Current Events > I dunno if you need to hear this, but your back isn't sore because you're old.

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It's because my fatass body loves maintaining a specific weight.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

Need more context. Shoulder blades or the delts area? Likely weakness in the rotator cuff or something. Or is it the joint?

They get fatigued quickly from raising them up. Even if I'm not holding anything. Not the shoulder blade. The joint or rotator cuff maybe?

Waddlez posted...

They get fatigued quickly from raising them up. Even if I'm not holding anything. Not the shoulder blade. The joint or rotator cuff maybe?

You have poor mobility and you don't do this often so it's an uncomfortable and unfamiliar position for you.

I think it's too hard to tell based just on that info.

pinky0926 posted...

While we're at it, research shows that metabolism doesn't change much at all as you age from your 20s to your 60s.

It's everything else that changes. Your diet, your lifestyle, your habits. When you were 20 you were broke, worked a hospitality job and found the taste of beer icky.

Were not all American, dude. Its pretty normal where I grew up for people to be drinking beer regularly from the age of 13 or 14.

When you're 35 you buy all the snacks you want, you work an office job and get in less than 3000 steps a day and you finish off each evening with a crisp pale ale.

Also not true. I do not work an office job and I dont think Ive ever averaged less than 15k steps per day unless I was injured. Usually its significantly higher than that.

Finally (and often, the only actual reason), time. Maybe you were putting on weight your entire adult life, very slowly. 2lbs a year. You never noticed it was so gradual. Well 15 years have gone past now and you're 30lbs heavier. Go figure.

The real reason is time and the cumulative effect of injuries. Im still much more active than the average person, but Im not capable of the extreme levels of exercise from my younger days. This also directly ties in to the recovery time I mentioned, which, even without factoring in injuries, does affect your ability to exercise which will have a knock on effect on your metabolic rate.

I know you're right. My back hurts because I play disc golf and I throw hard. But it actually hurts because I throw hard and my muscles are weak

pinky0926 posted...

You have poor mobility and you don't do this often so it's an uncomfortable and unfamiliar position for you.

What do you mean by poor mobility? I don't think not doing this often is it though. I lift weights regularly and do shoulder exercises. So I don't think I raise my arms up too little.

Waddlez posted...

What do you mean by poor mobility? I don't think not doing this often is it though. I lift weights regularly and do shoulder exercises. So I don't think I raise my arms up too little.

Well it very likely could be poor mobility due to a rounding of the shoulders (posture) and/or impingement, especially based on the fact that you do plenty of shoulder exercises and that's when you feel the pain. Btw poor posture is exacerbated by - you guessed it - weakness in the upper back muscles.

Your form (due to mobility) could be just imperfect enough to cause cumulative stress on your joints or accessory muscles that are compensating in some way. The good news is this is probably correctable, if it's the issue. Check out some youtube videos on shoulder pain when lifting and see if anything sort of nails what you're feeling, then look up how it can be addressed. Just speculating btw.

*coughathleanxcough*

I pulled a muscle in my right arm last July, and it still hurts when I use it. My doctor said therapy would help, but I dont have time for that, the pain isnt that bad.

mustachedmystic posted...

I pulled a muscle in my right arm last July, and it still hurts when I use it. My doctor said therapy would help, but I dont have time for that, the pain isnt that bad.

If you don't make time for it now, it'll make time for itself to be inconvenient later.

Glob posted...

Were not all American, dude. Its pretty normal where I grew up for people to be drinking beer regularly from the age of 13 or 14.

I'm scottish, and even though we have a drinking culture and I started at 16, I can't say I really enjoyed beer until my early 20s.

Anyway, no need to take it too on the nose. I'm just using examples of how lifestyles change as you age.

Also not true. I do not work an office job and I dont think Ive ever averaged less than 15k steps per day unless I was injured. Usually its significantly higher than that.

For people who drive to work at an office, less than 3k is typical. I've had days wfh where I've had less than 1k steps.

Again, you don't need to take this all super personally. I'm talking trends here, not every person on earth.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

Well it very likely could be poor mobility due to a rounding of the shoulders (posture) and/or impingement, especially based on the fact that you do plenty of shoulder exercises and that's when you feel the pain. Btw poor posture is exacerbated by - you guessed it - weakness in the upper back muscles.

Your form (due to mobility) could be just imperfect enough to cause cumulative stress on your joints or accessory muscles that are compensating in some way. The good news is this is probably correctable, if it's the issue. Check out some youtube videos on shoulder pain when lifting and see if anything sort of nails what you're feeling, then look up how it can be addressed. Just speculating btw.

*coughathleanxcough*

Interesting. Interesting

pinky0926 posted...

I'm scottish, and even though we have a drinking culture and I started at 16, I can't say I really enjoyed beer until my early 20s.

Anyway, no need to take it too on the nose. I'm just using examples of how lifestyles change as you age.

For people who drive to work at an office, less than 3k is typical. I've had days wfh where I've had less than 1k steps.

Again, you don't need to take this all super personally. I'm talking trends here, not every person on earth.

I know youre just making generalisations, but I do feel that are instances where youre wrong about peoples metabolism and recovery getting worse as they get older, particularly people who are actually athletic.