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09-05-2008, 07:53 AM
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| | wannabe
Join Date: May 2008 Location: MC
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|  Am I too old
Hi guys I'm a newbie :bounce: I've always had a dream, don't know if i'm going through a midlife crisis.........always wanted to compete in a BB contest, the only prob is never been able to stick to the gym for long enough, just a dream, but keep dreamin it.
Nearly 40 now am I too old to start, and where do I start. I'm 5.4 and excessively overweight 157lb 
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09-05-2008, 08:00 AM
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| | Does My Bomb Look Big In This?
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northampton
Posts: 1,426
| Re: Am I too old
not too old... i was 41 when i started this lark.... still got a long way to go too... but i do feel a lot better than i used to..
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09-05-2008, 08:01 AM
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| | Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I like beer, sex and steroids, in that order
Posts: 5,041
| Re: Am I too old
No, 40 is just fine dude. In fact, our 2nd most handsome moderator is over 40.
You can make a lot of progress if you work hard. Start off by reading a lot of the stickys on the board about diet and training. Get your diet sorted, and run a sensible training routine 2-3x/week and a bit of cardio and you'll be laughing.
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09-05-2008, 08:34 AM
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| | wannabe
Join Date: May 2008 Location: MC
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| Re: Am I too old
Ta guys for the info :beer1:
Lin
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11-05-2008, 09:50 AM
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| | Mature Bodybuilder
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greece
Posts: 10
| Re: Am I too old
You are never to old to get fitter and healthier. I have just returned to b building at the age of 52. If you want incentive to go to the gym have a real good look at other people of your age and stop it happening to you by going to the gym! Make the gym a social event , not a chore!
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11-05-2008, 08:23 PM
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| | Gym Addict
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 196
| Re: Am I too old
Definately not too old. When watched my first show this year i was blown away by what the over 40's and over 50's achieved. I don't mean that in a 'oh thats nice' kind of way either these people had physiques i would be over the moon with at 33 and would have been over the moon with at 20.
Thing is as well where these people looked so fit i couldn't have guessed their age if i tried.
Go for it you have nothing to loose and absolutely everything to gain.
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11-05-2008, 10:11 PM
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| | Newbie Trainer
Join Date: May 2008 Location: wirral
Posts: 4
| Re: Am I too old
Hi i have just joined the board i am very similiar to you instead i am 41, i am hoping to compete next year in figure or toned class. Nice to no someone else is in the same boat as me. | |
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11-05-2008, 10:34 PM
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| | Newbie Trainer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 9
| Re: Am I too old
Nah not too old.
I'm 40 and been training since new year. I've dropped just over 2 stone but my body shape is changing too.
Only thing I have noticed is that a couple of times when I've overdone it. A slight injury has taken a lot longer to get over than it would have a few years ago.
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Yesterday, 08:04 AM
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| | Newbie Trainer
Join Date: May 2008 Location: WIRRAL
Posts: 4
| Re: Am I too old
lyn im 45 hun your not to old it just takes a bit to get into it specially when training alone motivation is the key here. once you get that you wont be able to stay away go girl you can do it good luck | |
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Yesterday, 08:20 AM
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| | wannabe
Join Date: May 2008 Location: MC
Posts: 15
|  Re: Am I too old
Thanks for your reply guys  it's nice to know i'm not gonna be a dreamer all my life. Had my BF measured and it's 36%  I think it's because of all the yo-yoing over the last 15yrs, even when at lowest weight it was still over 30%, always done low cal diets from slimming mags 800-1000cals now I'm gonna do it the right way.
Really wanna compete, but lightweight cat hopefully within the next 2 years, but hell ov a lot o work to be done!!!
Lin 
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Today, 01:21 AM
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| | My name is EARL
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Flesh and Flame with Experiment1 Feb08
Posts: 2,906
| Re: Am I too old
Not at all.
Right now I can think of three of the top IFBB pros who are 40+
Dayna Cadeau - 42
Betty Pariso - 54
Yaxina (sp) Cortez has got to be 40 now
All of the following pics are figure/fitness/BBing athletes who range in age from 41-50 years old
Sorry don't know all their names, the lady in the pink bikini is 50, the lady in the one piece with the bling is 41, the lady in fur and the blue one piece is 45, and in the blue bikini, Betty Pariso, 54 from this year's Arnold Classic
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Today, 01:24 AM
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| | My name is EARL
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Flesh and Flame with Experiment1 Feb08
Posts: 2,906
| Re: Am I too old
And a few more.................
Names and ages are on the attachments, pink bling bikini is another one of the top IFBB pros right now, Debbie Bramwell, 46
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Today, 01:27 AM
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| | My name is EARL
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Flesh and Flame with Experiment1 Feb08
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| Re: Am I too old
AND some more.................
Blue shining bikini, Dayna Cadeau, 42
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Today, 01:29 AM
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| | My name is EARL
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Flesh and Flame with Experiment1 Feb08
Posts: 2,906
| Re: Am I too old
This is awesome, this woman is 60, Peggy Hilbert
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Today, 01:34 AM
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| | My name is EARL
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Flesh and Flame with Experiment1 Feb08
Posts: 2,906
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Marjorie Newlin, started training at 72, now 86 
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