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Naaah, I'm just whining about how I may actually have to start training again rather than just let natural athleticisim work for me.rangerider7 wrote:40, your still a kid. Wait till you hit 60. My sister says wait till you hit 70. My mother-in-law says wait till you hit 85. My uncle says wait till you hit 92. Keep active and live, laugh, and love each day, that's my new motto.
You think it's "sucky now!" Just wait until you pass 50!!Old Ironsights wrote: So, between 20 & 30 all is good, but ya hit 40 and it gets sucky? Grrrr.....
Had a patient last year who said something about that "lazy no good son in law of mine..." and said he was too young to know anything. Since the patient was in his mid-90's, I figured I'd ask how old his blankety-blank son in law was - he thought a minute and said "72 or 73 I guess; people that age just haven't a CLUE..." For the rest of the visit, I tried to look as 'old' as I could...rangerider7 wrote:40, your still a kid. Wait till you hit 60. My sister says wait till you hit 70. My mother-in-law says wait till you hit 85. My uncle says wait till you hit 92. Keep active and live, laugh, and love each day, that's my new motto.
+1 except it is my step-mother who says "wait until you hit 92"rangerider7 wrote:40, your still a kid. Wait till you hit 60. My sister says wait till you hit 70. My mother-in-law says wait till you hit 85. My uncle says wait till you hit 92. Keep active and live, laugh, and love each day, that's my new motto.
I'm 5'11" and 240lbs. And I'm a high rep man myownself! My lifting partner is the one rep guy, he's 5'9" and 270lbs. We use a fairly close grip on our 'wide' grip bench press, little fingers just touching the power ring on a Texas Powerbar, about 23" between our thumbs. Our close grip is about 16"-17" between thumbs. Don't know why. We generally tend to do close grips and heavy dips for a year or so and then regular bench and militaries for a year or so. I don't like to bench as often as my partner so much of the time I'll just do a couple singles every now and then after close gripping though it always feels a bit odd. A couple weeks ago I surprised myself and handled a 430 single after my heavy CG's I still squat and deadlift though more front squats and TBDL's, I do very little single joint work instead focusing on compound work instead and that saves my elbow joints and knees. 
along with this I have 1300lbs of Olympic bumper plated weights and also 2 custom plates that were made at American Bridge Corp.that weigh 140Lbs each.Quick way to get 325lbs.Anyway I love weight lifting because theres no excuses,pure and simple here it is lets see, who has got what.But more than that, its the feeling of just being strong! I get a kick out of it somtimes,here is an example,last month we rented a place for my daughters graduation party.Anyway the place forgot to pack the Half Keg of beer(for the older people )with ice and this keg was sitting down in this deep fancy wooden bar box.So a couple young bucks said we will pull it out while my brother in law got ice.They reached down and for the life of them they could not pull her out. But truthfully until I was around 27 I was always carded at a bar.I think working out plays a major roll.Honest I still feel about 25(mentally,my wife says more like 18 )Anyway because I was the youngest of 3 boys,the older brothers at a young age(they were 3 and 6 years older)used to always have me doing things and competeing against them.I must be insecure!I have always really loved martial arts/lifting weights/and guns! See what they created! buy the time I was 19 they really gave me a wide birth because they knew who could rock who!Also already had my black belt then which might have helped.Anyway so much for my going on about my boring life stories,hey thanks so much for your knowledge,it sounds like you guys really got it going on! Keep on pumping!
