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Originally posted by Mudge
There are 173 pound guys benching over 600, so yeah size and strength are not one and the same.
I just Googled, "What is the best age to gain muscle mass?" and this was the top site. I'm glad too! The reason why I am looking is because I am 30 years old and I am afraid that this is the time that muscle starts to deteriorate. I have worked out a little here and a little there throughout the years but now that i'm getting older fitness seems to be becoming more important to me. This site helped a lot and answered most of my questions.
I'm curious to know if anybody has any helpful hints for a 30 year old guy that will help me to make fast and large gains. I am open to anything really so please feel free to throw anything my way!! Thanks
The effect of age is that you're wiser and more patient, you know to listen to what your body is telling you. Also it means you that you should be able to seperate yourself from the kids at the gym and not get into the mindset of "If they can do it, I can do it and do it heavier."
Injury prevention is key. You don't heal as fast anymore.
^^ This.
There's wear & tear you need to give consideration too, and less abilty to recover immediately. But by the same token, you've learned to not do as much ego-lifting and 'brute force' (aka wasted effort when you can do it the "right way"). and have more experience in learning the importance of tight form and all that. And the other thing you don't have as a young lifter is muscle maturity. You can puff up quick, but you need to just spend plain old time to let your body grow to accommodate it as part of "your" muscle mass.
Is there an age at which one's ability to add muscle mass begins to decrease?
Is it easier to add muscle during the late teens to early twenties than to add during the thirties?
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