Over the Hill Thread

[ginosifu]

For those of us that have spent our youth in MA and are now suffering with nagging injuries and other ailments. This is for MAists that are 40ish and above.

How do you train now? Can you or do you still fight? How do you keep your skills up with your injuries?

Have you gained weight with age? How do you keep in shape? Can you run or do cardio? Have you tried supplements for energy or weight loss? Has your diet changed? What do you eat?

How many injuries do you have and what types? Torn ACL's? Meniscous? MCL's? Ankle's or feet? Hips or back? Head, Neck or Spine? How do you deal with them?

Have you retired from competition? Are you just teaching now? What are your future plans as you age in MA.

ginosifu

[sanjuro_ronin]

I can't fight anymore due to vertigo and some neurological issues that, ironicly, have nothing to do with MA.
Sparring is difficult at best.
So I compensate with drills.
Lots of kungs, bag work and dummy work ( wooden dummy, grappling dummy, throwing dummy and striking dummy).
Strength training.
I love my forms like sanchien, tit sid kuen and sam bo gin.
My weight flactuates between 165 and 175 depending o n how much cardio and what type of Strength training I am doing at the time.
Do lots of weapons too, especially blade and stick work.
I try to eat very little carbs at night.
As for injuries:
Besides the aformentioned issues:
Lower back, left shoulder, neck, left ankle and knees ( left more than right).

[Featherstone]

Havent fought in several years due to coming down with thyroid cancer, so yes I have gained lots of weight! Used to hover around 210-20 and when my thyroid went bad, shot up to 293 after surgery and such. I still spar, forms and weapons. I have recently been diagnosed with arthritis in my right shoulder. Getting back in shape is all part of the fun!

[ginosifu]

This January I will be 49. I have had my share of injuries including Ankle surgery, torn left ACL and Miniscous, right MCL, right and left Bunion removal. An auto accident in 1985 left 2 discs in my bulging and arthritus is really bad now.

In the last 5 years I have really been so busy with running a commercial school and 3 kids and a wife that my personal training routine has suffered. All I do is teach and run the school. So I have put on some extra marriage weight, I don't think I'm fat, but definately overweight and kinda puggy.

I still fight and roll around with all the students, but not quite as much hardcore fighting until tapout. I am lucky that I can still roll around, some guys my age can't do anything.

Training tip for all you younger guys out there. Don't get married if you want to stay thin and in good shape.

ginosifu

[ShaolinDan]

This January I will be 49. I have had my share of injuries including Ankle surgery, torn left ACL and Miniscous, right MCL, right and left Bunion removal. An auto accident in 1985 left 2 discs in my bulging and arthritus is really bad now.

see? even you're chronic problems started way before 40.

[ShaolinDan]

Training tip for all you younger guys out there. Don't get married if you want to stay thin and in good shape.

ginosifu

Definitely plan on taking that advice.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Marriage makes you civilized and content, horrible things to be for a fighter.

[ginosifu]

Marriage makes you civilized and content, horrible things to be for a fighter.

You meant Fat and Lazy...... right?

ginosifu

[Sihing73]

Marriage makes you civilized and content, horrible things to be for a fighter.

Hmmm I must of married the wrong woman...........mine made be cranky and aggressive right up until the divorce.........now I am feeling more content and peaceful

Although, having my kids live with me as a single parent is bringing me back to being cranky again................maybe it's the circle of life

[maxattck]

I turn 44 in 2012, injuries are a torn labrum In my right hip, docs say most likely will need to be replaced someday, a screwed up lower back, torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder.

I still roll BJJ at least three times a week, with guys half my age. I do alright, I get my fair share of subs, but I do not try to keep up to them. I work on slowing their game down with grips, guard game ect. I still spar in kyokushin at least three times a week, with some bag and pad work.

I try to just ignore the injuries, and take probally way to much advil and aleave. If my back really acting up I just take the time off. My hips been pain free from a cortizone shot for awhile now, only hurts if I do something stupid.

In all honesty I can't even remember being pain free, probally before I started training ma's. I friend at work asked me recently if ma training was health, I told him not if you train hard with contact, **** happends, stuff gets broke

[Hebrew Hammer]

Tomatoe...tomahtoe

Cameltoe?

Marriage makes you civilized and content, horrible things to be for a fighter.

One could say it takes away your will to fight...or perhaps just your free will.

[ginosifu]

One could say it takes away your will to fight...or perhaps just your free will.

It is more like SHE (your wife) takes away your will to fight and SHE takes away your free will.

She will have you giving up your Gym membership and replace it with watching CSI together, shopping at the Mall (usually in the underwear department) together, having dinner at the InLaws together etc etc.

I have seen many good MAists fade away because of chasing the Beaver!

ginosifu

[RickMatz]

Cameltoe?



One could say it takes away your will to fight...or perhaps just your free will.

The will to live.

[-N-]

One could say it takes away your will to fight...or perhaps just your free will.

The will to live.

Why do husbands usually die earlier than their wives?

Because they want to.

[Fa Xing]

Training tip for all you younger guys out there. Don't get married if you want to stay thin and in good shape.

Oops, too late.

Good thing I'm a CSCS, I can get away with staying in shape because it's my job .