Originally Posted by
Andy Baker (KSC)
Alot of people go through that cycle:
1: Age 15-22: Train mostly with barbells for sports in high school / college. Programming and technique either terrible or never even considered to exist.
2: Age 22 - 30: Follow bodybuilding magazine routines with no focus on building a strength base. Make some cosmetic changes, but never very big or strong. Realize at 30 you will not step onto the Olympia Stage.
3. Age 30-31: Crossfit. Get injured. Quit
4: Age 32 - 40: Find a basic barbell program (wish you had found this at 18 or 24). Develop a decent base of strength lifting correctly for first time ever. Kick yourself for wasting your best 15 years of potential.
5: Age 40: Decide to work on your physique. Embark on an intelligently designed bodybuilding protocol with strength focus. Realize testosterone levels have plummeted and none of this stuff works like it did when you were 22.