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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Howard on February 26, 2017, 01:37:30 PM
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To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
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This is a repost from 5 years ago, why?
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Just buy a sports car.
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Howard are you trolling us?
If you are who you claim to be you're a goal orientated individual. According to you, you've set goals and pursued them your whole life.
Whats changed? Your age? There is nothing you want to accomplish?
*Besides being annoying on this forum.
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This is a repost from 5 years ago, why?
This again.
Come on Howard you started a very similar theard not very long ago.
You've done well for yourself/ got a good lifestyle.
And no motivation to go to a gym.
Well enjoy your life & forget about going to the gym.
Simple.
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start HGH.
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
Shoot a gram of test for a couple weeks.
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>:(
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It can be tough to acknowledge you are not making any progress anymore but only fighting a desperate battle against biology wanting to tear your body to atoms.
To me the solution was searching for and setting new, realistic goals. I quit going to gym but started to go to woods instead. My target for a while has been to be able to perform 30 pull ups. I'm small fuck now but I believe I can achieve the 30 pull ups even as old fart.
This is more motivational than if I had kept going to gym and watch my bent over barbell row performance go down friday by friday... from solid performance of 12 nice reps with 315 lbs back in the day 8)
Friend of mine set goal to become leanest he has ever been. He's small fuck too now but with around 7% bf.
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Pole fitness
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PIP
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One possible reason Howard posts essentially the same question every so often is because he's yet to find an answer. That's because there is no solid solution. It is something many seniors struggle with if they aren't comfortable with who they are or how they feel.
Or.....Howard is just trolling.
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
Just sit down get fat and die, end of thread.
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This is a repost from 5 years ago, why?
SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE
Howard just enjoy your life and do some type of daily exercise even if it is just taking a long walk off of a short pier. ;)
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It can be tough to acknowledge you are not making any progress anymore but only fighting a desperate battle against biology wanting to tear your body to atoms.
To me the solution was searching for and setting new, realistic goals. I quit going to gym but started to go to woods instead. My target for a while has been to be able to perform 30 pull ups. I'm small fuck now but I believe I can achieve the 30 pull ups even as old fart.
This is more motivational than if I had kept going to gym and watch my bent over barbell row performance go down friday by friday... from solid performance of 12 nice reps with 315 lbs back in the day 8)
Friend of mine set goal to become leanest he has ever been. He's small fuck too now but with around 7% bf.
Comes a point when many folks realize some things are inevitable. This often is a hard pill to swallow. Like you and your friend, my solution has been to lose weight to the point I weigh about what I did when I was 18 years old and it actually feels great. Unlike your friend, I have no desire to be my leanest again because I looked like a living human skeleton. Some people are "skinny fat" I was skinny skinny.
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You`ve led a great life and still do Howard........forget the thongs and just exercise for your own health.
My shoulder is so bad I haven`t trained in 3 months and look like shit if it`s any consolation. :(
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Howard, tell us more about your Ph.D.
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Howard why force something that is not there>? You have to be 100% driven to do ANYTHING in life great! Sure we all see these bodybuilders that compete, some for the fame, some for therapy, some like the tight schedule, some for personal reasons...But only champions do it from their heart, they have that passion ! Look on IG or Facebook, you see these "competitors" that win shows, they get 1st place out of only one competitor in their class or 2nd place out of 3 competitors. Their placement is out of default. Now they call themselves 'National Competitors" and get smoked at the National level, and their physique is not even close to being 50% in contest shape/condition. But hey if that is what makes them feel good OK right?
In life we all have to do things we really do not like for the most part. Some of it is work, pay child support, chores, go to family get togethers, deal with family death or illness etc...But on YOUR time, do what YOU like, what makes you happy, brings you joy. If it competitive bodybuilding, do it! Try training around the injuries, or just train, do cardio and diet but don't step on the competitive stage.
As we age, the body slows down, you, Wes and I have been at this thing called bodybuilding for a long-long time. We cannot do EVERYTHING now like we did 5, 10, 15 and 20 years ago, but if you (anybody) has passion and heart you (they) will find many ways to break through the barriers go through the obstacles.
Bottom line: you have to find something that brings you passion and go for it--give it 100% day in and day out, most people call that a hobby, but if it is bodybuilding...I call it a life style...competitive or non competitive.
And I still love it!
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Howard why force something that is not there>? You have to be 100% driven to do ANYTHING in life great! Sure we all see these bodybuilders that compete, some for the fame, some for therapy, some like the tight schedule, some for personal reasons...But only champions do it from their heart, they have that passion ! Look on IG or Facebook, you see these "competitors" that win shows, they get 1st place out of only one competitor in their class or 2nd place out of 3 competitors. Their placement is out of default. Now they call themselves 'National Competitors" and get smoked at the National level, and their physique is not even close to being 50% in contest shape/condition. But hey if that is what makes them feel good OK right?
In life we all have to do things we really do not like for the most part. Some of it is work, pay child support, chores, go to family get togethers, deal with family death or illness etc...But on YOUR time, do what YOU like, what makes you happy, brings you joy. If it competitive bodybuilding, do it! Try training around the injuries, or just train, do cardio and diet but don't step on the competitive stage.
As we age, the body slows down, you, Wes and I have been at this thing called bodybuilding for a long-long time. We cannot do EVERYTHING now like we did 5, 10, 15 and 20 years ago, but if you (anybody) has passion and heart you (they) will find many ways to break through the barriers go through the obstacles.
Bottom line: you have to find something that brings you passion and go for it--give it 100% day in and day out, most people call that a hobby, but if it is bodybuilding...I call it a life style...competitive or non competitive.
And I still love it!
Great post/advice my friend.
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You`ve led a great life and still do Howard........forget the thongs and just exercise for your own health.
My shoulder is so bad I haven`t trained in 3 months and look like shit if it`s any consolation. :(
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Wes guys like you who put in the work over 25 years, know their body own their size can take temporary breaks, and when you come back it all (muscle) comes back, it just takes longer. And I bet you still look pretty good and CAN kick a bunch of young punk kids A$$ in the gym, we are all too hard on ourselves!
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Wes guys like you who put in the work over 25 years, know their body own their size can take temporary breaks, and when you come back it all (muscle) comes back, it just takes longer. And I bet you still look pretty good and CAN kick a bunch of young punk kids A$$ in the gym, we are all too hard on ourselves!
Getting old ain`t for sissies brother!! LOL :D
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Howard why not share on here some of the great training-diet-gossip stories when you were in the "golden years" of bodybuilding with Gasapri, DeMey, Haney, Samir, Priest etc you know the 80's and 90"s era....Would love to hear some!
I have some good stories form the East Coast (PA, NJ, NY and DE) I have witnessed myself!
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PhD = Pile it Higher and Deeper
Do you have one in either chemistry or physics? How long did it take you? What did you do with it? I'm fascinated.
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HOWARD, There's some damn good and interesting shit as written above, but I read it in haste so I gotta go back from the beginning in order to offer some intelligent comments.... but I think that those intelligent comments have already been so stated intelligently which is great to see for a change on this here GetBig Board.
I just want to add that you and I had similar lifestyles (no divorces though).,
1. Joined the Corps.(Best ays of my life with shit that happened you would never believe!)
2. Lifted heavy things.
3. Got involved with BB and Olympic lifting and Power lifting and over the years I've met some damn interesting people including just about 90% of all the 'athletes' and the magazine owners, and the trainers. and the gym owners and the officials' and photographers, and the yada-yada-yada mentioned on this GetBig Board. (Including Ron himself.)
It's evident that you spell correctly and write well and have some good shit to tell these GetBiggers who know just a little bit about everything that seems to be important to them.
I suggest that you sit down for two hours every day and write everything you ever learned about this game and how you got involved and your life in and out of the corps and all your wives and everything else that pops from your cranium to your finger-tips and see where it goes from there.
If nothing else .... it's great therapy and sometimes works to one's advantage.
And damn fun also!
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Life's lost it's zest since the Mayor stopped meeting me at ice machine 7 on Olympia weekend.
I'm fast becoming an old schmoe with no used trunks to sniff.
E-Bay is your friend Howie! LOL :D
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Thank me later!! :D
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Good idea..... Howard's World, Howard!
I'd enjoy seeing you follow through with that and if you wouldn't mind I'd ike to contribute by adding to stuff we have in common such as the good old Corps days and NPC judging and our mutual interest in PHYSICS/QUANTUM MECHANICS which one well known Physics Prof said I had a pretty good knowledge of the basics but all of which I have forgotten recently (except stuff like the double slit experiment and the speed of light and why it's never faster nor ever slower except for the pull of a gravitational field. (Saying this just to show how smart I actually is/are!)
Then we can sit back and read all the shit thrown at us by our fellow GetBiggers who probably are 100% smarter than both of us put together but don't know how to express it properly in the King's English or add the apostrophes in their proper places or fail to capitalize the first word in every sentence.
Do it, Howard and invite me to join in if and when we lived through similar life occurrences.
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This fatso reminds me of Shitso. Same old shitty threads.
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Good idea..... Howard's World, Howard!
I'd enjoy seeing you follow through with that and if you wouldn't mind I'd ike to contribute by adding to stuff we have in common such as the good old Corps days and NPC judging and our mutual interest in PHYSICS/QUANTUM MECHANICS which one well known Physics Prof said I had a pretty good knowledge of the basics but all of which I have forgotten recently (except stuff like the double slit experiment and the speed of light and why it's never faster nor ever slower except for the pull of a gravitational field. (Saying this just to show how smart I actually is/are!)
Then we can sit back and read all the shit thrown at us by our fellow GetBiggers who probably are 100% smarter than both of us put together but don't know how to express it properly in the King's English or add the apostrophes in their proper places or fail to capitalize the first word in every sentence.
Do it, Howard and invite me to join in if and when we lived through similar life occurrences.
I`d jump in with some tales of when I was a "Street Marine" !! ;)
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if I had a dollar for every time Howard has made this exact thread I'd be a billionaire
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BS Chemistry , MS Physics, EdD ( science education/physics)
Eventually taught at the small college level ( physics, astronomy, gen chemistry).
Did most of the work part time while teaching high school and in summers.
Had to go full time for the final year and 2 summers to complete the dissertation .
Knowing what I know NOW, I would have become a patent lawyer or CPA accountant at a big firm.
The physical sciences are lot of tedious work and only a moderate pay off.
Good job security and I enjoyed teaching overall, so wtf.
We're you tenured? Professors at a local community college, where my wife worked, who didn't work full time and weren't tenured can barely get by even when they have second jobs.
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if I had a dollar for every time Howard has made this exact thread I'd be a billionaire
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Life's lost it's zest since the Mayor stopped meeting me at ice machine 7 on Olympia weekend.
I'm fast becoming an old schmoe with no used trunks to sniff.
Great sense of humor!
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This fatso reminds me of Shitso. Same old shitty threads.
Haters gonna hate.
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WES, Street Marine?!!
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WES, Street Marine?!!
Highly decorated too Bill ! LOL :D
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WES/HOWARD, I recently sent a formal letter to Washington DC requesting a copy of the medals I received during my time in the Corps.
I was involved in a lot of shit so I expected a lengthy list, but all I got back was a four sentence letter regretfully stating that the information that I requested was damaged in a "flood' before that information was transferred from "paper copy' to the internet (or where-ever they keep such records today).
Once releived from active duty they somehow disappeared.
So my heroic days are over and I am now just like any other civilian who jumped the fence up north when it came time to signing up.
To be honest .... most of us never cared when we got them anyway, but I had the honor of sitting on the Medal of Honor Awards Recommendation Board for a short while and will never forget that experience.
Sorry... off topic.
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That sucks Bill...thanks for your service.
I enlisted 3 times but backed out on all 3 occasions.
My life was a mess at the time and so was I.
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howards latest...
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WES/HOWARD, I recently sent a formal letter to Washington DC requesting a copy of the medals I received during my time in the Corps.
I was involved in a lot of shit so I expected a lengthy list, but all I got back was a four sentence letter regretfully stating that the information that I requested was damaged in a "flood' before that information was transferred from "paper copy' to the internet (or where-ever they keep such records today).
Once releived from active duty they somehow disappeared.
So my heroic days are over and I am now just like any other civilian who jumped the fence up north when it came time to signing up.
To be honest .... most of us never cared when we got them anyway, but I had the honor of sitting on the Medal of Honor Awards Recommendation Board for a short while and will never forget that experience.
Sorry... off topic.
Hardly. You know your not just like those who dodged the draft.
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A lot of lengthy posts in this thread.
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
Why the fuck would you think we care?
Have your wife post when you are in your final stages of brain cancer.
Until then, GTFO.
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
Buy a white towel and suck cock.
(If you haven't already done that)
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This is a repost from 5 years ago, why?
Actually, we get these whiny, full of self-pity, cry baby posts about once a year. Howard, you need to spend a year in some third world shit hole like Sudan or Somalia. Maybe you'll learn some gratitude and appreciate, just by virtue of being born in this country, how fucking lucky you are.
Learn the conflict between expectations and gratitude. Pampered Americans have unrealistic expectations about what real life is. When you "expect" something you are not grateful because it's something you "expected". And become very disillusioned and resentful when you don't get what you expected. When you turn on the facet you expect clean water whereas in a great majority of the world access to clean water is the cause of much human misery. So, unlike most of the world, you are not grateful as you feel it's your God given right to have this or that.
Without gratitude happiness is impossible.
Man the fuck up you pampered little pussy. And lose some goddamn weight. Everything about you reeks of self-indulgence, laziness, weak willed and emotionally fragile.
Coming on a board like this whining about your phaggot issues makes you look even more like a broken bitch that you are.
** bracing for the self-deprecating comment laced with fart jokes **
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
He should first stop posting threads about the same thing, doing nothing about it and essentially confirming that he has wasted the time of a lot of people who have made earnest posts to try to encourage him.
Asking other people to find you purpose is pointless. Purpose is in the eye of the beholder.
Your passivity has long been your bane. Being so easygoing is fine, great even - until it robs you of your competitiveness and you find yourself a walking fleshbag without a reason to live. Fuck, even the old man down the street with the immaculate lawn is trying to destroy all opposition at the art of lawn maintenance.
If you can't find a thirst to compete at something, you have nothing left to do but enjoy life, but never have a passion, or hope, or a sense of progression.
It's perfectly fine to be so, but if you're here complaining about not having a passion, then clearly you're missing something.
It isn't something you'll find, here though - it's out there, in the real world.
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
Take up another hobby, like Archery, Competitive Shooting, traveling, drawing or painting (bodybuilding could be considered an art form), or help kids get their GED.
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Giving life a meaning? Well. I have been struggling that for 10 years now...im 37. Lets hold on for some decades and then die :)
No wife no kids. I think kids would freak me out, I'm already stressed and having a short temper...and I really hate the look of woman who have kids, bodies won't recover...unfortunately. ..how will I ever want to have sex with them again?
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Just fucking stop with these attention whore posts you retard.
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I had an offer to be a full time, tenure tract faculty member at a slightly larger college.
Sweet Jesus, and by Louis Cyr's Van Dyke beard!
It's "tenure track," Howard. Tenure track.
No pubs? Your bona fides for academia are suspect.
Good day.
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Bite and pull the trigger Harry
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So many old fogies posting in this thread I feel like I should be posting bingo numbers.
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I am 100% convinced that Howard has fabricated his professional qualifications and also murdered his first few wives. He probably suffocated them with his tits when they stopped giving him attention.
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So many old fogies posting in this thread I feel like I should be posting bingo numbers.
OR PLAYING BRIDGE..
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So many old fogies posting in this thread I feel like I should be posting bingo numbers.
OR PLAYING BRIDGE..
LOL :D
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I find for myself as I age it becomes depressing not being able to do what I once did. Injury seems to be around every corner. Just decided I will never do power cleans again but you have to let some things go as you age. I've given up the bench press for years. Every once in a awhile I try to do them again and a week or two into it I get hit with the reality that I can't do them anymore with any significant weight. I think aging is about picking your battles. After a knee problem I couldn't run but I could walk. I walked 5 days a week as fast as I could for 6 days a week for a couple of weeks. It was 5 miles a day so I had 30 miles for the week. I was shocked how much fat I was losing and the exercise was never really exhausting but exhilarating. I always felt good afterward. Now my knee is good enough to run. I ran two days back to back of 3 miles a day. I will see how it goes but I'm beginning to think at this stage all the cosmetic things I want from cardio namely getting lean could be achieved with walking an hour a day.
Lifting today after a lay off due to illness. Haven't had any real workouts in about 5 weeks. Luckily the weights are adjustable. What I'm getting at is that physicality was once a thing for you in the Marines and competing in bodybuilding. Get back to it. Do what you can and try to forget what you can't do. If you can't do 2 or 5 exercises there are 250 others to choose from. Make a moderate weight heavy by a full range of motion and a moderate safe cadence of repetition. You spoke of wanting to try Yates one set to failure routine on another thread. Give it a try. Combine it with cardio. I had good results with it but it leads to burn out trying to gut out every repetition you can. I used the routine a lot about 10 years ago. Used the same split as Yates. This was my back day. No warm ups listed. I used warm ups when I needed them and none where I didn't.
Power cleans 3 x 3 then 1 x 1
Deadlifts 1 x 8
Pullups 1 x max
Low Cable row 1 x 12
One arm dumbbell row off bench 1 x 10
Reverse grip pulldowns 1 x 10
Stiff leg deads 1 x 6
Weighted back hyper extensions 1 x 15
Weighted crunches 1 x 50
I would run 2 to 3 miles when I could during the week.
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Maybe get interested in some other type of physical exercise like kayaking or some shit. Something that gets you outside in the fresh air.
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maybe a new wife would make you more happy
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Sounds like a cry for help.
Maybe take up a painkiller addiction.
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I find for myself as I age it becomes depressing not being able to do what I once did. Injury seems to be around every corner. Just decided I will never do power cleans again but you have to let some things go as you age. I've given up the bench press for years. Every once in a awhile I try to do them again and a week or two into it I get hit with the reality that I can't do them anymore with any significant weight. I think aging is about picking your battles. After a knee problem I couldn't run but I could walk. I walked 5 days a week as fast as I could for 6 days a week for a couple of weeks. It was 5 miles a day so I had 30 miles for the week. I was shocked how much fat I was losing and the exercise was never really exhausting but exhilarating. I always felt good afterward. Now my knee is good enough to run. I ran two days back to back of 3 miles a day. I will see how it goes but I'm beginning to think at this stage all the cosmetic things I want from cardio namely getting lean could be achieved with walking an hour a day.
Lifting today after a lay off due to illness. Haven't had any real workouts in about 5 weeks. Luckily the weights are adjustable. What I'm getting at is that physicality was once a thing for you in the Marines and competing in bodybuilding. Get back to it. Do what you can and try to forget what you can't do. If you can't do 2 or 5 exercises there are 250 others to choose from. Make a moderate weight heavy by a full range of motion and a moderate safe cadence of repetition. You spoke of wanting to try Yates one set to failure routine on another thread. Give it a try. Combine it with cardio. I had good results with it but it leads to burn out trying to gut out every repetition you can. I used the routine a lot about 10 years ago. Used the same split as Yates. This was my back day. No warm ups listed. I used warm ups when I needed them and none where I didn't.
Power cleans 3 x 3 then 1 x 1
Deadlifts 1 x 8
Pullups 1 x max
Low Cable row 1 x 12
One arm dumbbell row off bench 1 x 10
Reverse grip pulldowns 1 x 10
Stiff leg deads 1 x 6
Weighted back hyper extensions 1 x 15
Weighted crunches 1 x 50
I would run 2 to 3 miles when I could during the week.
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Good Post!
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Howard when you were in your peak shape and competing, what state did you train in?
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I considered that but opiates can make you constipated.
If I want to experience having my ass stopped up, I'll wear a bunny suit.
The only painkiller that made me constipated was darvocet and that shit was worthless. Also made me feel nauseous as hell. Probably the only painkiller ive ever just tossed in the trash
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Howard when you were in your peak shape and competing, what state did you train in?
A drunken state!! LOL :D
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Thanks for posting some candid, hard hitting truth I needed to hear.
I've entered a new chapter now as an "older adult " ( over 50).
I've developed a loss of competitive drive and replaced it with a relaxed sense of freedom.
Last night, I sat in my recliner and hugged my new dog . Then spent some quality time with my wife.
That was a great reminder that my biggest joys in life don't revolve around me.
"over 50" is not considered old today. If someone thinks and acts like their over-the-hill, then the are. The mind is a powerful tool. Use it well.
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For those that don't know, here's the cliff notes version my situation:
I recently retired from 30+ yrs of teaching physics and remarried to a wonderful wife.
I'm close to 60 now, never wanted or had kids and enjoy a secure comfortable lifestyle.
I competed in several regional bodybuilding contests ( 1978-96).
I've also judged a bunch of amateur contests and been a fan at many pro events.
For the past few years, I've really felt may age creeping in as I work out.
My right shoulder and low back can feel like a rusty hinge some days LOL.
I don't recover that fast and was forced to abandon certain exercises .
I've consider competing (again), but I don't give a fuk about beating anyone flexing
in a thong now ;).
To be candid, I've lost a lot my motivation for bodybuilding.
It used to be one thing I could always look forward to, no matter what else happened.
It was never a big % of my overall life, but something I always cherished .
When I start thinking of being a bodybuilding now, I simply give up and laugh at myself.
I'm sorry to bore my fellow get-biggers or whine like some cranky old lady.
My overall life has exceeded my expectations, so I feel a twinge of guilt by complaining.
I've gotten all manner of solid advice on positive actions to take.
Most of these conventional ideas bore the shit out of me or give me gas :o.
So, at the obvious risk of a virtual ass raping, I come to you get big.
What should a get bigger do, to give his life meaning now ,as an old fart?
Switch your focus. Begin training for health and not for bodybuilding. Decrease the amount you train.
Figure out what else is intriguing to you these days and pursue that. Enjoy all the little moments and the addition free time in retirement.
Find a new hobby to pick up or at least explore.
The possibilities are endless.
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You`ve led a great life and still do Howard........forget the thongs and just exercise for your own health.
My shoulder is so bad I haven`t trained in 3 months and look like shit if it`s any consolation. :(
This. I train just enough to look decent and not feel like shit.
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Howard,
your problem is that you never had kids...
It does change your perspective. Aside from having kids now (which I woudn't recommend) take up a new hobby.
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"over 50" is not considered old today. If someone thinks and acts like their over-the-hill, then the are. The mind is a powerful tool. Use it well.
Exactly. You're only as old as you tell yourself you are. The mind is incredibly powerful.
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Maybe I'll be a seasonal kids mascot?
Easter is coming, maybe I could be an Easter Bunny.
I wonder where I could get a used bunny suit , cheap? ;D ;D
Hmm, interesting thought. You will need to mend some parts to avoid seeming like a pervert.
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Didn't read all the replies but...
Are you on HRT? If not I suggest you start asap.
I"m 40 and it has changed my life.
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Thanks for the nice reply ( 100% serious on that comment)
Maybe I could start posting repetitive threads on a BB forum? ;) LOL
Ok seriously, I actually do all the above ( you listed ) and more.
To be candid , I had a bodybuilding nostalgia brain fart, nothing more.
In fact, I feel a bit ashamed for posting such a lame, gaywad thread.
I'd advise myself, to stop whining, STFU and enjoy life "as is".
You're welcome.
First off, stop worrying. You must. It's imperative to begin the path to true self happiness.
Secondly, who cares if you did X, Y, or Z in the past. Truly. Not in a negative manner, but have read all your other posts in these threads, and there is almost a tinge of regret filling them.
Enjoy what you done, but if you aren't doing that anymore, what does it matter? Keep pushing forward, and use your past to leapfrog you to your next achievement. And don't forget - if you go to a contest or the gym or chat with someone about bodybuilding and say you're next hobby is cars (for example sake), they'll have their socks knocked off them when they find out that you achieved so much more out of life other than say cars.
It will validate you more - which is what it appears that you need.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Would not be excited to see the beginning of a downward regret life since you have enjoyed such pride in bodybuilding.
This is after all a bodybuilding and wellness site, saturated in negative emotions. Let's change that.