For my age and build track sprints and free weights are all I've ever really cared about. And maybe military press. Machines and vegging out on a Peloton/treadmill aren't my thing. The other reason I even care about a gym is pool laps which seem more efficient than doing all of the other previously mentioned things.
Sprints are good. I like to do them on sandy beaches for some extra perspective.
Your aversion to military press is how I feel about deadlifts. Feels like a back injury waiting to happen. Squats and barbell high pulls are good enough for me.
Both hammie’s at the same tim? T’s and P’s. I tore my right hammy in August of 2002 playing soccer. Exactly a year later, I tore the left playing rugby. I then had to drive a stick shift home. Took months to recover enough to run more than 2 miles and even then sprints or any sudden movement scared me.
C2 rower and bad backs don't mix. Fortunately, I didn't screw up my back as a UW galley slave (not true of a lot ex rowers) so doesn't bother my back at all.
I don't anything requires more complex movements. It's pretty hard to screw up bench press, pull ups, back squats, etc unless you're a total dumbass. I'll let the cross fit bros succumb to all the injuries.
I played hoops, tennis, pickle ball, all competitively into my late 30’s…shut that down after witnessing 2 ACLs and 2 Achilles get blown up, in a 2 month span, all in my age range…
Same. Concussion playing rec ball at age 37. Taking a charge at any age is fucking stupid. Taking a charge in rec ball was a feeble attempt at reliving glory days. Skull meeting hardwood, not good
No need to throw it down big man after age 22.
I kept my back intact too but had knee tendonitis come out of football injuries coupled with rowing. It hurts plenty from golf but not like others end up with. What always gets me is seeing people on the C2 with the damper set at max. Like, no, that is not the point. Anytime my back is feeling a little off I lower the damper setting and it usually helps to loosen it up. I've been able to manage the knees well enough and find yoga more than anything is the cure for them.
Pickleball is fun but I refuse to give in.
Any time I see the damper set at 10, I laff. I prefer a lighter drag factor of around 110 which usually is somewhere around 5.5 to 5.75 on a the damper setting. Anything between 110 and 140 is acceptable though.
Basically all of this. At about 35 I collided with a teammate playing flag football who broke both bones in his lower leg and now has a rod. I was done right then.
I have a steel plate and 18 screws in my right arm from skiing. Not gonna quit though.
I wanna see @Doogles vs @UW_Doog_Bot in a rugby scrum at the next Hardcore Husky Natty Game tailgate. Thick Puerto Rican thighs vs Squarehead Viking Quads.
