Posted on 02/07/2012 1:23:59 PM PST by mamelukesabre
Is it normal for a male in his 40s to experience a rapid increase in muscle strength? I am mid 40s, and about 6 months ago I discovered by chance that I can now do one handed pushups. I just did 20 of them each hand (just to see how many I could do)just minutes before posting this. I have NEVER been able to do one handed pushups in my life. I am not working out either. In my 20s I was a fitness fanatic and did weight training, boxing, cycling, and running. I was never this strong even then.
About a year ago I shocked some people when I picked up a heavy object and put it on my shoulder and walked up a flight of stairs. After discovering the object was in fact OVER 200lbs I was shocked myself.
This whole one handed pushup thing has stirred up a childhood memory. I remember my dad talking one day and marveling about his own curious strength gains which he described as "unbelievable". He then proceeded to prove it to us kids and mom by going down to the basement and doing a bench press with every last weight in the whole weight set on the bench press bar. After he scared my mom out of her wits, I took all the weights off the bar one by one and counted it all up and it was around 350lbs. He was in his early to mid 40s at that time.
You are coming into your Kryptonian heritage Kal El.
WOW!
That’s a great comeback!
Yep. I used to bench over 300 when I was powerlifting.
Are you forgetting a sarc tag? My memory may be failing, its been 20 years since I’ve lifted weights...but seems to me like 140 is nothing to brag about. Warm up or not. 300, on the other hand, is indeed something to brag about.
“I can do no handed pushups. Well, actually just one no handed pushup.”
I can do half push ups. I do the “down” part with no problem at all.
145 10 times? 3 or 4 may be easy, but 10?
Well thank you, you’re too kind
Well, I was making a perverted reference. Apparently there aren’t a lot of Tenacious D fans on FR.
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