What age does your strength start to decrease?

[maldorf]

I was stronger at age 38 than when i was yougner. Im not sure when the age thing kicks in for losing stregth. The guy across the street is 50 yrs old and just benched 405 lbs for the first time, and he doesnt even really lift that hard.
What I felt, like you said, was the joint issue. I had to lift smarter when I was older. WHen I was young I feel like I was able to get away with doing things wrong and not pay the price. As I grew older I found it much more important to watch out for overtraining. Part of the overtraining problem though might have been the fact that I was lifting much heavier weight, and needed more recoupe time because of that.

 

[STEVO 47]

Over training will be more common as we get older. The ability to
heal is much slower as we age........

 

[tjs114]

i just broke 500 for the first time at age 40.

 

[hawkmoon]

Everything but my bench is as strong or stronger than it was 20+ years ago. I'm 40 now and can rack dead 675x5 and do rows with 405 still.

 

[latimus]

a fellow pl'r turned bbr is nearing 40, and he hit 625x3 on inclines 3weeks ago
frk

jesus thats some weight. I wouldnt exactly call youself a fellow PLer if you are doing a set of 3 at 625.