Athletic performance in your 40s?

[scrambledbacon]

https://www.instagram.com/tmacsinc/

Browse through that a bit.
Variety is the main ingredient for kickassery.

Dude's 54 btw

[XXX-er]

IME a lot of guys in their 30's and 40's are busy with job wife kids life and don't get out so I could be 50+ and still blow by them on the ski hill and/or skin track cuz they are on day 2 and I'm on day 50+

[EWG]

Good luck and stay with it man.

gonna be 48 here soon and will be restarting basic fitness
[after (2) spine issues in 18mos]



again
















pretty sure i'm not old yet, right?

[Mofro261]

Sure, I think the top end has come down a notch, injuries have taken a collective toll. But that still leaves enough mitochrondrial might to crush the souls of most of those considerably younger.

[nest]

But that still leaves enough mitochrondrial might to crush the souls of most of those considerably younger.

Haha. Well said

[snoqpass]

Sure, I think the top end has come down a notch, injuries have taken a collective toll. But that still leaves enough mitochrondrial might to crush the souls of most of those considerably younger.

Considering some of the people you skied with in your youth it’s lucky you made it this far

[2FUNKY]

Start lifting heavy shit and sprinting, preferably yesterday, and don't stop until you're dead.

X10.
48 here and also on TRT. Made a yuudge difference. Most guys I see around my age seem to have said fuck it and don’t do shit for exercise. I’ve been slacking at the gym, knee issue that won’t go away and it’s summer so moar beer and salty foods I shouldn’t eat. But damn their good when out on the boat all day.
Have to get back at it though since ski season will be here before I know it and I can’t let the young whipper snappers beat me down the hill.

[SumJongGuy]

[m2711c]

It smells like old people in here.....

[Norseman]

Sure, I think the top end has come down a notch, injuries have taken a collective toll. But that still leaves enough mitochrondrial might to crush the souls of most of those considerably younger.

At least you're usually humble about it

[El Chupacabra]

Ya think? Go to the gym, pick up a 30 lb dumbbell, then carry that fucker around 24/7 and see how life treats you.

Probably gonna treat him like some old fart who stole a dumbbell.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

I heard that golf is good exercise...

[SB]

Jeebus, you just turned fourty. Just wait till you get on the backside of 50.

Suck it up Sally. You got pain coming in parts you did not even know you had.

[XXX-er]

golf is a game not a sport

[wyeaster]

i'm 52 and i quit lifting heavy stuff years ago because my joints and my spine are fucked. circuit training, yoga and cardio (swimming, cycling, rowing, stair climbing, elliptical) now. for the most part i still feel strong and my endurance is good, i just take a little longer to warm up than i used to, but i was slow to warm up even in my teens and 20s.

[wyeaster]

I heard that golf is good exercise...

walking 18 in 2:15 is not bad

[Benny Profane]

IME a lot of guys in their 30's and 40's are busy with job wife kids life and don't get out so I could be 50+ and still blow by them on the ski hill and/or skin track cuz they are on day 2 and I'm on day 50+

Ha, yeah, my accountant and good friend is a triathlete, and was bitching to me about the competitors he has to deal with in his master class. He's late 50s, but is getting killed by guys in their seventies, because they have all the time in the world to train, while he's still on the 9-5 with kids. Hell, it's all I do these days. I have to back off sometimes and take a day off.

[old goat]

walking 18 in 2:15 is not bad

The only way you're going to do that is with a Secret Service escort to clear the course. (Obviously I'm not talking about our current president.)
Here's a nice article on the physical effects of aging from an endurance sport perspective.
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/trai...rance-preview/
I've certainly noticed the decline in maximum heart rate, and also how long it takes to get warmed up--heart rate up, muscle arterioles dilated. If I start off too fast I have trouble the rest of the hike or whatever it is I'm doing. If I'm patient and ramp up gradually I do much better. Tough to do on a powder day. The most tiring run of the day is the first--before I'm warmed up.
I work much harder to stay in shape now than when I was in my twenties and thirties, for much much less results.
One year the Sierra Sun published all the times for the Donner Lake triathalon. In every 5 year age class the winner was the youngest.

[Benny Profane]

Calling BS on this. And, I know about the walking, lived on Long Island and worked in Manhattan a couple times a week in the late 80s..



Lived south of MPLS St Paul in the 80s. I think the uphill and downhill involved in the walking or biking around that area may be why it's more effective than the NYC area.. which is mostly flat. In fact, all of those cities above have lots of hills it seems..

Well, I didnt say they were the fittest, but, they're a lot fitter than the typical American who doesn't even leave their vehicle to get lunch. Fuck, this whole Uber eats thing just advanced the obesity problem by ten percent. It's pretty gross out there.

[Benny Profane]

I just started wearing a heart rate monitor on rides after some time. In the late ninties, I would max out in the 160s. Now I barely break 135. Slowing down.

[wyeaster]

The only way you're going to do that is with a Secret Service escort to clear the course. (Obviously I'm not talking about our current president.)
Here's a nice article on the physical effects of aging from an endurance sport perspective.
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/trai...rance-preview/
I've certainly noticed the decline in maximum heart rate, and also how long it takes to get warmed up--heart rate up, muscle arterioles dilated. If I start off too fast I have trouble the rest of the hike or whatever it is I'm doing. If I'm patient and ramp up gradually I do much better. Tough to do on a powder day. The most tiring run of the day is the first--before I'm warmed up.
I work much harder to stay in shape now than when I was in my twenties and thirties, for much much less results.
One year the Sierra Sun published all the times for the Donner Lake triathalon. In every 5 year age class the winner was the youngest.

i like to play first out in the morning so there is nobody in front of me. i also play in rain and snow. so there is nobody in front of me.

[Benny Profane]

Maybe you need a gym membership?

[Shredhead]

60+, ride everyday, skied 167 this season.
Today’s early ride was 2 hours, 2000 ft and about 10 miles of expert, technical terrain.
Only guy I saw this morning, is 80.
He was on an Emtb, but he’s a fucking legend and I wasn’t about to say shit.

[4matic]

I just started wearing a heart rate monitor on rides after some time. In the late ninties, I would max out in the 160s. Now I barely break 135. Slowing down.

If that's all you've got you were never fit in the first place.

[dan_pdx]

gonna be 48 here soon and will be restarting basic fitness
[after (2) spine issues in 18mos]



again




pretty sure i'm not old yet, right?

Ouch, sorry to hear it. I also had some back issues this year, including a muscle spasm that left me in bed for a day or two. Turned out a new mattress corrected things, but pretty eye opening - I wouldn't even have noticed a worn-out mattress 15 years ago.