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I'm 38 and have been training for 20 years. Never thought I'd go this long. Not thinking about quitting anytime soon but can you be 60-70 and still train?
When do you think you'll quit training?
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da big thinker
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i'm lifting til the end..it's a lifestyle now.can't just stop training/eating habits just cause your age # is increasing...keep going bud...and never stop!
w8liftinglady
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I'm with you!By then,powerlifting will be a part of the senior olympics,and I plan on getting the goldda big thinker said:i'm lifting til the end..it's a lifestyle now.can't just stop training/eating habits just cause your age # is increasing...keep going bud...and never stop!
when I'm in some accident and become a quadriplegic (god forbid), that would be right about when I'd stop training.
Why stop ever? I see people over 60 at my gym, and plenty over 50. Some of them, those who've been doing it a while, look great. Unless you develop some medical condition where it's dangerous or impossible to train I wouldn't quit just when I get old. Training helps keep you feeling younger, so they say. If I'm still training fine by then, I'm not going to just stop on my 70th birthday and say, Well, I guess I'm too old now, time to quit the gym and just sit at home.
No way!
Why stop ever? I see people over 60 at my gym, and plenty over 50. Some of them, those who've been doing it a while, look great. Unless you develop some medical condition where it's dangerous or impossible to train I wouldn't quit just when I get old. Training helps keep you feeling younger, so they say. If I'm still training fine by then, I'm not going to just stop on my 70th birthday and say, Well, I guess I'm too old now, time to quit the gym and just sit at home.
No way!
i dont think u can otherwise it all goes to fat....and that is bad at old age...but yeah, a lot of cardio, some weights mostly machines and toning and a personal trainer calling me pops (right before i clock him i the face) is where i see myself in 50 years (again assuming i make it that far). dont forgert compund movements like standing curls and dips are impossible at that age
HeavyDutyGuy
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When I stop breathing......
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Kryp2o
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About 2 to 2 1/2 weeks after I die . . . I will consider quiting . . . but I doubt it. 
Daeo said:
i wasn't...i think its true...your body prefers fat as a sotre of energy than to muscle...if u stop liftinf your body has no reason to keep this muscle and it goes. not sure if it goes to fat, but know loads of older men who were muscular and then got fatty if they left it....but apparently when they start lifting it comes back really quickly (muscle memory apparently)
its why i constantly get lectured by a guy who's a cardio monster who says when i hit the age where my bone stops growing and actually starts being decayed, i cant keep doing these really hevy movements and ill get fat
....NEVER
HeavyDutyGuy
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danielson said:
i wasn't...i think its true...your body prefers fat as a sotre of energy than to muscle...if u stop liftinf your body has no reason to keep this muscle and it goes. not sure if it goes to fat, but know loads of older men who were muscular and then got fatty if they left it....but apparently when they start lifting it comes back really quickly (muscle memory apparently)
its why i constantly get lectured by a guy who's a cardio monster who says when i hit the age where my bone stops growing and actually starts being decayed, i cant keep doing these really hevy movements and ill get fat
Are you THAT ignorant?
mike peters
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I'll train until my heart stops pumping.
Maximum Intensity
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I will continue to train until my body tells me it is no longer able to withstand it. Hopefully, I will have the ability to train until I am placed in the casket -- I want them to have to pry that dumbell from hands.
GenetiKing
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I was doing crunches in the womb.
ROIDJUNKIE
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NEVER QUIT!
brickshitpowerhouse
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never, unless there aint a gym in heaven!!
absolute hardgainer
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Well obviously I put myself in the "will never quit" category... but seriously (yeah right ) haven't you guys heard the story of the two bodybuilders who wanted to know if there is bodybuilding in heaven...?
No, you have NOT?!?!?
Ok, here it goes...
There were these two bodybuilders who were both getting on in years, still pumping hard and looking good but both started feeling their age with the times... they were wondering if there was bodybuilding and bodybuilding competitions in heaven. They started talking about it a lot wondering if they could keep on training and competing (both of them loved to be on stage) after their life in this world had ended...
Eventually they made a pact with each other. The pact was that whoever of them would pass away first would come back once and tell the other whether or not their was bodybuilding in heaven.
A month after they made their pact one of them suddenly passed away...
The other remained and wondered if his friend would keep his promise and come back to tell him.
A month later his friend appeared to him as a ghost after a really hard gym session...
Happy to see that his friend coming back to keep their pact the still living bodybuilder asked him: "Well, what is it like, do they have bodybuilding in heaven?" His friend said: "I have good news and bad news for you. Here goes the good news first: YES, they do have bodybuilding in heaven, training and competing is fantastic there. Now the bad news: You're lined up to compete for the Mr Celestial the day after tomorrow."
Ok, that was it, this should answer any outstanding questions.
hardgainer (tryhard funny guy)
) haven't you guys heard the story of the two bodybuilders who wanted to know if there is bodybuilding in heaven...?No, you have NOT?!?!?
Ok, here it goes...
There were these two bodybuilders who were both getting on in years, still pumping hard and looking good but both started feeling their age with the times... they were wondering if there was bodybuilding and bodybuilding competitions in heaven. They started talking about it a lot wondering if they could keep on training and competing (both of them loved to be on stage) after their life in this world had ended...
Eventually they made a pact with each other. The pact was that whoever of them would pass away first would come back once and tell the other whether or not their was bodybuilding in heaven.
A month after they made their pact one of them suddenly passed away...
The other remained and wondered if his friend would keep his promise and come back to tell him.
A month later his friend appeared to him as a ghost after a really hard gym session...
Happy to see that his friend coming back to keep their pact the still living bodybuilder asked him: "Well, what is it like, do they have bodybuilding in heaven?" His friend said: "I have good news and bad news for you. Here goes the good news first: YES, they do have bodybuilding in heaven, training and competing is fantastic there. Now the bad news: You're lined up to compete for the Mr Celestial the day after tomorrow."
Ok, that was it, this should answer any outstanding questions.
hardgainer (tryhard funny guy)
danielson said:
What the hell are you talking about compound movements being impossible at that age? They're possible at any age. Arnold is 55 or 56 right now and I guarantee that he still does those movements. How about the guys in the over 60 class in some comps. Guarantee that they do them too. And, curls are not compound movements. Bro, you need to do some reading. That whole post was as misinformed a post as I've ever seen.
To answer the question: Theoretically, I will stop training when I have children. Not because I want to or anything, but kids are well known to take up all of your time. Well, maybe I won't stop training, but it's a good bet that the hardcore lifestyle will have to be put to the wayside. Or, I'll just never have kids. That'll solve the problem.
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