Getting my shit together at 26
Is 26 too old to start lifting?
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:38:49 PM
No.76587652
No, and anybody that tells you "it's too late" is a faggot. Why do you think it's too late?
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:39:00 PM
No.76587653
>>76587650 (OP)
if you aren't injecting trenbolone in the womb then its over.
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:39:18 PM
No.76587656
>>76587650 (OP)
Maybe but if you dont start NOW you gonna regret it later anyways
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:41:05 PM
No.76587661
>>76587667
yes if you want to compete
no if you're a casual lifter
desu blasting test and steroids starting from your late 20s
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:41:07 PM
No.76587662
>>76587650 (OP)
No
Also, stop being a pussy, just lift
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:42:08 PM
No.76587667
>>76588171
>>76587661
He can compete till his 60' if he takes lifting serious for at least 3 years
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:44:33 PM
No.76587673
>>76587650 (OP)
I started at 41. I'm now almost 44 and do 1234 for reps. It's pretty sweet.
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:45:13 PM
No.76587675
>>76587650 (OP)
yes. but waiting any further will only worsen it.
Anonymous
9/4/2025, 11:47:39 PM
No.76587685
>>76587650 (OP)
I'm 37 and I started lifting a year ago. Every one of my friends looks at me like I'm a Greek god after 12 months of lifting. Lift heavy, lift often, and don't neglect your rest days. You have ample time
Also I'm fat-strong. Girls that matter don't factually care about your physical being. The real ones love you for you.
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 12:52:01 AM
No.76587883
>>76587905
I'm not usually a demotivational poster but I feel like with all these old man posters I should start. Can I get some feedback before I hit submit?
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 12:59:32 AM
No.76587905
>>76587883
It's going to sound fake but I'm not into the idea of dating zoomer girls, I'm just worried of not being able to find a girl my age and start a family
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 1:09:43 AM
No.76587946
>>76588005
>>76587650 (OP)
Whats your lifts?
>plateaus after gaining a lot of strength due to tendon recovery
>1x heavy and 10 day lifting week with lots of heavy hypertrophy via prison reps and 5050 machines/bb and a lot of cables/dbs(dbs are also tendon based gains)
>+800 surplus during 1-3 day heavy high volume
>always start with bench and 1/3 delts until 1 day of bench then 5rm delts
>arms/abs/forearms/legs when shoulders are fucked
>3rms with proper form every now and then
>learn to fail roll off or dump pl8s
Its easy as shit especially starting from a shitty ass starting position since theres more to gain. Just eat literally whatever and outlift your diet but dont be hungry unless hard cuts during shoulder injury/cns fatigue(will extend deload period). Any lifting techniques you want to improve at? Im just lifting and making food and mixed drinks rn, youll need to get good at having 2lbs of meat reheatable in the fridge and a ton of soda bread and butter and vegetables and shit.
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 1:20:18 AM
No.76587987
>>76587954
Fr id rather start correctly at 13-14 and be wider than i am tall
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 1:26:02 AM
No.76588005
>>76587946
Thank you for the advice Anon. Right now I'm doing calisthenics and some kettlebell exercises, I'm broke so it might take me a while until I can afford to join a gym but I try to do bodyweight exercises daily for now
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 2:30:42 AM
No.76588171
>>76587667
he can but he will most likely lose, imagine telling an 26 yo who wants to play chess competitively that he can compete against these chess prodigies who have a 20 year head start.. 20 years of experience.. theoretically he can win but cmon
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 7:25:09 AM
No.76588778
>>76587650 (OP)
I started at 35, it's never too late
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 7:50:50 PM
No.76591064
>>76587650 (OP)
i started at the same age (30 now) and now a 16 year old girl at my gym asked me out (of course i declined) but is just an example that you can still make it in your late 20s
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 8:41:31 PM
No.76591264
Yes it's over
Youll be 30 in the blink of an eye and at that point youll be looking for retirement homes
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 8:47:19 PM
No.76591285
I'm a thirty-something year-old loser. I began associating with this colossal skank a year and change back, and while she's a horrible human being i've appreciated how the proximity to a woman has given me new opportunities. The biggest thing was coming to not hate women because of her. She might be a deplorable example of humanity but I can see quite clearly how jealous other women are of her and how jealous she is of women she views as more succesful. I've lost 80 pounds, gotten a bit of a tan and stopped being so socially awkward. Still won't fuck me but I figure that's the social stigma at work, since she's made drunken passes I never took her up on. I did turn down a threesome with teenagers for her but i'm a tardo virgin; so i'd have gotten arrested or something similar.
Also I could never do a pullup/chinup prior to losing the weight but now I can. Go me. >:] If I can make changes then so can you. Also don't try to BB curl 200 or fall down drunk, because apparently that's how you damage your ACL.