Ha!
Haven’t been able to train or workout this week due to other commitments so between laundry loads I did a quick Crossfit “Cindy”. As many sets as possible in 20 minutes of:
- 5 pullups
- 10 pushups
- 15 squats
I stranded 7 seconds at the end so it was close. Of note: I managed to do the pullups without stopping all the way up to set 12. Around set 16 I had to slow down or throw up.
20 sets in all. 1 better than last time and 6 better than when I started using it as a test again. Good form. That’s a record. Now 21 is calling my name. Yuck.
I wonder if all that time off helped.
Not bad for a guy in his mid 40’s.
So is BJJ for older guys possible? I’m lying here in the dark feeling sore and broken.
I am a busy father in my mid 40’s. What I am finding is that I have to maintain an extreme off-mat fitness regime in order to remain injury free. There is no margin for error when you are older. It is virtually impossible time-wise. And yet I am not ready to shrivel up and retreat to my rocker quite yet.
The issues:
- Range of motion: Mine is reduced
- Power: The younger guys have it
- Endurance: I have none
- Time: I am employed full time, I am a single father
- Metabolism: Lowered
What do I have that the younger guys don’t? Not sure. Maybe the ability to think. To be circumspect. Patient. Also, no one expects me to do all that well. Or to be all that fast so….
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