****10) Men who haven’ t hit the gym in a decade attempting to bench their weigh and blow out a pec muscle instead****
Twenty two years ago I did this, and blew out a mitral valve! Haven’t lifted weights since.
yep... I work out at the gym, but I do very low weight and high reps... mostly there for the cardio workouts.
I do note that there are quite a few 50 to 60 year olds, with the dyed hair and the muscle T-shirts, trying with every fiber of their being, to hold that gut in. Meanwhile the 20 to 30 year olds strut around like roosters. These guys that are my age, need to take a good long look in the mirror, and mirrors are everywhere in that place. It’s dumb..
Know your age, and by all means still exercise... but know that you aren’t 20.. Indeed, you are invisible to the young women at the gym.
As recently as a few short years ago, I was benching WELL over my body weight (and I’m 55). Still, since I plan on getting back into lifting after a few years’ hiatus, I’m also smart enough to know that you start all over; take baby steps and work back up to it.
That’s where too many make such idiotic mistakes: not realizing or acknowledging that they have to work back up to where they were before. Not this old man. :)