Skateboarding after 30

[somethingmustbreaknow]

haha - i am 36 and i'll never look into this ass thread ever again.

only thing worth pointing out in this mess is this:

props to those who NEVER quit.

shred on - even in your thirties, even more so, in your fourties, fifties, sixties and so oooooooooooooooooon

[ferguu]

Turned 32 a few months ago and I feel my skating is better than it's ever been by far. I want to film a street part within the next year or two while I still can push my limits on jumping down shit. I need to film my Stay Gold lol.

That being said, this is only possible because I worked on and invested in my fitness and flexibility for several years now. I tore the meniscus in each knee on separate occasions in my teens and had achy knees up until my early 20s where I hired a personal trainer to essentially build my legs up. I joked with him the day after my birthday that Im considerably more flexible and stronger in my knees and ankles at 32 than I was at 22. In my late 20s I was having hot pocket issues in both ankles but I nipped those in the bud as well over the past year after emphasizing ankle mobility and leg work for a while.

While I feel I still got plenty of juice left, I know I can't jump over and down everything forever so I've been slowly trying to get more well rounded skating transition and switch/nollie more so my muscles and joints don't get overworked on my goofy side over time as I continue to age


My diet is where I really need the most work tho I feel like that's my next real challenge to overcome but once I build better habits there, I feel like I have a pretty good window from 32-35 to really get it in and do my most gnarly shit. Then as I get older I'll do more smoother transition skating and maybe even get on some manual shit. There's so many older dudes out here killing now and even still jumping down shit so that gives me hope that I can continue to rip well into my 40s so long as I really take care of myself and diversify my skating from the high-impact style I've always had

What would you say are some of the best routines / exercises you've picked up from the dude? This sounds good I want insider info.

[DaSk8D00D]

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Turned 32 a few months ago and I feel my skating is better than it's ever been by far. I want to film a street part within the next year or two while I still can push my limits on jumping down shit. I need to film my Stay Gold lol.

That being said, this is only possible because I worked on and invested in my fitness and flexibility for several years now. I tore the meniscus in each knee on separate occasions in my teens and had achy knees up until my early 20s where I hired a personal trainer to essentially build my legs up. I joked with him the day after my birthday that Im considerably more flexible and stronger in my knees and ankles at 32 than I was at 22. In my late 20s I was having hot pocket issues in both ankles but I nipped those in the bud as well over the past year after emphasizing ankle mobility and leg work for a while.

While I feel I still got plenty of juice left, I know I can't jump over and down everything forever so I've been slowly trying to get more well rounded skating transition and switch/nollie more so my muscles and joints don't get overworked on my goofy side over time as I continue to age


My diet is where I really need the most work tho I feel like that's my next real challenge to overcome but once I build better habits there, I feel like I have a pretty good window from 32-35 to really get it in and do my most gnarly shit. Then as I get older I'll do more smoother transition skating and maybe even get on some manual shit. There's so many older dudes out here killing now and even still jumping down shit so that gives me hope that I can continue to rip well into my 40s so long as I really take care of myself and diversify my skating from the high-impact style I've always had

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What would you say are some of the best routines / exercises you've picked up from the dude? This sounds good I want insider info.

Cossack Squats for hip/groin mobility. These have definitely saved me from pulling shit when accidentally doing the splits

Tibialus Raises to help that muscle absorb more impact going from the foot up to the knee

Tons of lunges and various compound movement exercises that make you balance. Eventually I progressed to piston squats and stuff like that once I developed the range of motion

Can't remember the name for them but for my ankles I do what basically looks like an assisted reverse nordic curl, except instead of focusing on my quads im leaning back as far as I can, folding my ankle flat and pushing through the top of my foot/ankle to set my torso straight up. Gotta use arms and straps to assist with the weight of your torso of course cuz it's gnarly but that shit cured my chronic hot pockets I was dealing with from like 26-31 years old

[Lifer]

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Turned 32 a few months ago and I feel my skating is better than it's ever been by far. I want to film a street part within the next year or two while I still can push my limits on jumping down shit. I need to film my Stay Gold lol.

That being said, this is only possible because I worked on and invested in my fitness and flexibility for several years now. I tore the meniscus in each knee on separate occasions in my teens and had achy knees up until my early 20s where I hired a personal trainer to essentially build my legs up. I joked with him the day after my birthday that Im considerably more flexible and stronger in my knees and ankles at 32 than I was at 22. In my late 20s I was having hot pocket issues in both ankles but I nipped those in the bud as well over the past year after emphasizing ankle mobility and leg work for a while.

While I feel I still got plenty of juice left, I know I can't jump over and down everything forever so I've been slowly trying to get more well rounded skating transition and switch/nollie more so my muscles and joints don't get overworked on my goofy side over time as I continue to age


My diet is where I really need the most work tho I feel like that's my next real challenge to overcome but once I build better habits there, I feel like I have a pretty good window from 32-35 to really get it in and do my most gnarly shit. Then as I get older I'll do more smoother transition skating and maybe even get on some manual shit. There's so many older dudes out here killing now and even still jumping down shit so that gives me hope that I can continue to rip well into my 40s so long as I really take care of myself and diversify my skating from the high-impact style I've always had

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What would you say are some of the best routines / exercises you've picked up from the dude? This sounds good I want insider info.

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Cossack Squats for hip/groin mobility. These have definitely saved me from pulling shit when accidentally doing the splits

Tibialus Raises to help that muscle absorb more impact going from the foot up to the knee

Tons of lunges and various compound movement exercises that make you balance. Eventually I progressed to piston squats and stuff like that once I developed the range of motion

Can't remember the name for them but for my ankles I do what basically looks like an assisted reverse nordic curl, except instead of focusing on my quads im leaning back as far as I can, folding my ankle flat and pushing through the top of my foot/ankle to set my torso straight up. Gotta use arms and straps to assist with the weight of your torso of course cuz it's gnarly but that shit cured my chronic hot pockets I was dealing with from like 26-31 years old

Were you able to skate at all while doing these routines regularly? I’ve been dealing with chronic hot pockets for years and I feel like it’s only gotten worse over time. I was planning to just take a whole month off but may just take a week or two off instead while trying some of these exercises.

[DaSk8D00D]

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Turned 32 a few months ago and I feel my skating is better than it's ever been by far. I want to film a street part within the next year or two while I still can push my limits on jumping down shit. I need to film my Stay Gold lol.

That being said, this is only possible because I worked on and invested in my fitness and flexibility for several years now. I tore the meniscus in each knee on separate occasions in my teens and had achy knees up until my early 20s where I hired a personal trainer to essentially build my legs up. I joked with him the day after my birthday that Im considerably more flexible and stronger in my knees and ankles at 32 than I was at 22. In my late 20s I was having hot pocket issues in both ankles but I nipped those in the bud as well over the past year after emphasizing ankle mobility and leg work for a while.

While I feel I still got plenty of juice left, I know I can't jump over and down everything forever so I've been slowly trying to get more well rounded skating transition and switch/nollie more so my muscles and joints don't get overworked on my goofy side over time as I continue to age


My diet is where I really need the most work tho I feel like that's my next real challenge to overcome but once I build better habits there, I feel like I have a pretty good window from 32-35 to really get it in and do my most gnarly shit. Then as I get older I'll do more smoother transition skating and maybe even get on some manual shit. There's so many older dudes out here killing now and even still jumping down shit so that gives me hope that I can continue to rip well into my 40s so long as I really take care of myself and diversify my skating from the high-impact style I've always had

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What would you say are some of the best routines / exercises you've picked up from the dude? This sounds good I want insider info.

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Cossack Squats for hip/groin mobility. These have definitely saved me from pulling shit when accidentally doing the splits

Tibialus Raises to help that muscle absorb more impact going from the foot up to the knee

Tons of lunges and various compound movement exercises that make you balance. Eventually I progressed to piston squats and stuff like that once I developed the range of motion

Can't remember the name for them but for my ankles I do what basically looks like an assisted reverse nordic curl, except instead of focusing on my quads im leaning back as far as I can, folding my ankle flat and pushing through the top of my foot/ankle to set my torso straight up. Gotta use arms and straps to assist with the weight of your torso of course cuz it's gnarly but that shit cured my chronic hot pockets I was dealing with from like 26-31 years old

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Were you able to skate at all while doing these routines regularly? I’ve been dealing with chronic hot pockets for years and I feel like it’s only gotten worse over time. I was planning to just take a whole month off but may just take a week or two off instead while trying some of these exercises.

Generally speaking yes, but I wouldn't skate at all if a hot pocket was recently aggravated. dealing with hot pockets would have me not skating for weeks at a time whenever I'd aggravate it so once I got fed up with that I emphasized the ankle stuff. after about 2-3 months they weren't an issue anymore, but I was going hard in the workouts cuz I'd rather suffer at the gym than not being able to skate how I want to.

That frustration of resting for 2-3 weeks, successfully having a mellow sesh, only to aggravate it walking up a hill or some shit was the absolute worst. With exercises you can control how much pressure/weight you put on it whereas with skating, you might feel fine til you come out of a tailslide weird and fuck your whole shit up while still rolling away. How you land at any given time is so unpredictable that you're pretty much rolling the dice anytime you do something and it's not 100% healed

[FatGuy92]

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I’ve come to realize that being around friends was a big motivator and skating sporadically by myself isn’t fun.

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Then quit.

Lol damn very harsh. I’m no stranger to quitting, but to be clear, skating is something I’m still interested and invested in and I was just looking for insights into how others stay motivated when life forces a change in perspective, attitude, mindset, etc

[DaSk8D00D]

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I’ve come to realize that being around friends was a big motivator and skating sporadically by myself isn’t fun.

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Then quit.

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Lol damn very harsh. I’m no stranger to quitting, but to be clear, skating is something I’m still interested and invested in and I was just looking for insights into how others stay motivated when life forces a change in perspective, attitude, mindset, etc

I don't feel this way with skateboarding but im exactly the same way with fighting games. There's only so much I can self-motivate to grind ranked against strangers, lab combos, review replays etc on my own, but if I'm regularly playing with friends or long sessions against players right at my skill level, I have endless energy and patience. Sometimes I have to talk myself into playing a solo session whereas other times I'll totally pivot from something else I was doing if I see a chance to play with friends. For me I think it's more of an extravert/ADHD thing where I'm more motivated to do the thing (especially if there's some sort of grinding or work to it) if there are more social/external factors at play rather than pure self motivation.

[FatGuy92]

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I’ve come to realize that being around friends was a big motivator and skating sporadically by myself isn’t fun.

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Then quit.

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Lol damn very harsh. I’m no stranger to quitting, but to be clear, skating is something I’m still interested and invested in and I was just looking for insights into how others stay motivated when life forces a change in perspective, attitude, mindset, etc

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I don't feel this way with skateboarding but im exactly the same way with fighting games. There's only so much I can self-motivate to grind ranked against strangers, lab combos, review replays etc on my own, but if I'm regularly playing with friends or long sessions against players right at my skill level, I have endless energy and patience. Sometimes I have to talk myself into playing a solo session whereas other times I'll totally pivot from something else I was doing if I see a chance to play with friends. For me I think it's more of an extravert/ADHD thing where I'm more motivated to do the thing (especially if there's some sort of grinding or work to it) if there are more social/external factors at play rather than pure self motivation.

That’s basically how I feel. I’m pretty sure I’m just going through it right now and need to focus on reframing and improving my mental health. Tbh looking back, I used to do fine skating alone and felt good about myself for just getting out there, so I’ll try to focus on that

[Krook0911]

So I just started skateboarding again after 18 years of not skating. For those 30 and older, I’m 35 now, I need some advice my legs won’t do what they used to do and my board follows 😂 I remember hitting hand rails and skating switch like it was nothing and now a kick flip is a challenge. I just relearned three flips, kick flips heel flips and front side flips but my legs aren’t what they used to be. For those that are young take care of your body sounds like an old man thing to say but this sucks. When you have kids and you try to show them something and sack yourself on a heelflip remember this post.

 
I’ve been skating ever since I was on the third grade of elementary. Especially after 30 (now 34) I find, that paying attention to basic body maintenance has become increasingly important. Stretching, maintaining an acceptable body weight, eating healthy, getting enough sleep.. these all matter more than they used to. Slams hurt still but they hurt less if you remember to take care of the basics - I’m sure you’ll still be able to shred on. Keep on pushing! 

[Sedition]

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I’ve come to realize that being around friends was a big motivator and skating sporadically by myself isn’t fun.

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Then quit.

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Lol damn very harsh. I’m no stranger to quitting, but to be clear, skating is something I’m still interested and invested in and I was just looking for insights into how others stay motivated when life forces a change in perspective, attitude, mindset, etc

Some hard truth:

Skateboarding, above all else, is something that needs to be driven by passion (esp. when older, and it’s harder, and has more “risk”). We can’t find or ignite that passion for you. You either have it or you don’t. If you’re not enjoying skateboarding, or anything for that matter, stop doing it. Forcing it isn’t going to help.

[DefSessions]

i'm early 40s and suck real bad but still enjoy riding around and getting more exercise than i typically do riding my bike.

i started skating when i was maybe 7 or 8 and stopped shortly after high school. back then, i unapologetically pushed wrongo and the first thing i worked on since starting again was pushing with my rear foot. it still feels weird to me, but i think that's mostly because i don't skate nearly as much as i did when i was younger.

glad i can still actually skate and now approach it much differently than i used to as a kid. in a lot of ways, i wish i would have better understood the discipline the mellower, technical stuff like manuals, switch, etc. requires, but now i'm totally stoked on that stuff.

[steve]

I stopped skating for a while just around 29- injuries, not being into it, friends falling off- I decided that framing it like "I've got to skate because I'm a skateboarder" wasn't working. I don't know if I thought I'd be off the board til 35 or really, if i was ever going to roll again.

First few years of skating again were a blast and really...fucking...slow. Was dealing with old injuries/pain, got hurt pretty bad while doing something else, found new interests, whatever, but skating was fun again, so I kept skating.

More changes come, I move to an area with good health care providers, and get approved for physical therapy to navigate a host of things that built up over 25+ years, with the focus on a few acute injuries/incidents. I've been to a PT numerous times in my life and it usually sucked. This time I get hooked up with an exception DPT, someone who is intelligent and curious. Who listens. Who understands soft tissue. Who trusts their patients. I worked with her from March til the 3rd week of October. March-July 2x week. August-Oct 1x week. I did my exercises and communicated my needs/experiences clearly to the DPT. Started going to the gym, mostly to do core/lower body work in line with PT exercises. Started running on the road a few times a week back in April. Now I'm doing more upper body work as well. It's been life changing.

For better or worse, my level of fitness has begun to exceed my level of ability in skateboarding. I'm not jumping down shit, rather at 40, my stamina, power, speed, and recovery are higher than they've been since I was at peak skating age/ability. This is allowing for more time skating and also new vision or outlook on skateboarding; it's not about "i wish i could skate that," it's "how can i skate that?"

I guess it's important to say that if/when you stop, slow down, etc, you lose it. It's taken 5 years rolling again, plus 8 months of intense PT that I'd say is equivalent to having a personal trainer and making fitness a daily aspect of my life, to be able to skate comfortably and confidently again.

[okdokeydirtbite]

squats, calf raises, core workouts, and a little bit of jogging.

43 and going strong. i'm more excited for this next chapter. tons of older dudes to look up to who are still shredding so hard.

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

injuries suck

[matty_c]

Ngl am 40 and I don’t think I peaked yet

But I skate fuck all

See a lot of older blokes at parks these days that tell me they started cause their kids skate

I find this encouraging

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Lh1BOD7iBvI?si=tNtrCMPzo2kLWPay

this mans playing with his life trying to transfer

[Skate34860]

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So I just started skateboarding again after 18 years of not skating. For those 30 and older, I’m 35 now, I need some advice my legs won’t do what they used to do and my board follows 😂 I remember hitting hand rails and skating switch like it was nothing and now a kick flip is a challenge. I just relearned three flips, kick flips heel flips and front side flips but my legs aren’t what they used to be. For those that are young take care of your body sounds like an old man thing to say but this sucks. When you have kids and you try to show them something and sack yourself on a heelflip remember this post.

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I’ve been skating ever since I was on the third grade of elementary. Especially after 30 (now 34) I find, that paying attention to basic body maintenance has become increasingly important. Stretching, maintaining an acceptable body weight, eating healthy, getting enough sleep.. these all matter more than they used to. Slams hurt still but they hurt less if you remember to take care of the basics - I’m sure you’ll still be able to shred on. Keep on pushing! 

So I’ve been lifting again and honestly it’s helped a ton with my skating. My joints aren’t as sore and have been relearning alot. Made a few quarter pipes and ledges skating really well and enjoying it. Feels good to finally pick up my board and pop kick flips and tre flips like it’s nothing. Working on hard flips and almost have them. Landed a few but sketchy.

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

are flatground tre's too dangerous for a casual unc who had a fracture + ankle dislocation almost 2 years ago? my flat game before was heel and kick flips (kickflips were more elusive) and front shuvs back 180s and fakie ollies. pop shuvs but they weren't on lock either.

lowkey tried tre's the other day and i had a nice crack and pop in my bad ankle when my front foot missed the board and i had momentum. it scared tf outta me ngl, feel like i might be playing with fire.

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

alas it might be time to lay off on learning scary tricks like tre's, cannot afford to get fucked up again. might not be worth it for me  :'-(

shit honestly scared me

[Skate34860]

alas it might be time to lay off on learning scary tricks like tre's, cannot afford to get fucked up again. might not be worth it for me  :'-(

shit honestly scared me

If you’re talking about Tre flips those are my easiest flat ground trick and easiest on my body for some reason. I can pop them high and float and catch them high. Kickflips have been giving me a hard time and hard on my body. Not sure why I never used to have that issue at all. I am skating a bigger board at an 8.25 when I used to skate a 7.75 so that may be it.  My ankles don’t bother me too much as far as flat ground tricks go though. Was thinking I’d get a mid to high shoe just to protect them though because I’ve had a few ankle smacks and rolls. Figure the extra support and protection would be better. For now skating the NB Tiago 1010s and these things are nice on the feet and helps with the impact. I’m learning crooked grinds now and man it’s been a struggle. Getting into the pinch I can’t seem to figure out and those have been tough on my ankles and over shooting the ledge on the grindbox I built and slipping out has taken a toll but I’m determined to learn them. Luckily I posted on a separate thread and someone helped me out big time with them so hopefully this week I can knock that off my list of tricks I want to learn.

[gringo_viejo]

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alas it might be time to lay off on learning scary tricks like tre's, cannot afford to get fucked up again. might not be worth it for me  :'-(

shit honestly scared me

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If you’re talking about Tre flips those are my easiest flat ground trick and easiest on my body for some reason. I can pop them high and float and catch them high. Kickflips have been giving me a hard time and hard on my body. Not sure why I never used to have that issue at all. I am skating a bigger board at an 8.25 when I used to skate a 7.75 so that may be it.  My ankles don’t bother me too much as far as flat ground tricks go though. Was thinking I’d get a mid to high shoe just to protect them though because I’ve had a few ankle smacks and rolls. Figure the extra support and protection would be better. For now skating the NB Tiago 1010s and these things are nice on the feet and helps with the impact. I’m learning crooked grinds now and man it’s been a struggle. Getting into the pinch I can’t seem to figure out and those have been tough on my ankles and over shooting the ledge on the grindbox I built and slipping out has taken a toll but I’m determined to learn them. Luckily I posted on a separate thread and someone helped me out big time with them so hopefully this week I can knock that off my list of tricks I want to learn.

This got me thinking: when you do a tre flip or kickflip, do you really have a visual cue for when to catch it?
(Such as « when you start to see the grip » or something)

The scary part of flatground is landing wrong (primo etc) and slipping out (especially backward) …right?

I can’t kickflip at all, and feel like I can’t see the board rotate in the slow-motion way I’d need in order to catch it at a specific point in the rotation.

[Abyss1]

alas it might be time to lay off on learning scary tricks like tre's, cannot afford to get fucked up again. might not be worth it for me  :'-(

shit honestly scared me

One of the best thing I realized when I was in my 30s is that I dont have to flip by board everytime I skate.  I went back to just doing basics ollies, nollies, etc. for a while and one year I only skated hill bombs 

[botefdunn]

This got me thinking: when you do a tre flip or kickflip, do you really have a visual cue for when to catch it?

I don't, except nollie or fakie. Looking at my board for reg flip tricks always messes me up, i need to go by feeling and peripheral vision. Safest feeling for me is waiting for backfoot catch.
Then again i can't do a lot of flip tricks, but this is how i do kickflips and treflips.

[Skatebeard]

Coming up 41 years old, just learned my first new flatground trick in about 2 years... BS heelflips.

Quite close to fakie bigspin heels as well.

There is hope!

[Skate34860]

Coming up 41 years old, just learned my first new flatground trick in about 2 years... BS heelflips.

Quite close to fakie bigspin heels as well.

There is hope!

There is! Finally getting my legs back and can skate and not be so sore. Can just hop on the board and pop kickflips and heel flips high again and catch my Tre flips again. Next is to relearn front side flips and hard flips. Have been struggling with crooked grinds though. It’s one grind I never learned so I’m determined to get it. I think I’ll add the backside heels to my list of what I want to learn. Snapped my zoo York deck so just ordered a flight deck to try out see how that goes hopefully wasn’t a waste of money. My work hands out visa gift cards so I treated myself.

[AnimalChinaski79]

I spent 50 bucks on one of those plyometric boxes you jump up on.  It seems to be working, my legs feel stronger but I still don't feel like I have that lightness on my feet or the jump I used to have 20 years ago.  I don't expect it to ever be the same as when I was younger but I feel "heavy" and my vertical jump is weak.  I'm 46 so I'm not expecting a lot just more than I'm at now.

[gringo_viejo]

I spent 50 bucks on one of those plyometric boxes you jump up on.  It seems to be working, my legs feel stronger but I still don't feel like I have that lightness on my feet or the jump I used to have 20 years ago.  I don't expect it to ever be the same as when I was younger but I feel "heavy" and my vertical jump is weak.  I'm 46 so I'm not expecting a lot just more than I'm at now.

Dude I feel you so much on this one. Mid 40s started doing lots of plyo and box jumps, jumping on and off of picnic tables and stuff, trying to find that old bounce.

Wish I could tell you what works. But I have a theory: our old bodies can’t do that HIIT stuff as often. Max 1-2x a week. More than that (I was trying to do 3-4x/wk like I was 18) and you end up tearing down instead of building.

…somebody with more physio training please chime in here?

Also: one of the workout/man stuff magazines did a “dunk at 40” article a few years back. Esquire? Mens Health?

[AnimalChinaski79]

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I spent 50 bucks on one of those plyometric boxes you jump up on.  It seems to be working, my legs feel stronger but I still don't feel like I have that lightness on my feet or the jump I used to have 20 years ago.  I don't expect it to ever be the same as when I was younger but I feel "heavy" and my vertical jump is weak.  I'm 46 so I'm not expecting a lot just more than I'm at now.

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Dude I feel you so much on this one. Mid 40s started doing lots of plyo and box jumps, jumping on and off of picnic tables and stuff, trying to find that old bounce.

Wish I could tell you what works. But I have a theory: our old bodies can’t do that HIIT stuff as often. Max 1-2x a week. More than that (I was trying to do 3-4x/wk like I was 18) and you end up tearing down instead of building.

…somebody with more physio training please chime in here?

Also: one of the workout/man stuff magazines did a “dunk at 40” article a few years back. Esquire? Mens Health?

I'm aiming for three times a week.  The first time I did the box jumps my legs were sore for three or four days.  I might adjust the amount of reps I do but I'm going to try 3 days a week for a month or two and see what happens. 

[Front Blunt]

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I spent 50 bucks on one of those plyometric boxes you jump up on.  It seems to be working, my legs feel stronger but I still don't feel like I have that lightness on my feet or the jump I used to have 20 years ago.  I don't expect it to ever be the same as when I was younger but I feel "heavy" and my vertical jump is weak.  I'm 46 so I'm not expecting a lot just more than I'm at now.

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Dude I feel you so much on this one. Mid 40s started doing lots of plyo and box jumps, jumping on and off of picnic tables and stuff, trying to find that old bounce.

Wish I could tell you what works. But I have a theory: our old bodies can’t do that HIIT stuff as often. Max 1-2x a week. More than that (I was trying to do 3-4x/wk like I was 18) and you end up tearing down instead of building.

…somebody with more physio training please chime in here?

Also: one of the workout/man stuff magazines did a “dunk at 40” article a few years back. Esquire? Mens Health?

Diet is a huge part too. Our bodies become much more sensitive and therefore need more intention in order for it to work more effectively. Being more intentional with the warm ups, sleep, workouts, and diet and timing of all of those things make the “building” part more possible. 

[gringo_viejo]

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I spent 50 bucks on one of those plyometric boxes you jump up on.  It seems to be working, my legs feel stronger but I still don't feel like I have that lightness on my feet or the jump I used to have 20 years ago.  I don't expect it to ever be the same as when I was younger but I feel "heavy" and my vertical jump is weak.  I'm 46 so I'm not expecting a lot just more than I'm at now.

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Dude I feel you so much on this one. Mid 40s started doing lots of plyo and box jumps, jumping on and off of picnic tables and stuff, trying to find that old bounce.

Wish I could tell you what works. But I have a theory: our old bodies can’t do that HIIT stuff as often. Max 1-2x a week. More than that (I was trying to do 3-4x/wk like I was 18) and you end up tearing down instead of building.

…somebody with more physio training please chime in here?

Also: one of the workout/man stuff magazines did a “dunk at 40” article a few years back. Esquire? Mens Health?

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I'm aiming for three times a week.  The first time I did the box jumps my legs were sore for three or four days.  I might adjust the amount of reps I do but I'm going to try 3 days a week for a month or two and see what happens.

That’s some beast mode shit and I respect it.