Apparently ... I'm The Tinman

[JimGainz]

In fairness, I think I'm just coming to terms with getting old (mid-50s) and I guess I just need to suck it up LOL!
At 5'10" 200lbs, I lift weights 3x week and do regular light cardio. I feel good while doing those things but boy do I feel like a rusty tin man after being static for a while, i.e. after driving for more than an hour and especially when I get out of bed in the morning. I have energy from TRT and I take too many supplements as it is (fish oil, magnesium, D3K2, COQ10, creatine). I thought it was the 10mg statin but I just started taking it 10 mos ago and had already been feeling like a rusty gate, beginning 3 yrs ago. If I do heavy yard work, climb ladders or work on my car, I feel like a wreck the next day and it takes a couple days to recover ... In fact, I typically feel better after lifting weights heavily two days later (albeit my body is accustomed to that choreography).

In sum, I recognize this is chronic and thinking of giving HGH or Peptide secretagogue a try but wanted to know opinions here regarding that idea of other alternatives. Thanks for reading this

 

[Collo4sho]

I apologize for not having any info for you, but you just described how I feel too. I am taking reta, klow, and motsc at the moment. I am down to 200lbs but I still hurt when I sit still for a while and get up. Hopefully someone will chime in and give us some WD/40.

 

[CNCCurrency]

I apologize for not having any info for you, but you just described how I feel too. I am taking reta, klow, and motsc at the moment. I am down to 200lbs but I still hurt when I sit still for a while and get up. Hopefully someone will chime in and give us some WD/40.

i take either glow or klow daily and haven't had any aches or pains in over a year now. May help?

 

[Jittrbug]

i take either glow or klow daily and haven't had any aches or pains in over a year now. May help?

Have you cycled off the Klow/Glow in that year? I have some injuries in both of my feet/ankles, and every time I try to cycle off, the pain starts to comes back in about 2 days. The every day aches and pains from getting older doesn't come back that fast.. and so far I have just started the klow back up, so don't know how long it would take for those aches to come back, lol

 

[spanky2026]

When I started Tirz it killed my aches and pains so much my doc took me off a Meloxicam RX. Only time I'm achy now at all is when I wildly overdo it (like last week trying to keep up with a young friend in a 'beginner friendly" kettlebell workout. Lesson learned). I think Tirz is being looked at in studies JUST focusing on it's anti-inflammatory side.

 

[chewonmysac]

I just cycled Tesa for 50 days. At the end my joints were aching. One of the side effects. Ran KPV for the last week looking for relief and seems to be working so far. Im in my early 50's and anything over an hour in the car require calisthenics in a parking lot to walk normal. Been thinking about taking up Yoga.

 

[tendency]

In fairness, I think I'm just coming to terms with getting old (mid-50s) and I guess I just need to suck it up LOL!
At 5'10" 200lbs, I lift weights 3x week and do regular light cardio. I feel good while doing those things but boy do I feel like a rusty tin man after being static for a while, i.e. after driving for more than an hour and especially when I get out of bed in the morning. I have energy from TRT and I take too many supplements as it is (fish oil, magnesium, D3K2, COQ10, creatine). I thought it was the 10mg statin but I just started taking it 10 mos ago and had already been feeling like a rusty gate, beginning 3 yrs ago. If I do heavy yard work, climb ladders or work on my car, I feel like a wreck the next day and it takes a couple days to recover ... In fact, I typically feel better after lifting weights heavily two days later (albeit my body is accustomed to that choreography).

In sum, I recognize this is chronic and thinking of giving HGH or Peptide secretagogue a try but wanted to know opinions here regarding that idea of other alternatives. Thanks for reading this

I'd look into titrating up and running KPV a few months first. I'd also consider BPC 157/TB 500 as well. Just my .02 cents

 

[CNCCurrency]

Have you cycled off the Klow/Glow in that year? I have some injuries in both of my feet/ankles, and every time I try to cycle off, the pain starts to comes back in about 2 days. The every day aches and pains from getting older doesn't come back that fast.. and so far I have just started the klow back up, so don't know how long it would take for those aches to come back, lol

I run ghk cu continuously and cycle the other two. Usually a week off

 

[Jittrbug]

I run ghk cu continuously and cycle the other two. Usually a week off

ahh, so you don't take the premixed Glow/Klow, but the individual peps. I actually just have ordered everything separately, so I can try to figure out which ones I might be able to cycle while still feeling the relief. I take Tirz on top of the Klow, and I know it helps with the inflammation as well. It is crazy at how much better I feel with this combination!

 

[jordekorn]

Tirzepatide also got rid of my aches and pains in joints, I can jog down the stairs now, before tirz I had to take a step at a time and slowly, I also had the sitting for a long time thing, lol trying to stand up and feeling every joint screaming and feeling like I must look crazy trying to walk like normal.

 

[CNCCurrency]

ahh, so you don't take the premixed Glow/Klow, but the individual peps. I actually just have ordered everything separately, so I can try to figure out which ones I might be able to cycle while still feeling the relief. I take Tirz on top of the Klow, and I know it helps with the inflammation as well. It is crazy at how much better I feel with this combination!

I use all three, when I'm in between glow and klow I run ghk cu separately for the week

 

[5byfive]

In sum, I recognize this is chronic and thinking of giving HGH or Peptide secretagogue a try but wanted to know opinions here regarding that idea of other alternatives. Thanks for reading this

I have a friend around your age that had a lot of the same issues. It would take him a couple hours to get going in the morning but he would be pretty active after that. He got with a good physical therapist who identified a lot of muscle imbalance issues that were causing all the problems. Six months later all of that was gone. No issues in the morning, no issues with aches and pains. Find someone that offers a detailed assessment, the one he did was like two hours long, and see what you need to work on. I bet you will get a lot more out of that than any pep.

 

[JimGainz]

Thanks for all the replies with advice and your own feedback. I have surfed around and found many people citing Triz as an anti-inflammatory and I'm looking forward to trying it, once I can actually use my crypto! Until then, I'll be "Mr Roboto"

 

[RubbaDubba1]

In fairness, I think I'm just coming to terms with getting old (mid-50s) and I guess I just need to suck it up LOL!
At 5'10" 200lbs, I lift weights 3x week and do regular light cardio. I feel good while doing those things but boy do I feel like a rusty tin man after being static for a while, i.e. after driving for more than an hour and especially when I get out of bed in the morning. I have energy from TRT and I take too many supplements as it is (fish oil, magnesium, D3K2, COQ10, creatine). I thought it was the 10mg statin but I just started taking it 10 mos ago and had already been feeling like a rusty gate, beginning 3 yrs ago. If I do heavy yard work, climb ladders or work on my car, I feel like a wreck the next day and it takes a couple days to recover ... In fact, I typically feel better after lifting weights heavily two days later (albeit my body is accustomed to that choreography).

In sum, I recognize this is chronic and thinking of giving HGH or Peptide secretagogue a try but wanted to know opinions here regarding that idea of other alternatives. Thanks for reading this

Try BPC-157 for at least 4-6 weeks, 250-500mcg 1-2x a day. It's probably one of or the best peptide for just getting rid of fatigue.

 

[Stayinalive]

In fairness, I think I'm just coming to terms with getting old (mid-50s) and I guess I just need to suck it up LOL!
At 5'10" 200lbs, I lift weights 3x week and do regular light cardio. I feel good while doing those things but boy do I feel like a rusty tin man after being static for a while, i.e. after driving for more than an hour and especially when I get out of bed in the morning. I have energy from TRT and I take too many supplements as it is (fish oil, magnesium, D3K2, COQ10, creatine). I thought it was the 10mg statin but I just started taking it 10 mos ago and had already been feeling like a rusty gate, beginning 3 yrs ago. If I do heavy yard work, climb ladders or work on my car, I feel like a wreck the next day and it takes a couple days to recover ... In fact, I typically feel better after lifting weights heavily two days later (albeit my body is accustomed to that choreography).

In sum, I recognize this is chronic and thinking of giving HGH or Peptide secretagogue a try but wanted to know opinions here regarding that idea of other alternatives. Thanks for reading this

It's definitely the statin, not ur age. I had been on Atorvastatin for a while and one other around the same time, but not together. Nothing was healing, and then I tore something in my forearm bowling with my kids around age 50. It didn't heal for several years (still have issues with it), massive problem since I'm a handyman and need to swing a hammer from time to time. Statins stop your body from healing, as they reduce your cholesterol, but your body needs cholesterol for healing. Don't know what ur situation is, but u need to find out what ur inflammation level is, and sleep is a massive issue, if ur not getting enough quality sleep, u won't heal. Sleep is the time that ur body uses to heal itself. There may also be a liver issue. I don't have all the answers, but I know statins are poison.

 

[JimGainz]

It's definitely the statin, not ur age. I had been on Atorvastatin for a while and one other around the same time, but not together. Nothing was healing, and then I tore something in my forearm bowling with my kids around age 50. It didn't heal for several years (still have issues with it), massive problem since I'm a handyman and need to swing a hammer from time to time. Statins stop your body from healing, as they reduce your cholesterol, but your body needs cholesterol for healing. Don't know what ur situation is, but u need to find out what ur inflammation level is, and sleep is a massive issue, if ur not getting enough quality sleep, u won't heal. Sleep is the time that ur body uses to heal itself. There may also be a liver issue. I don't have all the answers, but I know statins are poison.

Good points ... You may be right about the statin. I will look hard at that during my next PCP appointment. Two years ago, I got on a CPAP because snoring was getting worse. I took a sleep study and actually passed but I explained to the Dr that I had borrowed a CPAP machine from a relative and had been using it for 6 mos and that it was life (and marriage!) changing. We went through a long questionnaire together and the Dr agreed to write the Rx for the machine. Getting on CPAP was twice as complicated as getting on TRT and boy have I witnessed what a money maker the CPAP industry is!!

 

[Mr. Blonde]

ahh, so you don't take the premixed Glow/Klow, but the individual peps. I actually just have ordered everything separately, so I can try to figure out which ones I might be able to cycle while still feeling the relief. I take Tirz on top of the Klow, and I know it helps with the inflammation as well. It is crazy at how much better I feel with this combination!

This is smart. Example: do kpv then switch to bpc then switch to tb or ghk and repeat process. Should held with receptor sensitivity due to different pathways.

 

[Foggy-Hollow]

In sum, I recognize this is chronic and thinking of giving HGH or Peptide secretagogue a try but wanted to know opinions here regarding that idea of other alternatives. Thanks for reading this

F49 and yes, recovery is slower, everything is slower. BUT exercise moves things in the right direction for aging so keep that up.

Low hanging fruit is epsom salts baths. Hubby M50 was training for a marathon and finally listened to me after a long run - “I feel better than I have any right to” were his words. You won’t over-absorb (overdose) Mg.through your skin. 20 minute soak should do it. Yard work -especially if you work a 9-5 and end up doing yard on the weekends- is “rare” enough to work muscles that don’t get worked during the week (unless you’re physical at your day job) so yes we feel wrecked.

Consider other exercise recovery: rollering, massage guns, compression socks. Roger balm, icy hot, biofreeze, aspercream. When my knees are pissed I like Voltarin- my pocket book yipes but it’s good stuff. The more you rub it in the better it works. It is a topical NSAID.

I like NAD+ for an energy lift. Our bodies recycle it less and create less as we age, so this is one that we can enjoy more than 30 year olds. Yay for age, maybe?

I’ll also throw in active recovery. Getting a walk in after dinner on yard work day will help refresh muscles before DOMS has a chance to set In. Walking.the day after should shorten how long soreness lingers. It’s under rated stuff.