I agree with you SCIN. I think the key is to keep the old BMI down and stay active. The real differences I've noticed with aging are that it takes me longer to warm up - I must not forget to stretch or I pay - and when I take too much down time, it takes me longer to get back to (my) top physical condition. Injuries take longer to heal, too. Other than that, I think it's fully possible to be completely fit no matter what your age. A bonus of aging is that my endurance has increased. Long swims and runs seem to come easier. So far that hasn't carried over to climbing, but I think I just need to climb more and it'll happen.
Stop making excuses, people!
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squeezindlemmon
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air canada
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Actually, I just look at my ass as training weight.
To me though, that BMI is a terrible indicator. Kind of like your oil light on your car. Its based purely off height and weight-which also makes it a lousy indicator for me. If I get into hockey this fall, my ass might start to eclipse the sun!
Age alone is no excuse, although things like degenerative hips run in my family. If I can stay in good condition, it shouldn't be as much of a problem. I hope it won't be a problem.
To me though, that BMI is a terrible indicator. Kind of like your oil light on your car. Its based purely off height and weight-which also makes it a lousy indicator for me. If I get into hockey this fall, my ass might start to eclipse the sun!
Age alone is no excuse, although things like degenerative hips run in my family. If I can stay in good condition, it shouldn't be as much of a problem. I hope it won't be a problem.
Never mess with a local!
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Bill Ramsey. 44 years old. Sends 5.14 with aplomb. When he was 33 and getting back into climbing after a long 6 year lay off for grad school he climbed 5.11-maybe 5.12. His disciplined approach got him to where he is. Psycho disciplined training.
"It really is all good ! My thinking only occasionally calls it differently..."
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Work hard...Play hard....Eat peanut butter...Rest when your dead...This is the secret to youth. Combine that with a mild work-out three to four times a week,and lots of beer and rum and you too will be "blessed with the gift of youth"
If you're lucky enough to be in the mountains...You're lucky enough...
I can't believe the Pirate just gave away his secret youth formula. I started the regime a couple weeks ago and already look and feel YEARS younger. The side effects though, that he failed to mention, are an extreme longing for cracks and the urge to hand jam gaps in the walls at work.
"I enjoyed a Guinness after I got back home from Palm Sunday Mass." - Captain Static
"Listen, you heard what I said. Do you want me to donate or not charlie. Suck it up and procreate." - Andrew
"Listen, you heard what I said. Do you want me to donate or not charlie. Suck it up and procreate." - Andrew
There is something extraordinary refarding climbers such as kauk. Though the ages may be the same - it is harder to train and climb when you get over 40. Not just physically but regarding opprotunites to climb anything at all. here's an example:SCIN wrote:Man, the guy I work with (he's like 42) always says stuff like this too. But then I go to duathlons and see tons of people in their mid 40s-50s who are ripped as shit and getting up at 6am to race. I think it's just easy to sell out to the "I'm so old" game as an excuse to take it easy. Also, look at some of these older hard climbers. They don't have an ounce of fat on them and they can crank hard.GWG wrote:Aaaaaaahhhhhh!
To be just 15 lbs over. Those were the days.
Wait until you're fighting middle age.
I'm convinced that the gravitational force acting upon one's body increases exponentially with one's age. As evidence to this theory, I present the following observations:
1. It gets harder and harder to get out of bed in the morning, easier to fall into it much earlier in the evening, and more difficult to keep the eyes open no matter what's on the tube.
2. The body begins to sag no matter what weight training program you are doing.
3. I certainly can't get up the routes I use to be able to do in days gone by.
4. These young whipper snappers are sending things I can't even begin to start.
and last but not least,
5. Gravity ultimately wins and stops having it's effect on you once it has sucked you six feet under.
Keep fighting it, don't sucome to the forces of gravity. F i g h t ! F i g h t! F i g h t !
Ron Kauk sent his first 5.14 on his 42nd birthday!
single climber - man i'm going to the gym every night this week then staying at Miguel's all weekend and working on projects in the red.
Married over-forty climber - as soon as i cut the grass and take the trash out, i'm going to grade some papers then see if it's ok for me to go to the gym. I hope it is because i havent been there in a week because of stuff around here and my boss riding my ass at work. "honey i'm going to the gym now, oh i'm sorry i forgot your mom was coming over, no no i'll stay, of course i want to be here, i do, i really do, honey what's wrong?"
single climber - I need a new rope because i've had too many falls training on my projects.
married over-forty climber - honey I need a new rope mine's six years old, oh yeah i forgot about those bills and that extra house payment.
single climber's income/hardest regular grade climbed ratio - 20, 000.per year/ 5.12a.
married over-forty climber's income/hardest regular grade - 90, 000 per year/5.8 (slab).
single climber looking for a weekend partner climbs with a cute girl named Brittany, etc.
married over-forty climber looking for a weekend partner has to with GWC because he doesn't want to get bitched at at home. GWC has to climb with you and a carfull of kids so he doesn't either.