Old dudes only: How long can we keep this going?

[Moppy1]

Just noticed that Teutonic is 50 years old, 5'11", 210lbs and his avatar picture is shredded! This is ridiculous for 50 years old! I am 47, 5'11" and about 195lbs and also mostly shredded. Have been lifting hard for almost 30 years, and more than 10 years of AAS. Over that time i have had 3 surgeries related to lifting injuries and from just being too strong for my own good. Going in tomorrow for another surgery to get a repair for yet another lifting related injury.

So, how long do all you old effers out there plan on keeping all this going? Seems to get harder every year to stay injury free, and to keep the muscle as we age. My plan is another 5 years, then just TRT only with light weights. Also worried about being more prone to heart disease as we age with all the AAS on board.....

Last thought...... There is something a little sad in a strange way to those rare 60+ year old dudes that are still mostly jacked, but otherwise look saggy.....cause they are still majorly hitting the sauce.

 

[pdelta]

I'm nearly 65 and still hitting the weights. Yes, I'm on TRT and it really helps. I feel great. Still play on a softball and basketball league, not the oldies but the kids and hold my own. I ride bikes regularly and play competitive table tennis. I feel like I'm in my lat 20's or early 30's. Last year I was able to lose about 3-4 lbs of body fat and put about 1/4" on my arms so I'm still gaining muscle. Additionally, for some reason my vascularity really improved. I really don't know why but it's a great motivator. I plan on lifting as long as I can.

 

[Moppy1]

I'm nearly 65 and still hitting the weights. Yes, I'm on TRT and it really helps. I feel great. Still play on a softball and basketball league, not the oldies but the kids and hold my own. I ride bikes regularly and play competitive table tennis. I feel like I'm in my lat 20's or early 30's. Last year I was able to lose about 3-4 lbs of body fat and put about 1/4" on my arms so I'm still gaining muscle. Additionally, for some reason my vascularity really improved. I really don't know why but it's a great motivator. I plan on lifting as long as I can.

Wow, sounds awesome bro and your story fills me with hope. Mostly that we can all keep this going well into our 60s!

 

[prank]

Im 54 years old 6 foot 240 lbs still get to the gym 4 days a week

 

[Teutonic]

thanks mate

my goal is to stay in the gym but injury free which inevitably means moderate weights only. If I cant do it 12-20 reps I do not do it. I ve had 3 knee surgeries, back has rods in it, broke finger, broken arm, 2 herniahs man..13 surgeries if you count losing an eye.

I think if we go full speed ahead with good form and mod weights we can go and go..I was never big enough to have my skin sag I hope. With light aas usage and hair color..I m good to go...I think.

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

thanks mate

my goal is to stay in the gym but injury free which inevitably means moderate weights only. If I cant do it 12-20 reps I do not do it. I ve had 3 knee surgeries, back has rods in it, broke finger, broken arm, 2 herniahs man..13 surgeries if you count losing an eye.

I think if we go full speed ahead with good form and mod weights we can go and go..I was never big enough to have my skin sag I hope. With light aas usage and hair color..I m good to go...I think.

Sorry about your eye. :-( That has always been my biggest fear.

 

[Teutonic]

It s cool the guy who pulled iit out died immediately thereafter hit 9 times out of the 16 my team put his way

we re even

 

[Megatron28]

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[DarkCurse]

holy shit teutonic thats crazy.
heres my stories.
personally only about 40 (never put my exact info anywhere on the net). ive been dedicated to lifting since 17-18. First tried PH's at about 29, tried gear at 32. three hernias starting at age 31, and some other not possibly related to lifting surgeries. ive noticed recently ive seemed to hit a wall being able to throw large weights around. i messed up my shoulder flat pressing 365 about 4 months ago (while i was on a cyp cycle) and its still not right. but i still look like i can lift that much weight. im grappling with the fact now that i do need to change my philosophy, learn to how to train with less chance for injuries.

anyways more on topic for the 50+ bros, i do know a lot of older dudes that are still putting it down.
best example: two buddies, late 40's and mid 50's, been lifting for decades like me. i call them mr and mr universe (yes they are a couple) because these dudes are still so fantisticaly ripped and yoked they look like pro's. they use very few free weights, lots of hammer strength. the guy in his 50's has the biggest calves ive ever seen in my life in person. they are freaky big. this same dude also tore his bicep off at the gym about a 18 months ago i guess, the tear where it rolls up into a ball because its completely disconnected. he had surgery and was lifting 2-3 months later. i can tell hes a little less full on top but still looks better than me. so these guys lift as smart as they can and stay big.

i also used to know Nasser. hes the the only pro bb ive ever really known in person. he used to come lift at the little one off gym i used to PT at(say around 2006), he knew the owner from way back and he would hang around and shoot the shit it was cool. then i started seeing him again years later at believe or not the 22 hour fitless chain where i have my membership. dont know why he went there but again cool to talk to, used to spot me and compliment my form and physique.
nasser died last year, at 47. hotly debated of course but many think all the AAS use most likely contributed quite a bit.

so what have i learned over the last 22+ years of lifting? at some point we all hit that age where we do need to re-evaluate our methods, injuries are inevitable, and if we're smart about it we can continue lifting probably as long as we like. moderate AAS usage and a long term view.

 

[Captain America]

Well, I'm 38 and feel old although I'm not sure if I qualify for your thread. I'm trying my best to keep at it. Been lifting since I was 16yrs old. I don't look anywhere near as good as most of the people on here though.

Darkcurse, I'm sure we must have crossed paths. I too used to work out and see Nasser at a small one off gym and then years later met him at 24hr. I didn't know him, but met him and had a conversation with him once about some of my injuries.

 

[Krazydiamond]

43 years old started using gear seriously @ 38. Ran 2 cycles before that when I was younger and really don't count them (4 week dbol @ 28 and some clusterfuck of test and eq for 3 weeks when I was 20)...both were train wrecks. Used to do a lot of powerlifting when I was younger and still trained heavy up until about a year ago when I had a partial tear in my front delt incline pressing.

Since then I totally re-evaluated my training, gear usage, and my physique overall and the role all these things will play in regards to the length and quality of my life down the road. Train lighter now in 10-15 rep range with a higher emphasis on quality contractions as opposed to how much weight I'm moving, occasionally throw in a couple of heavy weeks just for shock. Got my best results recently by incorporating more modest gear usage and stricter attention to diet as opposed to running compounds such as tren and expecting them to do the work for me. Also added a anti-aging dose of hgh 2iu/day to keep Father Time out of my face, this is something I'm planning on maintaining for the rest of my life.

At the age I'm at now I'm already seeing guys I went to school with falling apart, some were very athletic at one time. I also drive past a senior care center back home on a regular basis on the way to the gym and what I see in both of these serves as a reminder of what I don't want to have happen to me. As long as I use my head and take preventive action now I can still be that 65 year old guy on the beach with a surfboard in one hand and the tit of a beauty 25 years younger than me in the other

 

[Dreaded Pirate Roberts]

There are a lot of Mature guys here. In are 40's and 50's.

 

[matrix8]

I'm starting to notice improvements I've never seen before by using higher reps recently at 40 yrs old. Back , calves, hams, shoulders are all 16-20 reps now and it seems to b working. I still train quads and chest heavy (4-8 reps) because I enjoy it but will soon move those into higher reps too for safety.

 

[Teutonic]

I find that with what used to be my heavy compound movements the big three...I ve kicked deads to the curb. pre exhaust legs before racking up plates on the leg press and if my left delt is redlining on warm up weights 95-185 on inclines..pre exhaust that with dumbbells like the 80 s for 15-16 x 3 or 4 then pec dec cable flyes w 50 s or so... then incline with what s left..which may 135 x 3 or 4 sets of 30 25 22 20..reps and so forth. Whatever to get blood to as many fibers as I can in a 45 min w o. 1 big one 1 little one aerobics go home. 12 sets max for a big one 6-9 for a little one.

But I m good w the gay porn star look lol

 

[Moppy1]

Some great stories and some amazing bros. But I gotta give it to Teutonic, 13 surgeries that sound mostly due to gym time, and a missing eye, and of course there are the hazards of being a gay porn star! Not that there is anything wrong with that. Pretty awesome.

My surgeries are also all weight lifting related, and I am also using HGH at 4-5 IUs a day to keep my youth as long as possible. I have had to back off how heavy I go in the gym these past 3 years, especially after spinal fusion surgery (2 discs taken out).

No other way to live though.....will back off some, but ultimately plan on keeping some form of managed AAS use with gym time well into my 60s if all things go well....

 

[BoBoy]

Close to mid-50"s here , still cant find the "muscle-building expiration date" on the bod . Must still be gtg !! ~Bo

 

[pdelta]

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[pdelta]

I've found that as I've gotten older, lighter weights with higher reps keep me growing, help me to stay leaner and avoid injury. I also go for milder products like Ostarine. I would love to try S4 but I'm concerned about it's effect on M1 receptors in places other than the eyes. I have used GW 156 but concerned about increases in IGF-1. I keep my BF around 12%-13%. I've gone lower but I seems to zap my energy.

 

[Therealkozmo]

Until they have to bury me.

 

[Anders]

There's absolutely no reason to use age as an excuse! Stay on it!

Ok, I myself am only a bit above 40 (although taken for 30 most of the time), but check humans that are living naturally. I've seen 100+ year old photographs of native american ("Indians") tribe chiefs gathered for some meeting. All were at least in their 60s, and all had sixpacks. Every single one of these guys was shredded. That's a NORMAL human state.*

What we see around us is not normal, it is sick compared to the 2.5 million long history of homo sapiens. Compared to the 4.5 millionlong history of homo. And compared to other mammals, too.

My suggestion for well-being until one's very last day is: educate yourself, dig deep into biochemistry and understand how your body works and what it needs. Cross-check that information with common sense (your own common sense, not mainstream bs). What opened my eyes is the paleo lifestyle, so I recommend that as a good starting point. Take care however that not every bit of information under that label is accurate or unbiased. I also see many paleo protagonists and websites lose their tracks and promote things that are way off - for many different reasons, commerce maybe the most common.

Only implement what you understand. Believe nobody, educate yourself. It's the long way, but it's so rewarding.


* Check Gary Taubes' speech "Good Calories, Bad Calories" in Youtube for such a pic