Reply With QuoteWelcome. Soon you will look at your new numbers as light. We need strength as we age. I used to run as well but I got to the point that I realized that the older I got the less likely I would be a champion runner but I did need strength to function.
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Geezer Jr here
I'll be 51 in January, just started SS about two months ago, when i was younger in the 70s I ran a lot, several marathons, never ever had any core strength or upper body at all. Currently 6', call it 208lbs more or less.
Started like i said about 2 months ago, could barely squat 115, tonight just did 185 x3 x5, very happy. deadlifted 145 as well. for me, couldn't be happier. have some soreness in my glutes but will take it.
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Welcome. Soon you will look at your new numbers as light. We need strength as we age. I used to run as well but I got to the point that I realized that the older I got the less likely I would be a champion runner but I did need strength to function.
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Thanks carson!
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The technical classification for one of your tender years is a geezoid. When you hit 60, you're a geezer. Always good to have another one around.
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You ran marathons in Jr. High?
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close, bad syntax on my part, ran my first one in 1980 (in Vernon, NJ) then ran Jersey Shore in Nov of 81, then Marine Corps in 82 and 83. But by then I had discovered the joys of beer and especially gin in college...Originally Posted by sbhikes
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I wondered if I was a geezer yet and I'm not! Only 57 so a few years left to go.
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OK, it appears a restatement of the Geezer Taxonomy is in order here:
40+ Geezling
50+ Geezoid
60+ Geezer
70+ Geezosaur
80+ Geezolith
90+ Geez!
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100+ GeezLouise!
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Okay guys I think we have to somehow get a sticky added to the Elderly section that the details out Mark's and Mr. Bingley's wisdom noted above.
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