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it's not just bones - it's also the tendons, ligaments, heck even the skin

HNDen21 4y ago
right
SoftTalker 4y ago
All true but it's not without risk. I'm in my 50s, lifting weights for about 3 years now, slow steady increases in weight and am much stronger than I was in 2019. Recently while bench pressing I felt something "pop" in my shoulder and now can't do any pressing movement at all without significant pain. Diagnosed and tried to rehab it as a tendon strain with no improvement. Getting an MRI soon to see what's going on. At my age I don't really feel "old" mentally or physically, so hitting my body's physical limits in the gym is both difficult to accept and discouraging, as I had been making decent progress up until then. I can still squat and deadlift and do many other accessories but I am paying much more attention to what my joints and ligaments are telling me.
- layer8 4y ago
  Yeah, one is always limited by the weakest link in the chain, unfortunately.
- saiya-jin 4y ago
  The problem is (and it increases with age) - muscles are not your limiting factor long term, connective tissues are. They can be damaged by long term fatigue, or sudden burst of too much strain. Pushing weights continuously, in higher age, will eventually lead to injury, even if muscles would easily go even further, they are much better at repairing/building up quickly compared to ie tendons or ligaments. Even for young, there is general advice to put 1 week out of ie 10/12 of complete rest, or probably active rest. It is for all those little fractures and sprains in connective tissue to heal a bit. With age, this should be more frequent and/or longer and as usually everything is very individual.
- mister_mister 4y ago
  I would advice to lose the barbell and focus on dumbbells and machines. Try training more like bodybuilders instead of power lifters. Using the full range of motion, and being able to rotate while performing the movement will decrease the tension on your joints and ligaments.

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All true but it's not without risk. I'm in my 50s, lifting weights for about 3 years now, slow steady increases in weight and am much stronger than I was in 2019. Recently while bench pressing I felt something "pop" in my shoulder and now can't do any pressing movement at all without significant pain. Diagnosed and tried to rehab it as a tendon strain with no improvement. Getting an MRI soon to see what's going on. At my age I don't really feel "old" mentally or physically, so hitting my body's physical limits in the gym is both difficult to accept and discouraging, as I had been making decent progress up until then. I can still squat and deadlift and do many other accessories but I am paying much more attention to what my joints and ligaments are telling me.

layer8 4y ago
Yeah, one is always limited by the weakest link in the chain, unfortunately.
saiya-jin 4y ago
The problem is (and it increases with age) - muscles are not your limiting factor long term, connective tissues are. They can be damaged by long term fatigue, or sudden burst of too much strain. Pushing weights continuously, in higher age, will eventually lead to injury, even if muscles would easily go even further, they are much better at repairing/building up quickly compared to ie tendons or ligaments. Even for young, there is general advice to put 1 week out of ie 10/12 of complete rest, or probably active rest. It is for all those little fractures and sprains in connective tissue to heal a bit. With age, this should be more frequent and/or longer and as usually everything is very individual.
mister_mister 4y ago
I would advice to lose the barbell and focus on dumbbells and machines. Try training more like bodybuilders instead of power lifters. Using the full range of motion, and being able to rotate while performing the movement will decrease the tension on your joints and ligaments.