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So, two years ago I had a workout goal of doing 5 sets of 5 88# turkish getups, on each side. It was a near run thing, but I pulled it off by my 40th birthday, and then rarely did turkish getups again having kind of fucked my left shoulder.
From my 40th to my 41st I was mainly focusing on keeping up a baseline of fitness, and improving some of the numbers on my yearly physical with diet and sticking to an 8 hour or less eating window at least 5 days out of the week. Accomplished that mission.
I think by my 42nd birthday, I want to work up to doing 200 54# kettlebell snatches in a row. I can do 100 more or less on demand in about 5 minutes, which is a pretty good pace. But I want to see how far I can push it in a year of truly focusing on it. Wish me luck.
200 in a set is fucking monstrous. Good luck.
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Impressive. Keeping fit in your 40's is harder than I thought and I'm struggling to work out as much as I'd like.
You need to do it though or things start dropping off real quick.
Also food is something you've really got to keep on top of. Damn it.
Good Luck. Just keep doing what you're doing. Even holding the decline at bay is an achievement.
You know, having spent my 20s and 30s well, it's not that bad. Although if I don't stretch and take a post workout shake I am miserable and sore as fuck the next day.
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