Yes me as well Dr. Mike from Renaissance Periodization is someone I have been following very helpful
Mike Israetel holds a PhD in Sport Physiology, and is currently the head science consultant for Renaissance Periodization
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Exercise enthusiasts and wannabees only !!!
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Mike Israetel holds a PhD in Sport Physiology, and is currently the head science consultant for Renaissance Periodization
Actually, I don't mind. I kind of consider myself semi-retired from weight training; I still love it, but I figure I've proved myself to myself enough over the decades, and I'm certainly not trying to impress anyone or keep up with the young'uns.I'm bummed to admit it, I couldn't do the 'heavy stuff' any more even if I wanted to. Also 62, my 'heavy' sets today are what I used for warm-up sets in my 20s/30s.
As I stated in my previous post, "Work out smarter, not harder" is my motto. My other motto is "I ain't gittin' hurt!" I do not want to be trying to recover from injury at my age.
As I age, I'm finding more and more health benefits from walking and swimming. I do both nearly every day of the week. When I don't do either, I notice.
It is kind of fun to walk past the free weight area in the gym and see the young guys pounding away. I try to stop now and then for a quick chat and to give them some encouragement to keep at it for the right reasons.
-Mike
It is kind of fun to walk past the free weight area in the gym and see the young guys pounding away. I try to stop now and then for a quick chat and to give them some encouragement to keep at it for the right reasons.
-Mike
this is my heaviest dumbells I use now for bent over rows and bench press and dumbell squats
Standing dumbell curls 40's
but max use drop sets next 25lb and down to 15lbs and this 6lbs I have in my office to move the lactic acid out on my days off 
other gear I use are power bands 40's and 100 or blue and black
other gear I use are power bands 40's and 100 or blue and black 
I have found walking to be necessary.
When I want a cup of coffee which is in the kitchen, and my butt is ensconced firmly in the couch cushions... telekinesis has failed every time
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But seriously I average around 50 miles per week between my actual walks and my labor job.
Also I plank a bit.
This summer has been a weight gainer, Too Much BBQ!
When I want a cup of coffee which is in the kitchen, and my butt is ensconced firmly in the couch cushions... telekinesis has failed every time
.But seriously I average around 50 miles per week between my actual walks and my labor job.
Also I plank a bit.
This summer has been a weight gainer, Too Much BBQ!
At 67 I have been at it for over 50 years and tried a lot of different routines. Met a fellow recently that turned me on to the TUT technique. Time under tension. Took awhile to get use to it but am starting to build muscle again. Last year I had to stop protein drinks as they were hard on my kidneys. Switched to natural food and experienced weight gain and muscle loss. TUT has helped to counter it.
Howdy folks!
Been a while, thought I'd dredge up this old thread.
I had a pretty debilitating back injury this past winter, thanks to ice and snow shovels. Ended up going to PT in the spring. Found a great one, she basically fixed me in one session. I spent the summer taking it easy, in rehab mode. But now I'm ready to crank up the intensity.
I'm doing my mobility work, 10 minutes 3 times a day. I'm going to add in pushups and squats, each 3 days a week. I'll start with 5 a day and add one rep each week.
I'm also going to add in jogs, 5 minutes per day, broken into intervals. I plan on adding a minute a week but I'm less adapted to jogging so I'm gonna play that by ear.
This seems stupid simple, almost too little. But I have a nasty habit of going in too fast, and either burning out or hurting myself. So I figure if by this time next year if I can do 50 push ups and jog 50 minutes, I'm way better off than I am now!
Wish me luck, peace!
Been a while, thought I'd dredge up this old thread.
I had a pretty debilitating back injury this past winter, thanks to ice and snow shovels. Ended up going to PT in the spring. Found a great one, she basically fixed me in one session. I spent the summer taking it easy, in rehab mode. But now I'm ready to crank up the intensity.
I'm doing my mobility work, 10 minutes 3 times a day. I'm going to add in pushups and squats, each 3 days a week. I'll start with 5 a day and add one rep each week.
I'm also going to add in jogs, 5 minutes per day, broken into intervals. I plan on adding a minute a week but I'm less adapted to jogging so I'm gonna play that by ear.
This seems stupid simple, almost too little. But I have a nasty habit of going in too fast, and either burning out or hurting myself. So I figure if by this time next year if I can do 50 push ups and jog 50 minutes, I'm way better off than I am now!
Wish me luck, peace!
Good luck !!!Howdy folks!
Been a while, thought I'd dredge up this old thread.
I had a pretty debilitating back injury this past winter, thanks to ice and snow shovels. Ended up going to PT in the spring. Found a great one, she basically fixed me in one session. I spent the summer taking it easy, in rehab mode. But now I'm ready to crank up the intensity.
I'm doing my mobility work, 10 minutes 3 times a day. I'm going to add in pushups and squats, each 3 days a week. I'll start with 5 a day and add one rep each week.
I'm also going to add in jogs, 5 minutes per day, broken into intervals. I plan on adding a minute a week but I'm less adapted to jogging so I'm gonna play that by ear.
This seems stupid simple, almost too little. But I have a nasty habit of going in too fast, and either burning out or hurting myself. So I figure if by this time next year if I can do 50 push ups and jog 50 minutes, I'm way better off than I am now!
Wish me luck, peace!
Slow & steady is the secret to successful rehab.
Try keeping an exercise journal/ diary to track your progress, set realistic goals, and generally pace yourself.
I did this with triathlon training - I could schedule in 11 short training sessions (10-30 mins only) each week to avoid overtraining and dramatically reduce recovery time. I'd rotate my 'rest' weeks between the three sports and immediately slow down if I was getting sick/ sore/ not recovering quick enough.
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after my stroke, i spent some time in the hospital and more time in a rehab place. i was shocked how much strength i lost in 46 days lying in bed - i could barely walk, and standing still hurt my back. since then, i've been doing PT to build back some of what i lost, and i'm back to doing 50 pound deadlifts with an open trap bar, and also doing weighed crunches, back extensions, rows and presses with our cable machine. also using the semi-recumbent bike some!
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I had a serious health setback in late June and a secondary complication kept me mostly inactive for about that long. I'm back to walking around two miles a day at a fairly respectable pace now, but my leg strength is still not so great. In a couple of weeks I start a well structured monitored exercise program, three days a week, and I know it's going to be quite a grind, but I'm chomping at the bit to get started. It takes forever to get appointments with actual MDs around here, particularly specialists, it's been incredibly frustrating. I was told it might take six + months just to see either of the two specialists I wanted, but one actually turned out to be booked a year out…sheesh!
Gaolee
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This getting old stuff scares the crap out of me. I have taken up boxing as part of the exercise regime. It is a butt kicker. I don't remember ever being as wiped out after an hour or hour and a half, but it sure is fun. It doesn't hurt to be working with a really intense trainer with the idea of getting into the ring one of these days. That's a really dumb idea, since I'm in my mid-60s already. I can't imagine sitting still for two months.
Gaolee
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Exactly. This describes me exactly. It hasn't killed me yet, though, so I'm probably doing it wrong.
Yeah, this getting old is no fun. I'd been jogging 2 miles every other day for several months, and was doing just fine. But one day, hours after my jog, I get up off the couch and feel a terrible pain on the outer part of my knee. I hadn't stumbled or tripped or tweaked anything, yet here this injury seemingly showed up out of nowhere. Long story short, it lasted a couple months, ended up going to a sports medicine specialist, and after X-rays, etc, he said I just aggravated some ligament. Said nothing to worry about, and that I should stay active, but do less exercising, and it'll heal over time. But that took two months to get back on the treadmill, and even that is still painful for the first 5-10 minutes. At 63, it's hard enough to get moving when everything is working right, even harder when you have to baby certain joints and compensate for or work around injuries.
sorry i missed this post, and i hope you're doing better.
booked a year in advance
and i felt sorry for myself when it took 3 months to get a speech pathologist appointment...getting old is more fun than the alternative
i'm 68, but i have had problems with joints, ligaments and muscle injuries not healing well for over a decade. my workouts involve lots of braces. my dr finally is sending me to a rheumatologist to find out what's up, since the dr said i don't "have enough arthritis" to cause all these issues.
I've been pretty consistent with my movement, hitting my minimum of 30 minutes a day and often doing extra.
I'm up to about 10-20 push-ups and 20-40 squats 3x a day. I have done yoga in the past and enjoying getting back into that. I'm doing lots of static holds (plank, squat hold etc) and cardio conditioning (jacks, hops, etc)- so I find time-based tracking to be more appropriate than rep-based tracking.
Best of all my wife grabbed me the other day and said "you're getting fit!" So that's quite motivating! I'm also down to 184 lbs- a weight I haven't been down to in about 15 years! (Yo-yoing between 190-220 for a while.)
I'm up to about 10-20 push-ups and 20-40 squats 3x a day. I have done yoga in the past and enjoying getting back into that. I'm doing lots of static holds (plank, squat hold etc) and cardio conditioning (jacks, hops, etc)- so I find time-based tracking to be more appropriate than rep-based tracking.
Best of all my wife grabbed me the other day and said "you're getting fit!" So that's quite motivating!
I'm also down to 184 lbs- a weight I haven't been down to in about 15 years! (Yo-yoing between 190-220 for a while.)
My light weights (no more than 20 lb. dumbbells) and body weight workouts are still working out pretty well. Me earlier this year at age 63:
i like this. so many people work out with an amount of weight for bragging rights. working out with what works with your body is what rocks IMO...
