How long have you been training?

Iam 46 and started training March 09 ,when i first started was a size 40 waist and had a bad diet but with a lot of info from dif sites have got my waist to a 33 inch ,the main thing was compound  lifts and the change in my eating .

Keeping your diet clean is 85% the battle to win long term as you give your body good clean foods and plenty water i shoot for 3 to 4 lts a day and in return you will strip all the results of a bad past diet as your body knows that this is the way its gonna be.

The 1st 3 months were the hardest as you dont see much change on the muscle front ect but stick with it and will come,cardio HIIT is needed and no snacking on foods in between meals but eating every 2/3 hours.

I started training when I was 13. I was over-weight (13.5st) and always had difficulty with participating as I liked in sports at school. The gym did the trick for me; I gained strength, speed and agility. After training for a year one of my school games teachers pulled me aside one day and accused me of cheating in some of the sports lessons. This gave me real motivation to aspire in the gym, along with great pride.

I trained hard until I was about 18/19 then stopped for no real reason. I suppose the clubbing and ....erm.... girls got more of my interest.

I started again when I was 28 for just over 4 years. I was doing extremely well, had put on a LOT of size (26.5st), then my older brother passed away. I completely lost my motivation and stopped training.

I have just started back this year. Have been easing myself back into it since about February and I am feeling on top of the world!

40 now...been training since I was 17!
I think you benefit more from your training at this age than when you're younger!
Can't imagine not lifting!!! 

I started in Feb this year at 42, train Mon-Thurs and also started to do 2 hrs of Wing Chun and  1 hr of Kickboxing on a Saturday, don't know whats come over me

i started training when i was 16 in 1976 only time i have not trained was for a year but i have now started training again today , its almost a part of life nowadays even when i go on holiday i make sure there is a gym close by :)

i started training when i was 13

JPN


i started training when i was 13

10 years?

im 41, started training on my 39th Birthday after being made redundant thought it would be good to keep my mind and body busy been training 5 to 7 days ever since.

I started training about 30 years ago (I am 49 in January) during my rugby days, I went from 12 stone to 16.5 stone  broad but not perfect.  I stopped 13 years ago due to my divorce and depression.  I started back about 5 months ago with a mate from work and am starting to make good progression apart from getting my waste down from 40 ins  I am weighing about 17.5.  I wish to gain mass and lose my fat.  The biggest problem I have is financial, this controls what I can eat.  I am limited to a high percentage of my diet being protein drinks and tuna.  I need to know the perfect training program and diet that would suit me.  Finally, I train after work and my job is beer delivery, so it is very strenuous delivery upto 20 tonnes of beer a day.

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I started training when I was 13. I was over-weight (13.5st) and always had difficulty with participating as I liked in sports at school. The gym did the trick for me; I gained strength, speed and agility. After training for a year one of my school games teachers pulled me aside one day and accused me of cheating in some of the sports lessons. This gave me real motivation to aspire in the gym, along with great pride.

I trained hard until I was about 18/19 then stopped for no real reason. I suppose the clubbing and ....erm.... girls got more of my interest.

I started again when I was 28 for just over 4 years. I was doing extremely well, had put on a LOT of size (26.5st), then my older brother passed away. I completely lost my motivation and stopped training.

I have just started back this year. Have been easing myself back into it since about February and I am feeling on top of the world!

Did you mean 16.5 st!?

First joined gym in 2000. Irregular user and just dabbled until around 2004 when I decided I needed to lose tonnes of fat.
 
Then in Jan 2007 determined to enter a competition before I was too old - trained seriously with a PT for my first comp (Anglian) at the age of 58.  Now aged 62 and in my fifth training year (groan), intending to enter comp(s) this year despite impending hip replacement, lol.
 
Will never be good, I know, but have  improved so much and gained masses more confidence that it's all been really worthwhile (and thanks for your nutrition advice James).