Athletic performance in your 40s?

[phatty]

I figure Mt Si is worth doing no more than once per decade.

Then you are doing it wrong. Old Si Trail is always quiet and gives a better, steeper workout. Tennerife via Kamikaze is the toughest of the bunch.

[plugboots]

I always found racing really stressful too. All that work concentrated into a few seconds or minutes.

Try gymnastics.

[muted]

Try gymnastics.

Why? No.

[XXX-er]

After watching a bunch of young fuckers flailing at the rope swing at my local lake I swam over and proceeded to drop back flips like it was nothing. Swam back to the boat and popped a beer, put on my straw hat and sunblock ‘cause this old dude ain’t gettin no skin cancer. Pretty sure I showed them.

wow can I drink your bathwater ?

[stradissimo]

Then you are doing it wrong. Old Si Trail is always quiet and gives a better, steeper workout. Tennerife via Kamikaze is the toughest of the bunch.

Hey, I just did Teneriffe via Kamikaze last Friday. It took 3 hours and 15 minutes. ...And that was after I did the old trail up and down Mailbox in 2:16. My legs are still sore. It might not count though, I’m out of my 40s.
Kamikaze is almost as much fun as mountain biking.

[plugboots]

Why? No.

Way more stressful than swimming. Doesn’t even compare.

[phatty]

Hey, I just did Teneriffe via Kamikaze last Friday. It took 3 hours and 15 minutes. ...And that was after I did the old trail up and down Mailbox in 2:16. My legs are still sore. It might not count though, I’m out of my 40s.
Kamikaze is almost as much fun as mountain biking.

It is definitely a fun trail. Did you bang them out on the same day? That's a huge day of climbing.

[abraham]

Hey, I just did Teneriffe via Kamikaze last Friday. It took 3 hours and 15 minutes. ...And that was after I did the old trail up and down Mailbox in 2:16. My legs are still sore. It might not count though, I’m out of my 40s.
Kamikaze is almost as much fun as mountain biking.

Tell me more about this Kamikaze.

2:16 is strong work. I'm not at that point, what was your time to the top? I rarely track round trip, just the ups

[Jacques Strap]

core strength...medicine ball...hand weights

Don't buy either. Just do the Big Three. It's not sexy, but that's how you know it works.

[Jacques Strap]

HGH

Yeah, dude. It doesn't do a thing for building muscle, but it's a magic rejuvenating elixir. Recovery in a bottle.

[stradissimo]

Tell me more about this Kamikaze.

2:16 is strong work. I'm not at that point, what was your time to the top? I rarely track round trip, just the ups

It was 1:22 from the upper parking lot to the top. It took 6 minutes to get from the car to the start of the real trail.

If you go to Teneriffe Falls then bear right and keep going up, that is Kamikaze. It has a few places where it seems prudent to grab on to something to keep from falling off the trail.

[2FUNKY]

wow can I drink your bathwater ?

Was that not what this thread was about? Huh.

[SumJongGuy]

First wake up call for me mid 40s was on a trip to Boston with the family to see my sister's family. We did the usual brick walk stuff then decided to go check out the Bunker Hill monument. It was already a long uphill walk from the parking spot to the building. Wife looked up and said "no way" so I trotted in with the two kids, ages 4 and 6. The steps were bigger than I expected and lots more of them LOL. We passed some dude half way up who was puking out a little window. Did I mention it was hot as hell? Anyway, we made it up, rested a few minutes, then trotted down. Upon exit noticed dozens of people laying in the grass like a combat casualties zone. I could barely walk back to the car. That climb about kicked my ass. Ten years later, pretty sure I can still do it, but would probably take longer, maybe stop for a couple minutes to puke half way up LOL..

[DBdude]

Don't buy either. Just do the Big Three. It's not sexy, but that's how you know it works.

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[iceman]

Yeah no wonder the comments are disabled.

[glademaster]

Was that not what this thread was about? Huh.

Swing and a miss, big fella.

[The AD]

Well that was just mean. Funny. But mean.

All in good humor. Hey, I'm no badass, either. Swimming is a great equalizer. I've gotten my dick handed to me by 14 year old girls in the pool (ok, that sounded weird, but you know what I mean ).

[iceman]

what's a swimming creeper? A crawler? A breast stroker?

[The AD]

what's a swimming creeper? A crawler? A breast stroker?

I believe they're called swim coaches.

[2FUNKY]

Swing and a miss, big fella.

Well back to the drawing board then.

[jackstraw]

I believe they're called swim coaches.

[Grange]

When I was in my 20's and 30's I had an easy time maintaining my weight. Around 41 I noticed I had to start watching my diet just a little more closely, but still didn't have to increase my workouts or activities. At age 42 I picked up martial arts again so if I got lazy with my diet the extra activity would help maintain my body. Then at around age 45 I noticed a weight gain around the holidays and just figured it was my poor diet choices and that after going back to my normal diet the weight would come off. Unfortunately it didn't and thus began my struggle with controlling my weight. I increased my workouts, dramatically in some areas, and the weight wasn't coming off very easily. This lead to some injuries, which cause me to have to slow down while I healed thus making weight control that much more difficult. At 46 decided that I have to pay much closer attention to my diet. I have started counting calories, while continuing my workouts and activities. It is paying off as I'm losing weight and getting closer to my goal. I've also found that decreasing my cardio a little and increasing my weight training has helped. This the opposite thing that I did in my early 40's because back then I found weight training just made my wider all over and limited my flexibility, which hindered some of my activities like mountain biking.

[2bjenny]

I believe they're called swim coaches.

Yep, our Master's swim coach from when I lived in MA is now banned for life from USA Swimming and removed from the ASCA Hall of Fame. Sadly, for some reason, it does not surprise me even though I never got a creeper feeling from him. But then, I only swam with the masters group and was never really around the kids except when we crossed paths in the locker room or pool deck as practices switched.

[abraham]

First wake up call for me mid 40s was on a trip to Boston with the family to see my sister's family. We did the usual brick walk stuff then decided to go check out the Bunker Hill monument. It was already a long uphill walk from the parking spot to the building. Wife looked up and said "no way" so I trotted in with the two kids, ages 4 and 6. The steps were bigger than I expected and lots more of them LOL. We passed some dude half way up who was puking out a little window. Did I mention it was hot as hell? Anyway, we made it up, rested a few minutes, then trotted down. Upon exit noticed dozens of people laying in the grass like a combat casualties zone. I could barely walk back to the car. That climb about kicked my ass. Ten years later, pretty sure I can still do it, but would probably take longer, maybe stop for a couple minutes to puke half way up LOL..

[EWG]

You know, in my experience, if you really want to lose weight and stay thin, Giardia is amazingly effective, and requires almost no willpower.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. Or a dentist.