Possible to make big gains in your mid 30s?

[ChickenLegs99]

Everyone knows that the best gains are made when you're young. I didn't start training well until my mid 20's and didn't start using AAS until my late 20's.

Im 34 now and have made decent gains - like 200 lbs lean at 5'9, but I'd like to get up to like 230. Is this even possible for somebody with average genetics at my age? I mean, assuming I use everything under the sun including GH and insulin, is this a realistic goal?

 

[little slice]

it's not unreasonable if you put the work in



although 230 at 5'9 and lean is pretty darn big

 

[upeccmi]

You can make alot of gains for several years to come. While I gained most of my weight in my 20s when I was still competing. I had much more muscle maturity in my 30s. If you work hard with compound movements you have plenty of solid years of growth.

 

[thejerz]

Everyone knows that the best gains are made when you're young. I didn't start training well until my mid 20's and didn't start using AAS until my late 20's.

Im 34 now and have made decent gains - like 200 lbs lean at 5'9, but I'd like to get up to like 230. Is this even possible for somebody with average genetics at my age? I mean, assuming I use everything under the sun including GH and insulin, is this a realistic goal?

you do not need GH and Insulin to get huge, my workout partner (36) hit over 240lbs lean @ 5 '10' with Test and food, granted he has been training since he was 12 years old

 

[Turkishexpress]

There is absolutely no reason why you can't using peds in moderation and consistency in your workouts and diet. Don't worry too much. Just workout.

 

[ChickenLegs99]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Sometimes I get discouraged. Gonna keep training.

 

[tenny]

34 years old.....

you haven't even hit your prime bodybuilding years yet...

it sounds to me you are burned out,
and looking for a way to quit...

spinning wheels can do that....not much gains in awhile...???

maybe its time to try something new...

 

[Dezzy]

Bodybuilding is a sport where most champions are actually in their 30's i believe. Obviously you have some exceptions to this but generally in my experience muscle maturity is at peak levels in ones 30's.

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[Big-Dawg]

34 years old.....

you haven't even hit your prime bodybuilding years yet...

it sounds to me you are burned out,
and looking for a way to quit...

spinning wheels can do that....not much gains in awhile...???

maybe its time to try something new...

Tenny is right,I'm not a bodybuilder but a Powerlifter and I'm 37 and my lifts are a lot higher with the muscle maturity from being older and quality gains...All competitors at top level hit there prime in mid 30s and up...

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[heavyhitter]

I'm turning 34 this year and I'm still making gains and I currently look the best I've ever looked in my life

 

[pesty4077]

My best gains were in my 30's.

 

[thethinker48]

Unfortunately the ages to make gains is between 19-22. If you don't look like Jay Cutler by 22, then you're doomed.

 

[buck]

I lifted in my teens then spent my 20's in search of endurance activities. Got into the gym when I was 30. And put on over 40 lb's of muscle at a height of 5'6", most of it before I ever touched AS. So with good diet and training much can be accomplished.

 

[MightyJohn]

I'm 37 and getting harder/grainier...close to Your stats 5'9, 206....last time I went up over 230 I was 33/34...with My genes I don't hold it the second the foot is off the gas...it's possible even for the non-genetically gifted

 

[chrisrivers]

I'm 36 and look wayyy better than i was at 26. Much stronger too.

 

[Anubis]

I don't want to start a new thread for this as its along the same lines, but what about when you guys are in your 40s, I know we got some old timers in here. I just hit 40 and am I lost cause now lol Im not a mass monster or close to it so I tend to believe I got some growth left in me but what's the real deal.

 

[concreter]

I put on 48 lbs @ 41yrs old on 500 test and too much createne. Not very solid but a lot of muscle.
Took another yr to solidify!
But you sound like a Doubter, so I Doubt it!!!

 

[Anubis]

I put on 48 lbs @ 41yrs old on 500 test and too much createne. Not very solid but a lot of muscle.
Took another yr to solidify!
But you sound like a Doubter, so I Doubt it!!!

I'm not a doubter, I made my best gains over the last few years dropping doses way down and getting serious about my progress but it's human nature.The body will have a point where it slows, so I was more just curious if anybody has noticed a big change in how they progress or how they need to train as they aged. 48 pounds is absolutely huge at any point! well done!

 

[concreter]

I had some muscle memory involved. At 25 I was 235 @ 5% then dropped the weights and overworked for the next 15yrs dropping to 202pds.
Since That initial jump to 250 I have only put on 10 pds in the last 5yrs.
But 260lbs lean seems to be the cut-off unless your a real genetic Freak or Exteme abuser.

 

[alvinstrong]

it's not anything impossible as long as you keep it up