8/20/23
If I’m gonna watch stuff (opted to jump fully off that wagon today, and forgive myself – may publish on this note soon), might as well make it productive.
I’d watched the video a couple months back, felt like rewatching it, then instead of doing so ended up reading through the comments and typing up a reply to a comment that I felt I could add value to.
I paid no attention to video at all this time around, just read and types through it’s entirety lol
On Here :
martin licis – stone lifting in china
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The Comment :
No man hits his peak 1rm strength til his mid 30s at the youngest, heck I’m tempted to say I’ve seen it apply to mid 50s, and if that wasn’t his peak it was at least 90%ish of his peak strength – the fact is that you can get stronger at any age, and be strong at any age.
We can start anytime.
Go forth. Be strong.
Whatever we’ve reached, we can “maintain” the large bulk of it, if not all, on even the most minimal of inputs.
While best to be active your entire life, even if you weren’t the time is now.
We all start somewhere.
This is something many don’t ever apply.
They don’t age well simply because they don’t, never have, actively lived in that direction.
I’ve worked with lifetime laborers, dudes shockingly strong…dudes who don’t take care of themselves, but have done hard work for decades.
I’ve seen people start in the weight room after retirement, and a cool one to witness was a grandma (tall – say 5’9″, broad shouldered, in shape, young looking for 65-70, looked an in shape 50-55, and still partly running a family owned restaurant) and her college age granddaughter (very tall – say 5’11”, broad shouldered, a tad chubby) the pair regularly deadlifting up to either 275lbs or 315lbs
THE PAIR AT~67yo AND ~21yo BOTH REGULARLY DEADLIFTING UP TO TRIPLES AT 275 OR 315lbs DEPENDING ON THE DAY.
I once had a conversation on the gym floor with this cool old timer (71 at the time), the topic of one arm pushups came up, and he got down, banged some out on the spot.
He hadn’t joined a gym til after retirement, told me after awhile inactive just sitting around the house mostly, that he felt that he was declining, and realized without the massive hours he’d spent running a restaurant (funny coincidence – the two unrelated) he had plenty of time, so went out and did something about it.
The most important aspect is the mindset ; to believe that you’re capable, and personally it helps to have internalized the belief that “the natural state of man is one of awesome physicality – we are meant to be strong, in shape, full of vitality for life”.
Then you live with no excuses.
-J
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Persistence & Tenacity