Tricep atrophy in older lifters

[hazbin]

telomeres

[Slik]

telomeres

yeah but it's not like telomeres degrading choose spots on the body to degrade more and not so much in other areas at least to my knowledge. Could obv be wrong tho.

[Cableguy]

thanks!  Turned 50 in may. Maybe this board should be called getold.com

Btw where u getting all that for 8 bux? Some kidnapped slave parlor haha? Wow that's cheap

It was my co-pay at the time .

[dnduque]

Spinal Stenosis C4 pinch per my MRI

pic on left from last week....note sloping shoulder
pic on right from last night...so getting more square....
neck pain initially ....but no strength lost first week....second week....pain subsides but 80 percent strength lost on right side
went through this 4 years ago..dime by dime...took a year to get back to 90 percent....but we got there...
Gotta get amnesia...forget the 500lbs deadlift and just be happy I can grip 135...
44 now...came back stronger/appreciative when I was 40....damn u father time....let's do this

[Slik]

Spinal Stenosis C4 pinch per my MRI

pic on left from last week....note sloping shoulder
pic on right from last night...so getting more square....
neck pain initially ....but no strength lost first week....second week....pain subsides but 80 percent strength lost on right side
went through this 4 years ago..dime by dime...took a year to get back to 90 percent....but we got there...
Gotta get amnesia...forget the 500lbs deadlift and just be happy I can grip 135...
44 now...came back stronger/appreciative when I was 40....damn u father time....let's do this

doing great. Keep it up n say hello to musclecenters barber for me

[gracie bjj]

yes

[pellius]

I remember Dave Draper wrote an article about the disappearing triceps as men get older.

[Howard]

Not at all. It is the same for most older people.  As we age we stop doing things overhead, either from bad shoulders or just don't have to lift anything over our heads anymore as we age.  It is mainly the long head of the triceps that atrophies.  So don't stop doing over head triceps presses. I noticed mine getting smaller from just doing close grip and a lot of different push downs.  Started back on the overhead triceps extensions and they have improved. Don't go the easy route.

Hmmm, all I know is, in my 50's, most of my intense , higher rep arm workouts, are from jerkin' off .
That gives me a massive forearm and bicep pump but doesn't work the tris much?

[jude2]

Hmmm, all I know is, in my 50's, most of my intense , higher rep arm workouts, are from jerkin' off .
That gives me a massive forearm and bicep pump but doesn't work the tris much?

Not the long head, which is the longest and biggest

[mesmorph78]

It comes down to genetics
There is a guy in his sixties in my gym old jamaican... Some of the best tris in the gym or that I've seen, drives a bus for a living. Muscle even in his head. It's all down to genetics and what body part your blessed with.
It sucks but when it comes to muscles some people are just a lot blessed than others.
But that goes for most things in life

[Mr. MB]

Peter Finch. Natural. Heart surgery twice. At age 74.

[pluck]

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