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IS IT NORMAL...

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.


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To: muir_redwoods

“like”


21 posted on 02/07/2012 1:41:46 PM PST by WKB (Anything Obama: "What a revoltin' development this is")
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To: mamelukesabre
I'm just curious if anyone knows if this is normal.

I wouldn't worry, but call your doctor if it persists more than four hours.

22 posted on 02/07/2012 1:41:46 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: DallasDeb

Nothing that I’m aware of. No hormone therapy. I seem to be losing my hair at an increased rate the last 3 or 4 years. That’s about it really. Oh, I had knee injuries in my 20s that hurt now and then ever since. About 2-3 years ago they just quit bothering me. I don’t know why.


23 posted on 02/07/2012 1:42:01 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: mamelukesabre
Maybe you're becoming a lesbian?

24 posted on 02/07/2012 1:42:18 PM PST by evets (beer)
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To: muir_redwoods

>> At 62 I can carry $100 worth of groceries in one hand. I couldn’t do that when I was 21.

ROFLMAO!


25 posted on 02/07/2012 1:42:40 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: muir_redwoods
That’s nothing. At 62 I can carry $100 worth of groceries in one hand. I couldn’t do that when I was 21.

HAHAHA! That's right! I think all Americans are a LOT stronger nowadays. ;-)

26 posted on 02/07/2012 1:43:21 PM PST by WXRGina (Further up and further in!)
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To: mamelukesabre

Mr. Dingle, the Strong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8fNoB68r4&feature=related


27 posted on 02/07/2012 1:44:18 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: mamelukesabre

Hope and Change


28 posted on 02/07/2012 1:44:57 PM PST by Diggity
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To: mamelukesabre
What a remarkable coincidence!

I recently broke my hand, and after the doctor fixed it up, he said to me:

"It looks like you'll still be able to play the piano."

And I said: "Thanks, doc! I could never play it before!"

29 posted on 02/07/2012 1:45:12 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: muir_redwoods

Anyone can carry a small grocery bag of caviar and lobster. Ask Moochelle.


30 posted on 02/07/2012 1:45:47 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: mamelukesabre

You’re gifted. Im happy just to jerk off.


31 posted on 02/07/2012 1:47:31 PM PST by goseminoles
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The only muscles I’ve noticed being bigger than they used to be is my forearms.


32 posted on 02/07/2012 1:49:27 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: mamelukesabre

It’s like a lightbulb... a brief bright flash, then it goes dark.


33 posted on 02/07/2012 1:49:44 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: NewJerseyJoe

P4L


34 posted on 02/07/2012 1:53:39 PM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: goseminoles; mamelukesabre

goseminoles: “You’re gifted. Im happy just to jerk off.”
mamelukesabre: “The only muscles I’ve noticed being bigger than they used to be is my forearms.”

You can’t make this stuff up! :-)


35 posted on 02/07/2012 1:53:58 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: mamelukesabre

I can do no handed pushups. Well, actually just one no handed pushup.


36 posted on 02/07/2012 1:54:31 PM PST by douginthearmy (Obamagebra: 1 job + 1 hope + 1 change = 0 jobs + 0 hope)
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To: mamelukesabre

Not sure about you, but I just finished an 11 mile bike ride to work. I’ll do the same coming home tonight at 11:30. I also did 4 miles with my grandson this morning.

I’m 57.


37 posted on 02/07/2012 1:55:24 PM PST by irishtenor (Everything in moderation, however, too much whiskey is just enough... Mark Twain)
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To: mamelukesabre

How long have you been taking HGH and getting the injections in the buttocks? That’s the first LOGICAL question that popped into MY beady little mind. Things like this DO NOT just happen.....at least not in Realville.


38 posted on 02/07/2012 1:56:17 PM PST by Tucker39 (Psa 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation.KJV)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; mamelukesabre
It’s like a lightbulb... a brief bright flash, then it goes dark.

It's always dawnest, just before the dark.

39 posted on 02/07/2012 1:56:45 PM PST by Egon (The difference between Theory and Practice: In Theory, there is no difference.)
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To: donmeaker

Yikes. Maybe I will get a checkup.


40 posted on 02/07/2012 2:00:07 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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