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I always use MyProtein or Bulk, been leaning more towards Bulk though as I prefer their Banana Fudge Isolate :D

Spent the past year getting my fitness together, focused on basic calisthenics movements and then progressed to doing them weighted. I reached my goal of a 60kg pull up recently, got a nice 3 reps so pretty chuffed with that. I'm currently leaning out a little and training the front lever skill, along with learning dips on rings instead of bars. Fun times!
 
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Jelly Belly flavours also available at this price.

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barmyllama said:
Any one looking for protein at a more palatable price. Just ordered 5 X 1kg plus 24 carb crusher bars for £50.33 delivered.

Stack the code shown with BEST to get the carb crusher and protein for the price I paid.

Jelly Belly flavours also available at this price.

Myprotein Impact Whey Protein 1kg - Yoghurt - £8.39 with code + £3.99 delivery @ Myprotein | hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com www.hotukdeals.com

Myprotein Vegan Carb Crusher Bars £6.04 with code + £3.99 delivery @ Myprotein | hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com www.hotukdeals.com
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Nice one, just picked up one bag each of the jelly Belly flavours. There's probably a reason it's this cheap but worth a gamble:D
 
tom_e said:
Nice one, just picked up one bag each of the jelly Belly flavours. There's probably a reason it's this cheap but worth a gamble:D
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Can't say I've ever had a brand or flavour I couldn't just chug back, so it's never really a concern for me. Plus I mostly use for mixing with plain Greek yogurt or plain Skyr anyway.
 
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Can't say I've ever had a brand or flavour I couldn't just chug back, so it's never really a concern for me. Plus I mostly use for mixing with plain Greek yogurt or plain Skyr anyway.
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Oh yeah I remember back in the day the choice was unflavoured or unflavoured and while it wasn't a sipping drink you just chugged it. Never found any I've literally not been able to get down.
 
Any 40+ gym rats with experience of joint issues here?

Mine feel like they're getting steadily better since I switched up my routine, but they're always lurking in the background waiting to ruin my day at a moment's notice, it feels like. Particularly golfer's elbow and shoulder impingement, which I just can't seem to totally shake. Would really love to be able to lift again without having to think about working around these, but my tendons just don't seem to like loads as much as they once did.

Any other grey haired lifters got tips for managing?
 
I'm 50 this year but am basically a noob at this regular gym business. I have been in a manual work career all my life lifting heavy pieces of steel around since I was 17 though...
came off my BMX as a kid and did my shoulder a good un (broke collar bone amongst other things) but never haad an issue with it til now.. Been to Chiro had it pummelled, got tol it needs surgery probably to remove bone spur that's likely causing the issue.
At the moment I'm just putting up with it in a No pain no gain rarrrrrrr fashion LOL.same arms elbow also tries to seize up occasionally, Oh and my left knee has a bit of a "wibble"
But other than that. It's fine *cough
 
I ****** both rotator cuffs around 4 - 5 years ago.
They have healed well, but neither are back to 100%, and I very much doubt they ever will be.
I'm currently taking turmeric and may consider adding glucosamine/chondroitin as well. Fatty acids have always been a regular addition in my routine.

Maignes syndrome - right leg, maybe partly due to lifting very intensely when young? I tried to do lunges the other day and that didn't go well;
leg press is also something I'm experimenting with leaving out to see if my leg improves, which it seems to be doing. Shoulders also make performing squats a no-go.

Also, I find taking too much carbohydrate (especially the wrong food sources for me) does tend to make my joints worse.
 
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strumpusplunket said:
Any 40+ gym rats with experience of joint issues here?

Mine feel like they're getting steadily better since I switched up my routine, but they're always lurking in the background waiting to ruin my day at a moment's notice, it feels like. Particularly golfer's elbow and shoulder impingement, which I just can't seem to totally shake. Would really love to be able to lift again without having to think about working around these, but my tendons just don't seem to like loads as much as they once did.

Any other grey haired lifters got tips for managing?
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54 in April.

I used to get knee pain from barbell back squats, so now I do regular sled pushing and use the hack squat machine instead.

Same with overhead barbell shoulder press. I either keep then weight moderate and do more reps or sets. Or preferably use a machine shoulder press instead.

Although I don't do much in the way of front delts anyway, since most of my chest work hits them enough.

I do cable lateral raises (leaning away) for the mid delt and use the pec dec/ rear fly machine for rear delts. Again keeping the weight in the 10-12 rep range.

Make sure you do some kind warm up too.

Stay away from ego lifts.
 
strumpusplunket said:
Any 40+ gym rats with experience of joint issues here?

Mine feel like they're getting steadily better since I switched up my routine, but they're always lurking in the background waiting to ruin my day at a moment's notice, it feels like. Particularly golfer's elbow and shoulder impingement, which I just can't seem to totally shake. Would really love to be able to lift again without having to think about working around these, but my tendons just don't seem to like loads as much as they once did.

Any other grey haired lifters got tips for managing?
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Well I can tell you what works for me. Collagen.

Back in 2015 I was at my strongest but managed to subluxate my shoulder and its been loose since.

I have never been able to db press or use the bench press since with out pain. (db are worse)

In 2020 I re-injured my knee that I had an acl reconstruction on in 2004.

I've told the story on here before so wont go in to it.

But I started taking collagen in desperation as the acl was swollen every single day.

Within 4 months the situation changed from me on the phone to surgeons to find to how much a revision acl would cost, to me now thinking I will be able to live with a little laxity in the knee. The acl is no longer swollen every day. I just have a little bit of laxity but squats and leg work is my answer.

Back to shoulder. Over the years the shoulder improved, from a shoulder that was slipping and partially dislocating to one that wasn't slipping any more but was crying whenever I tried to do any sort of push both horizontal or vertical.

The collagen has really really helped and now I am able to bench and ohp press. I stay away from db but the barbell is much more stable.

So I would say give collagen a go. Give it up to 6 months but for me within 2 I started to see benefits and its been 4 months now and the situation with both the knee and the shoulder are massively improved.

Take a 500mg vitamin c supplement with the collagen as well as your body needs vit c to create collagen.

I would say the issue I had with the shoulder was shoulder impingement after subluxating it back in 2015. The reason why I wasnt able to press was because of the impingement.

I'm 41.
 
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arc@css said:
I ****** both rotator cuffs around 4 - 5 years ago.
They have healed well, but neither are back to 100%, and I very much doubt they ever will be.
I'm currently taking turmeric and may consider adding glucosamine/chondroitin as well. Fatty acids have always been a regular addition in my routine.

Maignes syndrome - right leg, maybe partly due to lifting very intensely when young? I tried to do lunges the other day and that didn't go well;
leg press is also something I'm experimenting with leaving out to see if my leg improves, which it seems to be doing. Shoulders also make performing squats a no-go.

Also, I find taking too much carbohydrate (especially the wrong food sources for me) does tend to make my joints worse.
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Try adding collagen and vitamin c and see if it helps. For soft tissue damage I think collagen is a must. (Type 1)

Type 2 is more for cartilage.
 
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I got bad joints too. Over the years I have had issues with all 4 limbs.

Left shoulder: Subluxated/partial dislocation in 2015, have been suffering with impingement ever since. (much better recently which I put down to the collagen)

Right Shoulder: Cant explain this one easily. I was doing some press ups in my room after years of inactivity and just strained it and it hurt me for years afterwards but the pain has completely gone now.

Left Knee: ACL reconstruction and meniscectomy in 2004. Re-injured again in 2020 running in the park and now knee is lax. Was hurting me every day for the last 2.5 years but since collagen supplementation it has improved a lot.

Right Knee: Probably around 2007 I managed to scoop some cartilage off the back of my knee cap doing hamstring curls in the gym. Had an op but ultimately nothing that can be done. Stops me doing regular squats but I get by with going wide. Does cause me issues from time to time when on the leg press but the pain/irritation lasts for only a few days and eventually settles.
 
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Oh and on the subject of collagen, the medical research says 15g a day but I only take 10g and have seen positive results.

Plus you get good skin as a bonus. (pretty)
 
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opethdisciple said:
Try adding collagen and vitamin c and see if it helps. For soft tissue damage I think collagen is a must. (Type 1)

Type 2 is more for cartilage.
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I've yet to try collagen, though it's something I've been curious about. Cheers for reminding me. :)


Vitamin C, on the other hand, I've been taking for a very long time (ester-C; 2-3g per day).

Worked wonders when I got COVID. You need to take a lot more when ill, though, than the commonly recommended ~2g by nutritionists for everyday maintenance.
 
So, clearly this is something not uncommon amongst older gym rats. :)

I have left the ego lifts behind now, but still have flare ups. It's tendon issues for me mostly, specifically in shoulders and forearms/elbows. If that's something collagen can help with, I will have to look into it.

There are many different types, though. Any recommendations for the best form? Marine? Hydrolysed? (Can't remember what I heard on this now)
 
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