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Originally Posted by tooge
Man, just some advice here. That weight is pretty tough to carry around, both on joints and metabolically, when you get to be in your 40's. I had massive arms and chest like that when I was in my mid 20's, and now, at 46, it has taken tons of shrinkage and re toning to get a good look that isn't flabby.
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No offense but that absolutely makes no sense. My joints feel fine, and if they do start to bother me I can increase the rep ranges instead of my 5/3/1 rep ranges. I see no relation to muscle mass and the feeling in your joints, that can happen to ligaments/tendons when muscles grow too fast from juicing and they can't keep up. But I haven't been juicing and this muscle has taken time to add, so my joints have experienced a steady progress of muscle mass gains.
Metabolically hard? How so? I do sprints, hike and ride my bike. I am not out of shape. And metabolically my muscle mass helps me burn more calories through the day, especially as I get older.
Are you saying as you aged you deposited more body fat, so what used to be bulging muscles were now covered with a layer of fat?