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Originally Posted by pepperbelly
I’m just not happy with how my body responds now at 65.
I will see how a change in diet changes my performance.
Originally Posted by terrymorse
Yeah, as someone in the same age range, training is different now.

I used to be able to just get off the couch and pile on the training volume and intensity for weeks at a time,
I retired at 65 and I was pretty detrained at that point. I was still riding at least on the weekends but not feeling good about it. Since I didn't go to work anymore I thought I could get back to where I was in my 50s but no dice.

It took longer to make small gains than ever before. Gains do come but require patience. Even when I seem to be at a certain level it isn't consistent. Still, I feel better than I did while I was working. I'll be 70 in a few weeks and I still have some pretty fun times out there with the club and even solo sometimes.
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