Joey Kinder (Climbing After 30)

DPMCLIMBING is now DPMCLIMBINGVIDEOS.com - bookmark our new URL (updated 2022). Joey Kinder recounts what it is like for climbers after thirty and his struggles early in his career. This is the third video in a series from Dead Point Magazine and Chuck Fryberger.

[@PolyVshot]

Turning 30, kind of a mental trap if anything, physically inconsequential. 40 However, there are definitely physical challenges to deal with... I think most male athletes (myself included) experience a fairly precipitous drop in testosterone production, equating to longer recovery times, along with increased inflammation slowing you down a good bit. But on the bright side you hang on to strength much longer and muscle memory is much more set in and baseline in a way you don't feel in your younger years, and much more of an advantage. When I was 20 if I took 2 or 3 days off, which I rarely did, it took me two days back on to really feel good again, I'd feel wonky and uncoordinated, where as at 40, I feel AWESOME after a week's rest, or two weeks or a month. IT's different at plus 40, but it's not all bad. And it's fun incorporating new and unexpected strengths and advantages that come with age and years of experience to offset the weakening that naturally comes with age. Enjoy the ride! It's still every bit as fun and engaging!

[@bonefishboards]

Wow, I'm still climbing at 57. Crazy. Not climbing 5.13 (or 5.11), but still climbing.

[@cwk1417]

Joe Kinder's such a cool guy. He's always psyched to get out there.

[@rushthezeppelin]

About to turn 33 in a month and I've been climbing for 6 years now.....The worst part about hitting 30 was the fact that I realized I want kids and my clock (or rather the clock of the women I can reasonably date) is running out.

[@hellsangel2005]

the publish date is 2015. but the video was showing 2010.. can you tell which it is?

[@RamiNajjar]

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