.
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44 years old, trained my whole life
Can say for sure, higher volume was way worse while I'm getting older.
The recovery times are worse and the volume starts to became junk volume way earlier.
So don't follow internet advice blindly, find the right amount for your body by trial and error.
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musclemonsters
I’m 41 and weigh more than I ever have in my life. in a good way. 10 years ago I was lean muscle with ripped abs at 150-ish and now I’m 175 with much more muscle and bulk and have the same lean muscle with abs as I did when I was 20. Getting old has actually made me more fit!
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I’m 41 and weigh more than I ever have in my life. in a good way. 10 years ago I was lean muscle with ripped abs at 150-ish and now I’m 175 with much more muscle and bulk and have the same lean muscle with abs as I did when I was 20. Getting old has actually made me more fit!
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yogeshbhuvad7323
A book that changed my life in ways that I never could imagine is Secret Testosterone Nexus of Evolution. Drop whatever you're doing right now and go find that book. Trust me after I implemented things from the book my testosterone levels went beast mode
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A book that changed my life in ways that I never could imagine is Secret Testosterone Nexus of Evolution. Drop whatever you're doing right now and go find that book. Trust me after I implemented things from the book my testosterone levels went beast mode
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Marozi1
Just turned 50 and been training since my teens, the only caveat I would say is that my joints are not as resilient as they were when I was younger, I have to be more careful as injuries are easier to get and take longer to heal, especially when lifting heavy.
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Just turned 50 and been training since my teens, the only caveat I would say is that my joints are not as resilient as they were when I was younger, I have to be more careful as injuries are easier to get and take longer to heal, especially when lifting heavy.
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JS-tm1gq
6: 57 I love wank statistical diagrams that prey on dumbasses inability to do elementary analytics. The increase is bugger all, increase in total is from 400 to 425 and free from 100 to 130. An increase of 25-30 mg/dl aint shit
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6: 57 I love wank statistical diagrams that prey on dumbasses inability to do elementary analytics. The increase is bugger all, increase in total is from 400 to 425 and free from 100 to 130. An increase of 25-30 mg/dl aint shit
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marcusherts9345
The older you get, the more important it is to train,
Resistance training, cardio, fasting, ect,
I’ve been doing weights, boxing, martial arts for over 38yrs,
& at 55yrs I have no intention of stopping.
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The older you get, the more important it is to train,
Resistance training, cardio, fasting, ect,
I’ve been doing weights, boxing, martial arts for over 38yrs,
& at 55yrs I have no intention of stopping.
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keajd1178
I was wasting time on supplements without real results until I found books like Banned Spartan Rituals. Once I started applying what I learned, my health, energy, and performance improved in ways I never thought possible.
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I was wasting time on supplements without real results until I found books like Banned Spartan Rituals. Once I started applying what I learned, my health, energy, and performance improved in ways I never thought possible.
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musclemonsters
I found your advise useful until I stuffed my back from two bulging disc. I'm 48 and now my hard work in the gym is gone so is my happiness. don't push to hard if you are to old. Sick of these you tube experts
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I found your advise useful until I stuffed my back from two bulging disc. I'm 48 and now my hard work in the gym is gone so is my happiness. don't push to hard if you are to old. Sick of these you tube experts
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jasonashley4579
I'm 44 and still do the same penitentiary calisthenics routines and weights I did while I was troubled youth, today was push day, 30 down dips superset with 30 down decline pushups, Leavenworth style.
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I'm 44 and still do the same penitentiary calisthenics routines and weights I did while I was troubled youth, today was push day, 30 down dips superset with 30 down decline pushups, Leavenworth style.
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Ric_99
Make sure to add K2 as MK7 if you supplement with vitamin D3: :: 100mcg per 10000 IUs of D3. If you do not take K2 also, D3 will pull calcium out of your bones causing them to become weak and brittle.
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Make sure to add K2 as MK7 if you supplement with vitamin D3: :: 100mcg per 10000 IUs of D3. If you do not take K2 also, D3 will pull calcium out of your bones causing them to become weak and brittle.
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usmcvet8940
I thought I was going to learn something new here. Turns out I'm doing everything right. I'm 57 and still hitting it hard and helping some of those younger dudes at the gym as well. Good video.
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I thought I was going to learn something new here. Turns out I'm doing everything right. I'm 57 and still hitting it hard and helping some of those younger dudes at the gym as well. Good video.
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BLS1976PACHAPTER
This is honestly the best influencer I have watched when I started back to training esp since I am 49. Great workout tips, training modules. I really enjoy his three day total body split
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This is honestly the best influencer I have watched when I started back to training esp since I am 49. Great workout tips, training modules. I really enjoy his three day total body split
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