How many here are 40 and over and lifting weights? I'm on the wrong side of 30 and after the single best year of my lifting that saw me beat all my PRs in everything, I'm starting to feel tendinitis in my left arm, sharp elbow pain on the right, and overall weakness in almost every exercise except deadlifts.
Granted this all started in the last month, when I began cutting calories and focusing on cardio more, but today, my squat was 25 lbs less than it was a month ago! Does cutting effect strength that much?
I am beginning to rethink weightlifting. I've never had the goal of being musclebound or anything but what keeps me motivated is besting the previous week's lifts. I've gotten noticeably more muscular in the last year but I think this is it for me. I don't believe I will hit anymore PRs, and that's okay, but I do have a need to constantly improve my fitness going forward to motivate me.
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