Anyone start lifting at an older age?

You could start here


http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

I can't say that I really lift other than a x-training and in an effort to avoid age induced muscle mass loss.

Apparently this guy started at 87....
bodybuilding.com/fun/lessons-from-a-95-year-old-bodybuilder.html

I started Stronglifts 5x5 at age 45, bought a power cage & oly bar/weights and am now doing PHUL. I love lifting! I'm 47 now, in the best shape of my life.

About to start Stronglifts 5x5 in a couple of weeks and will be 52 next month. Will let you know how it goes.

I was active till 28 sports martial arts 7 days a week then I started driving a truck over the road till November of last year. I joined a gym the 18 of November 2015 I have lost 24 lbs and added 1 inches to my legs and 1/2 inch to my arms. So yes it's great I started slowly but now I go 3 days a week do cardio for 1 hour and lift weights for 2 hrs all 3 days reat on weekends. Not sure what you're age is but recovery time can be different for everyone hope this helps

dbkyser wrote: »

I played sports all through high school and in the Air Force, have done cardio off an on my entire adult life but never lifted weights much.
Now that I am learning more and more about being healthy I would rather do something less boring than 60 minutes on elliptical. I also want to start toning and building my core back up.
I do cycle a lot during the summer so my legs are in great shape, its upper body that needs the work.

What age did you start lifting, or get serious at it and any advice you want to share would be appreciated.

I started lifting barbells st age 60, 3 yrs ago. It really helps reduce body fat, makes you more lean, and I love it. I do a class at my gym called Body Pump.

45. I am 47 now. never too late to start.

48 but I only do deadlifts once a week for now, want to be able to lift my body weight 3 sets of 5; and weighted hip thrusts. Yoga gave me the arms I want, still working on getting good at push ups and pull ups, handstands and stuff.

I definitely don't find it more interesting than cardio though. Cardio for me is a run outside, jazzercise, dancing, playing with the dogs. Never did manage to run on a treadmill though, that seems soul suckingly dull.

Started at 42 (now 44). I lifted in high school and a little bit in the Air Force, but had not anything since I was 19 or 20 and I had never done a deadlift. I started with StrongLifts 5x5,

One thing I'd say if you go the Olympic bar/powerlifting route: add accessory work early on, especially anything that adds lateral strength and works individual muscles. And you should learn to stretch. I don't think you need to do a lot, but 15 minutes of extra aux work 3x per week might help. Especially the stretching after lifting bit.

I am just finishing my 6th week of Physical Therapy for hip bursitis that basically was caused by an imbalance in my body from training. Even doing Olympic lifts with a barbell, I'm right-side dominant, and apparently I was relying too much on one side and causing my left side to weaken, resulting in the bursitis. If I had done more aux work for my hips and stretched before/after lifting, it probably wouldn't have happened.

Be mindful of your body and aches and pains. Strength training is awesome, but things can happen...

Mid-40s, but only stayed consistent for 2-3 years (not injury - more like short attention span ), and resumed recently at 60. There are even some books aimed at the 50+ audience.

IMO, the difference as an older person has to do with issues like stamina (initially, at least), recovery time (longer than when I was younger), aggressiveness of progression, and avoiding injury risks (more important because recovery/repair takes longer, and our lifespan may've earned us some injury-prone parts already). But all of those are very individual, as well.

No reason not to do it, lots of benefits from doing it.

Started lifting a little last year when I was 51 and stepped it up recently. Doing dumbell routines from bb.com and fitness blender. Probably (definitely!) taking it slower than a younger person but I'm loving the challenge

There's a guy at my gym who started lifting in his early 40s and is now in his 60s and is a world champion and a world record holder in his age category in powerlifting.

I started again at 56 and am 58 now.
Used to bodybuild in my early 30's but had to stop when my job demanded I spend 95% of my time on the road with no time to even visit hotel gyms!

I'm hypothyroid but now my medication seems to be stabilised (for now) I'm back on the iron again doing free weights and LISS cardio so that my body doesn't get too hammered and adrenals too stressed and to help keep the metabolism ticking over nicely along with paying attention to what, how much and when I eat to take care of the weight gain that being hypo can bring before diagnosis and correct hormonal replacement.

Enjoying it even more now, though the young guys in the weight room like to call me Iron Granny but they are always happy to spot for me and we have a good laugh!
Sadly not very many ladies seem to want to join me in the free weights section with the usual excuses...."I don't want to get bulkeeeee". I just say to them that the great thing about having little sprout deltoids is that your bra straps don't fall down!