Quote Originally Posted by physiobob View Post
I would suggest you are experiencing the same aches and pains of any artist. The best thing is to eat well (the supplements you mention will not help) get plenty or rest and build into this new career gradually. Overtime you will naturally strengthen much like someone who taken up climbing for the first time. Their arms are dead after about 5 minutes. On that note, and being that you are in LA, I would recommend finding a wall climbing gym and maybe doing a bit of climbing once or twice a week. This will give you incredible upper body strenght and endurance.

Best of luck
Thank you very much Physiobob. I'm actually in the mountains in Ireland at the moment but I will adapt your advice and find some way of hanging, perhaps from the top of a a doorframe and in that way simulate the effects of climbing.
I was worried that at the age of 58 it was too late to develope my long unused art related muscles. I suppose increasing protein in my diet may help.
Kind regards,
Sara