At age 27, can I still put on signifigant muscle gains in lifting?!
Question: Background info: I lifted from 16 - 22. At that time my bench almost reached 400. Then I spent 3 years recovering from various shoulder and knee problems. Now I have been back lifting the past year and a half.
Answers: Background info: I lifted from 16 - 22. At that time my bench almost reached 400. Then I spent 3 years recovering from various shoulder and knee problems. Now I have been back lifting the past year and a half.
You can make gains at any age. i'm a 34 year old female that started lifting recreationally 3 years ago and about 6 months ago I got a personal trainer and 2 months ago got into serious bodybuilding/weight training. I am making great gains in strength on a weekly basis but I am also on a program to reduce fat while keeping the muscle. It's hard to grow and lose fat atthe same time so occasionally I back pedal and have to start over.
Keep at it. You should have decent muscle memory. Tighten up your diet, increase your protein for muscle building/ recovery and try some supplements and you should do fine
Yes
First of all -- it depends on what you mean by "significant." If you plan to put 50 lbs on your bench press every year, then by the time you're my age, you'd be benching 1,000. By the time you're 72 you'd be benching 3,000 lbs! That's not realistic -- is it?
I'm in my 40's and I'm still making gains in lifting and there's no reason you can't too, but DUDE GET REAL! There's more to fitness than bench pressing the solar system.
of course.... and since you have lifted before your gains will come faster
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