Building muscle in your 40s

Building muscle in your 40s

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essexplumber

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175 months

Monday 31st October 2022
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272BHP said:
I tend to follow this diet:

Breakfast: whatever I feel like on the day
Lunch: whatever I feel like on the day
Dinner: whatever my wife cooks up

If I want to lose or gain weight I just adjust portion size.
That’s exactly the cavalier attitude that got me into this mess hehe

essexplumber

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Monday 31st October 2022
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Silvanus said:
I'm going to have to revisit this thread. Currently laying in a hospital bed with news i need more surgery. They managed to get me out of bed today to weigh me and it genuinely brought me to tears. Got a bit uphill battle when I eventually recover.
Sorry to hear that! Best of luck and hope you’re back training sooner than you expect!

essexplumber

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Monday 7th November 2022
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Jeans are a pain in arse. I’ve gone from a 38/40 to getting into my old GAP 34 waist but the cuts crap on them so I’ve been searching for a decent cut without spending fortunes in a 34/30 and there’s a lack of choice. Are denim manufacturers on strike!

Slight more OT trainings going well and creatine seems to make a difference.
More noticeable definition in my pecs and delts and I managed to flat bench with 30kg dumbbells the other day, I remember struggling with 20kg in the summer!

essexplumber

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Monday 7th November 2022
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ORD said:
Good progress! Well done.
Thank you

essexplumber

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Monday 7th November 2022
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Best pair of jeans I ever had were Diesel, 32 waist which I reckon I could get into in a few months but I lost them hehe

TKmaxx is brilliant if you get lucky. Don’t understand anyone feeling ashamed for shopping there, I’m as happy in primary stuff as I am in designer.

essexplumber

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Friday 11th November 2022
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And another thing….farts. Veg and protein I’m assuming equals ripe farts and lots of them.
The Mrs is very upset and I’m not lying when I say our 8 year old actually cried last night cos I let one go in his room (he was having an emotional day though tbf)
Has anyone invited a pill to neutralise them yet?

essexplumber

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Friday 11th November 2022
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ORD said:
Healthy diet means farts that don’t smell much. True fact.
Really?? Am I eating too much veg possibly?

essexplumber

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Sunday 8th January 2023
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Cor had to go back a few pages to find this thread hehe

Quick question that’s not worth starting a new thread for.
I’m halfway through my tub of creatine but it’s started clumping together in the tub. Is it still ok to use or should I bin it and buy some more?

essexplumber

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Sunday 8th January 2023
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Tigerj said:
Yeah it’s fine, just some moisture got in. It always seems to clump. Just shake the short a bit more otherwise your shake can be a bit gritty.
Ah phew! Though I was gonna have to bin £12 worth! Thanks for the reply

essexplumber

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Sunday 8th January 2023
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Legacywr said:
How’s the OP getting on?
Good actually thanks.
Had the lurgy over Xmas that slowed me down in terms of training but not completely.
I’m still basically just doing weights as many days as poss around work and kids etc (3/4 days a week but I want to increase that to 5/6 again)
Still eating right, no fat gain although fat loss seems to have plateaued.
I’m going to tip the balance in favour of cardio at the start of march to see if I can st this last layer I seem to be holding onto.

essexplumber

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Sunday 8th January 2023
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Also I’ll take a pic of the results in may (a year after I started) although I didn’t take a proper before pic but there’s a couple of me waddling around the garden somewhere for comparison hehe