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Originally Posted by lewdog
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?
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I should hope your joints ate good. You are only 27. Human joints aren't designed to carry loads in excess if ideal body weight. They also aren't designed to torque against the heavy loads weight lifting applies.
As far as aging, yes, muscle WILL turn to fat as you age no matter what you do. You will also develop fat deposit ratios in different body areas than when you are young. Again, nothing you can do about it. Then there's gravity. It'll play a roll also. You can cite all the studies you can find, but if you are huge when you are 27, you will struggle to not look flabby and have manboobs at 50. It's a combination if things. I didn't say it can't be done, but in all likelihood, you won't have the joint health, metabolism, or time, to workout intensely enough to maintain size without becoming flabby.