Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Ugh... I'm out of shape.

I did a little home-workout yesterday morning and am feeling the effects today. Over the last year tendonitis kept showing up and causing me to have to stop any weight lifting or strength training. I'm pretty sure it was my failure to recognize that I now must be really warmed up before lifting anything heavy. 33 is not old, but it is a bit different from 23. I am pretty sure that weighted chin-ups were the main culprit. Anyway, I did the following circuit 3 times yesterday in the living room, using some kettlebells and a "Perfect Pullup" doorframe-mounted bar that somebody gave to me:

Pushups with various hand positions
Single leg semi-stiff legged deadlifts with kettlebell
45-degree bodyweight back row, using pullup bar in low position
Standing kettlebell shoulder press
Single leg pistol squats, holding pullup bar to "cheat" a bit
Lying ab crunches with a kettlebell held overhead
Kettlebell hip swings

I rested about 30 seconds between movements and about 2-3 minutes between rounds, so it was maybe 30 minutes after warming up a bit. The "Pefect Pullup" device is actually pretty solid and useful. It felt like a pretty good workout for such a short timeframe and I was soaking wet by the midpoint. Amazing how "blah" you feel when you aren't getting any exercise, even if you are eating reasonably clean.

Right now I'm kind of glad to have that handicap rail next to the toilet in my office bathroom!

You're just a pup, JPro.

Round is a shape......



The sorest I have been was after PT. Someone was messing up and resulted in extra everything. It didn't help I spent an hour and half in the weight room before.

33 hell, wait until you double it and then you can have something to complain about.

33 ?

Phfffttt. You aint seen nothin yet brother.

I know it. Even so, I find it's a bit easier to get injured as each year passes. No complaints, just the way it is....

you have no idea just the way it is, until you reach our age

You guys are not painting the best picture of things to come!

WHat Bea said.

It's not a problem once you figure out that it hurts to get old....

One of the best-built guys I know is a 43yr old coach who does all the P90x and Insanity infomercial stuff. I can tell it takes some work, as he is often seen around town with icebags taped over his joints. 43 ain't old either, but I suppose it might be getting a bit old for some things. I want to keep my pants size the same keep my joints working as well as I can. There was a day when shoulders, knees, and lower back were of no concern at all.

As someone once said,"Getting Old isn't for sissies"

It also takes a schit ton of time.


Travis

Wait until 40. After that, it takes a whole lot longer to get in shape. You'll do well to not get out of shape and have to play catch up.

I can officially say: Golden years my azz![b][/b]

try being motivated to stay in shape when your knee caps are laying on their sides acting like a sanding block on the end of your femur.....im 30.....not sure im even interested in seeing 40....last doc to look at x-rays of my knees said he would guess going by the x-rays and nothing else that i was 65

You look a lot older than 33 in your avatar.

That sucks. I baby my knees more than anything else and have to wear corrective insoles every day, which do really help. No surgery, but they sound like Rice Krispies every time they flex. My wife cringes when I stand up from a crouch, as she can hear it. Sounds like it could certainly be worse, as they do still work....

I get that a lot.

im missing the notch in the end of my femur for the knee cap to ride in.....one of the specialists ive seen says that while there is a wide variation between people im about as close to flat as he has seen and my knees are bout like a bowling ball on a table going where ever in the hell they want....no cool story, no injury, bad roll of the genetic dice and i came up snake eyes......2 out of 3 siblings have similar problems...