OT: weight training

[scaredyclassic]

Ok the 100 pushup thing fizzled out but got me feeling a bit stronger so I was looking around the Internet and got excited by http://Www.stronglifts.com

for the first time ever I have been diligently hitting the barbells, just squats deadlifts bench presses and overhead presses every two days and I am getting visually larger, stronger and the weights I am lifting progressively heavier.

This is almost as exciting as a Ron Paul presidency.

Anyway, if you’ve been contemplating adding muscle, check out this guys website. Seriously.

[BoomerAang]

good for you walter…the hardest part is keeping the routine of working out and being consistent about it… best wishes towards keeping it up…

[briansd1]

Whatever you do, don’t be taking protein shakes and supplements. If you do, you will paying for it later in terms of health problems. And if you build muscle mass with dietary supplement, when you slow down, in older age, it will all get replaced with fat.

Everybody wants fast results, but health and long life are about long term discipline and doing it naturally.

[aldante]

Keep it up!

[scaredyclassic]

People of piggington, the real upcoming crisis for you fellow aging old farts is not inflation, it is not real estate values, it is the gradual decrease in your muscle mass as we age.

I am going to add 20 lbs of rock hard muscle to this stickly frame before I turn 50 in anticipation of sarcopenic decay.

[bearishgurl]

I’m of the “aging old fart” category and I lift weights 3-4X wk, scaredy. 3 yrs of this HAS made a difference. Keep it up, whatever you’re doing (but don’t “bulk up” (as brian also stated).

[scaredyclassic]

i plan to be huge.

Add 5 lbs to the bar every other day…

It’s just so wild… like thinking about ever increasing real estate values…

I’d be over a 300 lb deadlift by year end if I don’t plateau.

I hit the gym with an intensity previously reserved for long bike rides.

[barnaby33]

Discovering working out in your 50’s is like losing your virginity in your 40’s. Better late than never I suppose.

Next lets all quit smoking!

[CardiffBaseball]

Check out Power to the People by Pavel Tsatsouline or something like that. You don’t have to follow it exactly you can pick two other exercises such as deadlift/bench press.

His program is intended for large gains in amount lifted by doing a little bit more each day for 5 days straight. Since your reps are so low, your muscles do not get tired, and doing near maximal lifts at 90-100% means you won’t get unnecessary bulk. You can find the book in google reader I am sure.

I was able to get to 300 lb. deadlift in about 2 months and felt great but tweaked my shoulder doing overhead press so I stopped (luckily not my pitching shoulder) Next time I try this I might stick to Bench. Anyway absolutely no weight gain, and I felt much lighter on my feet with a DL that high.

My HS Jr. is now DLing 360 for 5 reps, and soon will start the program again when fall baseball is over. He may get to 450 or so this time around with no weight gain and very impressive speed improvement. Plus now he doesn’t have to waste so much time in the gym. Pull the weight, do some box jumps, get out of there and go do baseball or MMA. i.e. by getting strong and not wasting time, he gets to enjoy the play stuff a little more.

[svelte]

Proud of you yet again, Walter!

I bought some home gym equip about 5 yrs ago, sold it when wifey and I got brave enough to start going to gym…now we are addicts. We feed off the gym energy and go every weeknight. We are astounded at how a few hours at the gym makes very visible differences in physique.

Until a few years ago, we had never set foot in a gym. Now we spend more hours at la fitness than we do out partying on weekends…

It’s not as much fun as sex, but I think it deserves mention in the same breath.

[scaredyclassic]

i had a brief period of fear of ending up like mr burns. weak old people are scary.

i don’t want to have fallen and not been able to get up.

[scaredyclassic]

i want to buy a Power Cage and put it in the yard year round and let it rust in a badass way and get up to a 400 lb squat.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=barnaby33]Discovering working out in your 50’s is like losing your virginity in your 40’s. Better late than never I suppose.

Next lets all quit smoking![/quote]

so anyway my real age is really low 30’s.

http://www.realage.com

so basically i can pretend im not old…

[jstoesz]

Can I offer a suggestion.

I love the mountains and adventure, so I think in these terms. For me, when I am looking to kick my workouts into high gear, I think in terms of preparing for a goal. Looking pretty for me is not sufficient motivation, but kayaking a new river or climbing a new peak gets the job done.

Currently, I am hoping to climb epinephrine in Red Rocks over thanksgiving. Its and 18 pitch 2000 ft climb done in a day. Mostly filled with challenging and scary chimneys. There are many stories of people spending an unplanned night and drinking water from a stagnant pot hole. If I am to accomplish this goal, I need to get my butt in gear. My ankle is not helping the matter though.

So I know you love biking, so but your training regiment in those terms.

Dedicate yourself to riding a century, or completing an Olympic triathlon. If you have a goal in the not too distant future, you can motivate yourself to sticking with it.

For me at least, my exercise wains without that drive towards getting to the next step in my progression.

Kick some ass, and train twice daily if that is where your ambition leads.

[briansd1]

Never too old to start exercising:

For the record: You need to exercise for the rest of your life, not just to maintain cardiovascular fitness, but to keep up your strength, balance and flexibility. If you do, you’ll help prevent heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. You may maintain mental agility longer. You’ll have more energy. Your mood may brighten. You could meet other like-minded people.

Or, like most people over 65, you can ignore this advice. It’s up to you.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wellness/campaign-encourages-older-americans-to-start-exercising/2011/10/27/gIQAmKpScM_story.html?hpid=z13

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