Biggest problem I've had?
The problem I've had more and more in recent years is finding women who used to be pretty strong and have no issues with the whole lift and carry thing as an interest. But they tell me they can't do things like that anymore due to an injury.
I guess that's the problem with L&C, more than with a lot of other fetish type interests people might have. It has certain physical requirements and by the time people are over, say, 40-ish years old, they can't always do what they used to do.
You can find exceptions out there, obviously. But I even met people like a former bodybuilder in Florida who is no longer doing any lifting at all because of bad knees and I think a neck problem. (She's currently a huge Star Wars fan and is all into attending conventions for it and collecting items from the movies.) And again, she wasn't that old ... It's just that weightlifting kind of tore her body up.
There's even a lady I'm supposed to meet up with tomorrow at a dinner gathering ... old friend of a friend kind of thing. I met this girl a LONG time ago and forgot all about her. But it turns out she's been a single mom for years and her kid is about ready to move out of her house, so now she's interested in the dating scene. My friend told me this lady was "really strong and has muscles", so that definitely piqued my interest! Unfortunately, I just found out she messed up her shoulder last year and can't lift much at all with that arm now. Won't even have enough days off saved up from her work to get the surgery done on it until probably next year.
So I guess the moral of the story here is, get your L&C in with the 20 and 30-somethings, while they're still at their peak strength potential.
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