Weight Lifting

BYU 14 · 02-18-2021, 08:07 AM

This is really more of a curiosity and to settle a bet thing. I think at least 50% of people have lifted weights regularly at some point in their lives for at least a year. My buddy says no way.

So, how much weight lifting have you done?

albionmoonlight · 02-18-2021, 08:12 AM

I had about period in high school when my uncle was getting rid of stuff and gave me his weights. And I lifted in my house for about 6 months before I got bored/distracted. Now that I'm a doughboy in his mid-40s, I wish I'd've kept it up.

Though the weights went to my younger cousin who joined the Marines, so they ended up serving America.

sabotai · 02-18-2021, 08:14 AM

Are we talking cumulative through one's life, or are we talking a person's longest consecutive streak for lifting weights?

Lathum · 02-18-2021, 08:16 AM

I lifted a lot in high school and into my early 20s. Then I stopped until my late 30s so I went with 10-19 years.

The funny thing is the 18 months leading up to covid I was in the best shape of my life. I hired a trainer, went to the gym 4-5 times a week. Was really building some muscle and lowering body fat. Haven't done any lifting in almost a year and I have actually lost weight.

cuervo72 · 02-18-2021, 08:19 AM

Lifted from 15-17 for HS football (the period when I went from 162 to 205 in weight). Lifted some more in college, then later a couple of years ago at the Y with my son when he was in HS. Not much outside of that.

BYU 14 · 02-18-2021, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

Are we talking cumulative through one's life, or are we talking a person's longest consecutive streak for lifting weights?

Cumulative. I lifted heavy through high school and into my mid 20s for Football, stopped, then resumed again when I was 36 and lifted straight for over 20 years now, so I consider that to be 28-29 total.

miami_fan · 02-18-2021, 09:06 AM

I have been lifting weights for about almost 24 years now. Well outside the last 12 months where I have not been inside the germ cesspool that the gym can be. Lots of bodyweight and cable exercises have been going on around this way.

sabotai · 02-18-2021, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

Cumulative

1-4 years then. Lifting weights is never something that stuck with me for an extended period of time, but I would do a few months of it at various points.

Kodos · 02-18-2021, 09:57 AM

I lifted weights some in high school and college, but never very seriously or for an extended period. Never long enough to see much in the way of visible results. I have done lots of cardio over the years. These day, I do sit ups after riding the Peloton, and then a plank or two. I am up to 50 sit ups at a time (when I started, doing 20 was hard), which I think is decent for a 50-year-old guy. Every once in a while I introduce more body work (squats, bicep curls, etc.), but have a much harder time sticking with that than the cardio.

Ryche · 02-18-2021, 10:17 AM

Did a lot of weight lifting for about a year in my mid 30s, best shape of my life. Now it's much more casual, even more so in the past year when I don't want to be around other people in the weight room.

BYU 14 · 02-19-2021, 02:20 PM

On this topic I am hearing a lot of buzz about the X3 system, which interests me as I look to preserve my joints and ligaments. In the past 4 years I have had both shoulders done, a triple hernia repaired and found out yesterday I will need an ankle surgery now for torn ligaments. So transitioning to a form of strength training more compatible to an aging body is definitely a top priority for me now.

Anyone here have any experience with the X3 strength training system?

Vince, Pt. II · 02-19-2021, 02:53 PM

Yeah, I read it as consecutively in one shot. Move a vote from "never" to "1-4 years" on my behalf, someone.

miami_fan · 02-19-2021, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

On this topic I am hearing a lot of buzz about the X3 system, which interests me as I look to preserve my joints and ligaments. In the past 4 years I have had both shoulders done, a triple hernia repaired and found out yesterday I will need an ankle surgery now for torn ligaments. So transitioning to a form of strength training more compatible to an aging body is definitely a top priority for me now.

Anyone here have any experience with the X3 strength training system?

I would be interested in this as well, though I suspect I will end up going back to the gym and lifting heavy once it is safer to do so.

View Poll Results: How much have you regularly lifted weights (weekly workouts)
20 years +	4	12.12%
10-19 years	3	9.09%
5-9 years	8	24.24%
1-4 years	4	12.12%
Never or less than a year	14	42.42%
Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll

02-18-2021, 08:12 AM	#2
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	I had about period in high school when my uncle was getting rid of stuff and gave me his weights. And I lifted in my house for about 6 months before I got bored/distracted. Now that I'm a doughboy in his mid-40s, I wish I'd've kept it up. Though the weights went to my younger cousin who joined the Marines, so they ended up serving America. Last edited by albionmoonlight : 02-18-2021 at 08:26 AM.

02-18-2021, 08:19 AM	#5
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Lifted from 15-17 for HS football (the period when I went from 162 to 205 in weight). Lifted some more in college, then later a couple of years ago at the Y with my son when he was in HS. Not much outside of that. __________________ null

02-18-2021, 09:06 AM	#7
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	I have been lifting weights for about almost 24 years now. Well outside the last 12 months where I have not been inside the germ cesspool that the gym can be. Lots of bodyweight and cable exercises have been going on around this way. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

02-18-2021, 09:57 AM	#9
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I lifted weights some in high school and college, but never very seriously or for an extended period. Never long enough to see much in the way of visible results. I have done lots of cardio over the years. These day, I do sit ups after riding the Peloton, and then a plank or two. I am up to 50 sit ups at a time (when I started, doing 20 was hard), which I think is decent for a 50-year-old guy. Every once in a while I introduce more body work (squats, bicep curls, etc.), but have a much harder time sticking with that than the cardio. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties. Last edited by Kodos : 02-18-2021 at 09:58 AM.

02-18-2021, 08:14 AM	#3
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Are we talking cumulative through one's life, or are we talking a person's longest consecutive streak for lifting weights?

02-18-2021, 08:16 AM	#4
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I lifted a lot in high school and into my early 20s. Then I stopped until my late 30s so I went with 10-19 years. The funny thing is the 18 months leading up to covid I was in the best shape of my life. I hired a trainer, went to the gym 4-5 times a week. Was really building some muscle and lowering body fat. Haven't done any lifting in almost a year and I have actually lost weight.

02-18-2021, 10:17 AM	#10
Ryche College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO, USA	Did a lot of weight lifting for about a year in my mid 30s, best shape of my life. Now it's much more casual, even more so in the past year when I don't want to be around other people in the weight room. __________________ Some knots are better left untied.

02-19-2021, 02:20 PM	#11
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	On this topic I am hearing a lot of buzz about the X3 system, which interests me as I look to preserve my joints and ligaments. In the past 4 years I have had both shoulders done, a triple hernia repaired and found out yesterday I will need an ankle surgery now for torn ligaments. So transitioning to a form of strength training more compatible to an aging body is definitely a top priority for me now. Anyone here have any experience with the X3 strength training system?

02-19-2021, 02:53 PM	#12
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Yeah, I read it as consecutively in one shot. Move a vote from "never" to "1-4 years" on my behalf, someone.

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