Nice work, way to keep at it so you can keep enjoying the sport. I wish I had your motivation, need to at least get on my bike lol.
Thank you kindly. My goal is to ski not like an old man mailing it in but in a way similar to the way i did in my prime. So far its working. For what its worth I spend a shitload of time doing mobility work and knee strengthening stuff as well so my body can take these impacts
Respectfully, I don't think it's simply that other 60 year olds never considered doing 1 meter box jumps from their knees
And thats why you see hardly any people my age in the park, dropping cliffs or skiing big lines in flow. If your body cant handle dropping a box how can it handle a cliff of meaningful size.
And yet women who do this do it with even less testosterone 80% of 60yo men have normal T. Obesity is the strongest predictor of low T in men and it’s not bc of the T, it’s bc fat transforms testosterone into estrogen. If those men weren’t obese the % of men with low T would be even lower. So no it’s not just bc older men’s testosterone is low
There's a difference between 'care for their bodies' and training this hard. The overwhelming majority of 60 year olds don't train this hard, and low testosterone isn't stopping them. Only an injury/physical impairment would
This is nonsense. 75% of men over 60 are overweight or obese. If it were true that “most 60 year olds wish they could still work out like this” then 3 of 4 wouldn’t be fat. They would walk every day until they weren’t fat and then start doing more advanced exercises. But they don’t because they like eating and sitting.
Let’s fucking go
Huge respect! It’s always very inspiring motivating to see 60+ people showing us that we can maintain our fitness and continue activities. It breaks the preconceived notions about age and fitness. My goal is to be like you and maintain my fitness!
My man! Good shit. I got a box last year just for this reason.
Yeesh. This is pretty wild for 60
It’s pretty wild for 35. What percentage of 30 year olds do you think could do this?
He left out the take TRT part. It is much easier to maintain when you're injecting yourself with test.
Crazy. I’m 45, in great shape. I don’t think I could pull this off.
Amazing
What would/should a 50+ year old* do before attempting to go ("jump") from a kneeling position on the floor to a squatting position on the floor? (In the other words, the first move). *Not in the greatest shape, but not without muscle memory, and no knee apparent issues to speak of.
I am not a personal trainer or a doc but I would start with BEGINNGER PLYOs. there are a ton of routines out there for people 50+. You are going to start small with mellow pogos and single leg pogos and gradually move up, At the same you must take care of your knees - tkes and poliquin step downs are a great place to start and there are a ton of routines out there for knee health.
meanwhile, I am sitting here in my mid thirties, hoping this AMIC surgery stuff on my ankle next month will fly. :-/ Congrats on your discipline, Sir!
You are my fucking hero.
How do you mitigate ageing brain and age related brain volume loss and associated increased concussion risk? Also interested in any gear recommendations. Good job on the conditioning and muscle and joint maintenance.
Brain volume loss is more common among snowboarders, actually.
Good luck with that. The body at 60 still takes much longer to heal after injury, and will most likely never be the same if a serious fall occurs after a jump or drop. Enjoying skiing can be done without significant air time. Personally, I wouldn't take the risk.
Disagree I am old and things hurt more now when I fall, I am okay not being in the air lol. An injury when your older takes way longer to recover from regardless of how fit you are.
I admire your dedication. But I'm also going to caveat this by saying I think genetics are in your favor. There are many 60-year-olds who are not going to be able to get to this without serious injury no matter how dedicated they are. I'm not quite to 60 yet, but there is a lot of bone on bone noise from my knees.
Reddit hates a man posting a clip of himself keeping in the best shape he can for his age. Ignore the haters, this is awesome, you’ve got one shot at this and it’s up to you how you do it.
he’s gonna get his
There are barely any negative comments in here so I'm not so sure Reddit hates it
I mean come on this is a meme title. Any offaeason training post with title references to hucking 40ft cliffs is going to clowned on to an extent.
Thank you so much for this comment I appercieate it.
dude none of us can do this
lol. Wut?
Health is wealth, right on
Very impressive
You’re a beast
Hell yeah dude
I do it with cigarettes.
Good work, but let's all stop filming in gyms, mkay?
I tore my Achilles just watching
I tell myself that I can still do most of what I could do at 25 now that I'm almost 40 (and beyond), it will just take more focus and work. Of course, that's the hard part with kids and a job and stuff, gotta choose priorities. Pizza and beer should probably get muscled out of the way more often than they are... Inspirational that you're getting it done!
Are you doing TRT? Not asking to knock you. I’m doing TRT. I’m 41 so hoping I can keep at it like you for the next 30+ years. I need to ski with grandkids some day.
I have 15 years to catch you. An injury ended my season early this year for the first time in my life, and I'm determined to turn my rehab physio routine into an ongoing fitness habit, specifically so that I can keep skiing for another 40+ years.
Nicely done. Move it or lose it. I’ve got a few years on you. Plyometics is key to staying in ski shape.
Yayayyyyyyyyyyy!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌Please share your routine? Btw, it’s powder day in Portillo.😎⛷️
Kudos to you! Watching you do that jump routine I thought that you may be in your late twenties. Turns out that you’re a few years older than me! Keep it up and don’t get hurt. Thanks for the inspirational video snippet.
This is awesome. My aunts are your age. Last season we did mammoth bowls. They’ve known the mountain since they were my age and taught me how to ski there, now we’re dropping double blacks and backcountry together. They’re in the gym every day and ski year round
I'm a 60 yr old skier too! Where do you ski?
hot dog hans has sm competition
Hell yeah! As a PT, I love to see this! Do you have aches, pains, and inquiries? I'm sure you do! There are many 20-30 year olds who have the same shit , but can't be nearly as physical as you. Also you're able to enjoy what you want to go do, and be a badass while doing it! Keep it up!
At my age I am constantly dealing with aches and pains and injury. Ive had 3 shoulder, 2 knee, 1 ankle surgery and Ive broken multiple bones. so I unfortunately I really good at rehab. So a large proportion of my time is spent doing rehab style prevention as well as mobility stuff which enables my body to take the impacts.
I board (38) and I met a 86yr old young man from New Zealand skiing a couple years ago…. We raced a couple times and dude could boogie! So keep it up and you’ll be my new idol after that legend. I pray I can keep Jamin into my years. Are you natural in your health regiment? Or were there any game changers you incorporated?
"all natural"
I’m not doing box jumps but I’m hitting the workouts hard at 55. High five to you! The work starts before 40 though. Every workout is a deposit in the health bank.
I'm just wondering how he accomplishes that with those toothpicks for calves...
Fuck yeah buddy. Thems some solid vert jumps.
Awesome. Also rollerblading is great for off season ski strength and endurance!
This is cool but do I need to take some supplements
I’d recognize Silver Mountain Sports Club & Spa in Park city just from the climbing wall alone 😂
Nice work. I’m 43 and still crushing park jumps on MTB and terrain park on skis although I’m one of the oldest ones out there. Took a bad fall on a rail last year that rattled me but my goal is make it to 55 but you’re inspiring me.
Knees over toes guy on youtube has really been helping my 62 yo ex-racer knees… a lot
I climb stairs sometimes.
My dad does all those listed things at 59… and he’s doesn’t work out
Well done!
I’m 63 and do everything except big cliff drops. Athletically I’m still confident. However, healing from even minor injuries is much slower. That said , I’m mindful that I’m one nasty injury away from never skiing again.
I need to learn your whole workout. My knee is messed up from too many injuries but it still works so far. My orthopedic surgeon said, go for it anything I can do to it skiing he can fix”. I would prefer to prevent rather than repair another injury.
If only watching this over and over would make my knees stronger.
60 !! GOALS !!! THANK YOU FOR RHE MOTIVATION!!!
That, is fucking impressive
My knees are shyte at 61. No chance.
I'll tell you what my doctor said wjen I tore my calf. You're not young anymore. To answer you, you don't.
Ayyy! Thats my old gym!! I miss park city
"I know, I'm too old for this shit" was the first thing out of my mouth to the patroller after blowing my ACL dropping a cliff. Go til your body tells you no, I say. Just know that recovery at this age SUCKS.
Fucking show off!😆
Dudes never attempted to jump in his life. You don’t gotta squat parallel to get maximum explosive power, 3/4 is optimal