Quote Originally Posted by iceman
as for your old age, unless you can say 40 and mean it please don't mention it again.
Good point CC iceman - at 27 I feel old compared to the other amateurs competing - I was the oldest on the team. Also with my back bothering me I felt a lot older than I was 2 years ago but a lot of that is attitude.

I know a lot of others including some on this forum don't allow age to be an excuse and I like that attitude. When I first started to get niggling injuries I had that attitude and then after a while I guess it wore me down a bit.

That's stupid though because I've had to learn o lot which I hope will ultimately make my training more effective than it was before when I could just hammer myself day in day out without planning anything for recovery or injury prevention.

The comp is over now and it's given me a lot to think about. I found a few new things the week before which have helped my back more than ever and I'm on the way to feeling young again.

I've got a basic training plan written up to cover me until the end of April next year. I figure by then I'll know what's around, where I have to go and what I need to do to take the next step.

One thing I do think is odd is that over the last few months I've been able to make weight more easily but still had a bit more muscle than the other girls in my division. I've often heard people say that women will 'fill out' with muscle later than men (but reproductively develop earlier) so I'm wondering if being a little older might mean I have the ability to become more powerful with time even though i need to be more careful not to injure myself.

It's a nice thought anyway and seems to mesh with the impressions I've got of the few female boxers I've met who are in their thirties. Here once you turn thirty-four you can no longer compete as an amateur so I haven't met many but those I've met were scary!