Strength Decline With Age

[Thin Lizzy]

Take a 30 yr old with a 300lb 1 rep max natty bench. Assuming continued training, good health and nutrition, what's an estimate of his bench at 40, 50, 60 & 70?

[Shockwave]

135, 45, -45,, derek anthony.

[Coach is Back!]

48..

I hit a 545lbs on a 16" box squat at 51 on Saturday and today put up a 270lb atlas stone on a 50" platform today. I'm 230.

It depends on how you train.

[jude2]

I was able to hold my bench strength to about 45. Appears to be dropping slowly, maybe 5-10 pounds a year.

[Primemuscle]

I was able to hold my bench strength to about 45. Appears to be dropping slowly, maybe 5-10 pounds a year.

I don't know what my bench press strength is because I changed to machines when I developed arthritis in my hands which compromised my grip. Since I never power lifted, this didn't bother me. As long as I can still exercise and stay fit, I am happy.

[jude2]

I don't know what my bench press strength is because I changed to machines when I developed arthritis in my hands which compromised my grip. Since I never power lifted, this didn't bother me. As long as I can still exercise and stay fit, I am happy.

I hear you. The slight decrease does mess with your head a little, but still look and am stronger than most, so I am happy.

[Thin Lizzy]

While sprinting is a speed event, sprinters train similarly to strength athletes. They do 6-8 reps of their distance and go home. So, a comparison might be applicable.  If you apply these numbers to a bench press, a guy with a 300lb bench at 35 will have ~270 at 50, and ~225 at 65.

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

48..


I hit a 545lbs on a 16" box squat at 51 on Saturday and today put up a 270lb atlas stone on a 50" platform today. I'm 230.

It depends on how you train.

Nice weight,16 inch is a little high though no?

[oldtimer1]

Strength can stay into your early 50's without juice. What you lose is power and that important athletic attribute starts to leave at around 45.  Yes, power and strength are two different things. 

[_aj_]

Don't forget "old man strength". Barring injury, you should be able to bench 1200 at 70 years.

[the trainer]

48..

I hit a 545lbs on a 16" box squat at 51 on Saturday and today put up a 270lb atlas stone on a 50" platform today. I'm 230.

It depends on how you train.

One of the beautiful thing about the internet is we can type any king of bullshit lifts and claim that is what we do.

[oldtimer1]

Don't forget "old man strength". Barring injury, you should be able to bench 1200 at 70 years.

Of course you should always train for strength. Since strength goes up in a linear fashion if you start lifting with a 135lbs bench by age 70 you should be doing about 1200 like you wrote. 

[Grape Ape]

One of the beautiful thing about the internet is we can type any king of bullshit lifts and claim that is what we do.

Why are you always attacking him?

[oldtimer1]

While sprinting is a speed event, sprinters train similarly to strength athletes. They do 6-8 reps of their distance and go home. So, a comparison might be applicable.  If you apply these numbers to a bench press, a guy with a 300lb bench at 35 will have ~270 at 50, and ~225 at 65.

Sprinting is a power event not a strength event.

[Hulkotron]

While sprinting is a speed event, sprinters train similarly to strength athletes. They do 6-8 reps of their distance and go home. So, a comparison might be applicable.  If you apply these numbers to a bench press, a guy with a 300lb bench at 35 will have ~270 at 50, and ~225 at 65.

flinstones can run the 100 meters in 10.6 s.

[Coach is Back!]

Nice weight,16 inch is a little high though no?

I had 14" boxes made and it brings me a little too deep, I add a 2" pad and it brings me a hair below parallel.

[Coach is Back!]

^^^^
guy can never wait to talk about himself. who gives a fuck?

I'm 51....what's the title of this thread?

[Thin Lizzy]

Sprinting is a power event not a strength event.

Power = Force x Speed. So, strength (force) is an essential element of sprinting, and since both strength and speed decline with age, IMO, sprinting makes for a decent comparison.

[galeniko]

at some point it will just break couple bones if he tries, thats age

nah age is just one of the factors.

[T-REX007]

I am 47 now and my lifts haven't decreased really at all, sometimes I have better weeks than others, but across the board my strength has not really decreased.

I have noticed I get more "nuisance" injuries now, especially in the shoulder girdle when benching heavy singles, but just have to be careful. I am hoping to maintain into my 50's.

[tommywishbone]

Strength can stay into your early 50's without juice. What you lose is power and that important athletic attribute starts to leave at around 45.  Yes, power and strength are two different things. 

This works for me.  Even though I am still very strong the Anaerobic power that I had in my late 20's and early 30's is long gone.

[Coach is Back!]

My biggest problem is recovery.

[funk51]

Take a 30 yr old with a 300lb 1 rep max natty bench. Assuming continued training, good health and nutrition, what's an estimate of his bench at 40, 50, 60 & 70?

40=300, 50=285, 60=270, 70=dead.

[syntaxmachine]

Take a 30 yr old with a 300lb 1 rep max natty bench. Assuming continued training, good health and nutrition, what's an estimate of his bench at 40, 50, 60 & 70?

He'll keep wearing detestably high pants and vomit-inducing purple shirts into old age unless somebody tells him the word.

[Man of Steel]

Have a few farts of the olden variety in this thread.