FITNESS over 50 - Advice for the Maturing Athlete
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- You can be strong and healthy late into life… but you must be smart about it. Your body isn’t as forgiving at 50 as it was when you were 20. Have a healthy lifestyle with good hobbies, eat, sleep and rest well, maximize the effect of science and technology, be deliberate, and please - please - please - never workout without a proper warmup.
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I'd recommend everything in this video for anyone at any age.
Fellow over 50 Fitness person... great content
I am 64 years old and still work out vigorously, I got my Black Belt in Krav Maga when I was 62 and the test was 9 hour long,
Get some bro!
SeaWolf55 C. Awesome
This is encouraging for me. I just turned 62 and my next belt up is black in kyokushin. I was doing well, feeling good, and training, walking, lite weights, bicycling, stretching, all that. Then i suddenly started having these excruciating pains in both my legs from my hips down the side of legs and around hamstrings. I was barely able to walk. I went to my doctor and was diagnosed with IT Band Syndrome, which is something I’d never heard of. I’ve been shut down for over a month and trying to work my way back with physical therapy. At 62, the body takes much longer to heal, but I’m still planning on chasing that black belt. Osu!
Keep being a beast 💪 super inspiring
@@tonioyendis4464 Did you try massage?
I started training this way at 48. 8 yrs later its a lifestyle. Will never go back!
Same here...only at 3yrs later, but I won't be stopping any time soon. I know this is the only way to reach my senior years without having to be a burden to my kids.
I came back to the gym after 18 years of office work, he is right, I thought I was 30 still and injured myself several times, lack of warm up, but I'm getting in a rhythm again 😀
I actually would have benefitted from knowing these things at age 20. I would say this is important information for all seriously fitness-minded people.
Yes I'm glad I saw this
My grandpa is in his 60s and he’s still outside every day taking down trees and lugging em off on his own 💪💪💪
Cool
So, that proves, 60 ain’t old.
jack Perry I hope God keeps his hand on you through your recovery! Congratulations on kicking cancers butt! 👍
WE call your grandpa a MAN. You don't see many of them these days.
Edward White that’s for sure...dying breed
I’m 71 and thank you for your advice. I’m showing up at the gym regularly.
I am 73 and always did body weight exercises until recently. I still do them but added in light weight lifting. Injury avoidance is paramount. Thank you for reminding me how important warm up is.
Because you're older doesn't mean you can't still challenge yourself. Poor form and too much weight is what causes injuries.
Good advice. I'm 56 and ex Army, so my knees, back and ankles (even my feet) are pretty shot. I've been lifting, running, cycling etc all my life, but I hit the wall big time 4-5 years ago and had to drastically change the way I exercise in terms of intensity. I find the key now, more than ever, is consistency and I do some form of exercise every day, I just don't bust a gut anymore. Warming up, stretching and diet becomes more important too.....and staying hydrated.
57 year old former action guy here. Great advice. DOL
I'm a 62 year old Marine. I had many of the same problems as you. I quit eating plants and went full nose to tail carnivore. These issues went away in about 3 months. It's not your age it's your diet. Diabetes was gone in less than 3 months. Heart failure, gone. High blood pressure, gone. I use bodyweight daily, kettlebells twice a week and walk. I also do do 100 KB swings every day. 500 Hindu squats every day. As you stated, stretching comes after the workout. None of this would have been possible if I hadn't went carnivore. After 5-6 weeks I didn't crave starches or sugars any more. It takes will and discipline. You are, indeed, what you eat.
55...push-ups, squats and burpees. Sprints will be added in soon. Carnivore for almost 2 months. Quit vaping and coffee. Energy levels back to normal.
I just turned 60. I actually stopped lifting weights for a few years because I couldn’t handle anything close to the weight I used to (400 lb deadlifts). Frankly, it’s depressing…but when I read that Arthur Saxon trained with light weights and multiple reps, I “got back into the game” and feel great despite all the injuries. Moral of the story: accept the process; get your ego out of it. And listen to THIS guy!👍🏾👍🏾
You can wake up old at 40 or wake up old at 70. Don't get old. Keep fit. Stay in motion.
As an almost 52 year old Airborne Combat Engineer, I can second this. I pulled a lat doing pullups and it took months to heal. Gone are the days of drinking all night and showing up to formation ready for a 10 mile run and hour of pt
B Co 307th. Long ago. Have an all the way day!
Im retired army of 18 years. I keep up my pt best i can. I watch my diet,stay active by hikeing camping and keep my weapons skills sharp. But i do miss 2nd bat ft lewis.
HOOAH!
I don't miss Army, but I do the people and brotherhood
Frank Munn same here , mountain biking , circuit training with weights and body weight exercises , Thai boxing and boxing plus out hiking with my pack on or out hunting Or range practice at least four days a week training sometimes six depends if I go out hunting for the weekend, I’m 52 this year
Frank Munn Sua sponte!
Frank Munn I miss the Army so much! I left for a female that gutted me. Became LEO and then some stuff happened. Had to relearn to walk. Getting there, but they don’t know all that much about nerve damage. My sciatic was pierced and medicine was injected into it. Has really messed me up in more than one way
Good points, I am over fifty, and understand now it is physical, and mental.
These are my points on life, SPEARMAN.
Sleep 8 hours.
Positive people in your life that you can learn from.
Exercise regularly.
Act do not procrastinate.
Remove toxic people from your life , where possible.
Meaningful hobbies.
Alert to your surroundings, where ever you go.
Nutrition, cut out fast food, make fresh food, including your own bread.
Hope this helps.
I have been very athletic all my life. I played ice hockey well into my 50’s. I am now almost 64. And I realize that I need to get back into a fitness routine to remain healthy mentally and physically for the years to come.
Great advice on fitness at 50 staying fit is a lifestyle change and warrior mindset
I agree with your assessment!
Hey Sir! thanks for the great video! I was just talking about this with my dad (56) I will share this with him! I think he’ll appreciate the advice and knowledge! A lot of content for older Athletes are more focused on the younger crowd.
Everyone is different, I'm 49 and push weights 5-6 times a week and I'm stronger and fitter than I ever have been. 10-15 pullups and 40-50 pushups is part of my normal warm up routine.
Awesome advice! Thank you so much!
Please never stop making videos like these Sir. Thank you so much!!!
Thx for posting this! Not enough is written about and for older athletes. In a few hours I'll be 60. I still workout but I have to be careful and "sneak up on the weights."
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Thank you for your noble advice. God bless you and stay healthy.
Great advice. Glad you mentioned rest. Not talked about enough I think. Rest is a training principle. Training breaks you down. Without rest, you can't build up stronger💪
SO TRUE. At 50 my choice of workouts is now kettlebells and clubs. They force more of a mind muscle connection as every rep is a concentration rep for form. I walk and cut all alcohol from my diet outside of holidays and special gatherings, it works. Find your groove and grease it.
Love the content. Just ran my ninth NYC marathon since 2009 (I’m 55). Ready for a winter of running, rowing and lifting. Starting time-restricted eating as I still love danish and carbs. Thanks for the boost.
Love your content, brother, but I have a couple things to add:
For context, I've been a full-time personal trainer since 1989 and training in martial arts and other combatives since the 70s. I specialize in corrective exercise and performance enhancement. Much of my work over the last 15 years has been doing in-service and private training for law enforcement and the military (all branches...yes, even Coast Guard). It probably comes as no surprise that I do a lot of work helping people rehab back from back and knee injuries.
Overall, your observations are right on, except for the following. After a proper warm up, you SHOULD do some stretching of your tightest muscles. Otherwise, it's like trying to race a car with the wheels out of alignment, shoot a gun using Kentucky windage because it isn't zeroed, or play a song with an out of tune guitar...you get my point.
Second, the early morning fasted workout doesn't really burn more total calories, it burns more FAT calories because of low blood sugar levels.
And finally, if you want to be strong on your feet, have good balance, a strong core and better posture...DON'T TRAIN A LOT LAYING DOWN OR SITTING DOWN. Bench pressing on a flat bench (or any bench work, for that matter) and training on fixed-axis machines (e.g leg extension, T-bar row, Smith machine, leg press) is like learning to fire a cannon from a canoe. Sitting on a firm surface increase spinal compression by about 40% and laying or sitting on a firm surface (floor, bench, chair) actually inhibits the core from firing correctly (again...cannon from a canoe). It's called the SAID principle: Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. If you want to get better at rucking, you don't throw on 60lbs of gear and then do sets on the leg press machine.
Hope that helps and I look forward to more discussion.
Active stretching prior to a workout or during a workout, not static stretching. Static stretching after a workout.
@@paraglidingnut26 that used to be the belief. You're most certainly correct about static stretching post-workout and active stretching before. However, what's been found over the last 10 to 15 years is that some targeted myofascial release and static stretching of hypertonic muscles PRIOR to a warm up that includes dynamic flexibility has resulted in fewer injuries during training and competition and increased performance.
One word of caution: that whole "don't do static stretching before a workout" thing was based off of one study done on competitive sprinters and showed a small, but statistically significant decrease in sprint performance after static stretching. Just because a study comes out showing this or that doesn't necessarily mean it applies to all populations under all conditions.
I'm mid 50's and thinking about starting judo, what are your thoughts?
delancyj67 why are you looking into Judo? What would you be studying Judo for?
@@BigJDinSC Bucket List. I always wanted to learn a martial art.
So true. The older I get, the more I realize how important a proper warm up and range of motion presets are.
I’m 49 and still on active duty, this was very helpful. Thanks
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7:47 - Thank you for sharing...keep the good word coming...
Thank you! This good information. Please keep up the good work!
Always enjoy your videos! Most seniors today are morbidly obese! The biggest issue is their diet, heavy on carbohydrates, which is NOT AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT! The most essential nutrient is protein, at least 300 calories a day, the next is fat, which regulates your insulin hormone, which regulates your weight! I used to be obese but went on a Ketogenic, high fat, moderate protein diet. I lost over 60 lbs. I also dis some cycling, but more importantly did dumbbell strength training. Seniors want to avoid Sarcopenia or loss of muscle mass, thus the protein and strength training. Cardio is good once a week. At 73, I am the fittest I have ever been! Dump the carbs, eat real food, exercise and plenty of sun and air. I now sleep 7-9 hours a night, uninterrupted! Thanks for your videos. Perhaps in my next life I can be a military man!
There is no reason why a person who lifted weights their entire adult life multiple times a week should reduce weight training days to just one per week. There is no reason to reduce the frequency at all.
In fact some research points that to maintain you may "need to increase the quality and quantity of the stimulus"
I do full-body weight training workouts every other day and keeps me lean and strong.
I agree
It depends. Metabolic slow-down with age is inevitable. So, if you train just as heavily when you are old as you did when you were young, you're going to take longer to recover. You will have to space the workouts farther apart to recover between workouts OTOH, if you lighten up the training, you can train as frequently as you did as a young person.
@@wboquist that's what trt is for :)
Strength work so important over 50. Cardio circuits I find really useful with press ups, dips, pull ups, burpees etc...and stretching! So neglected is stretching.
182 year old here, so glad I found this video
Yo im dead
hahahaha how was the victorian era mate?
Great advice and great video
I just turned 20 today. 30 more years till I hit 50. 1st year in the army and I hope to stay in longer.
Philip Aubin Andoh you can be. I was Army at that age as well and have been fitness minded since. I’m more fit than anyone I deal with each day....most of the times regardless of their age. It’s a journey with no destination. Change it up, don’t get sucked into eating fast foods and learn some basics about carbs, refined sugars, fasting, anaerobic and aerobic workouts. If you fail get up and start again....imo that defines a man.
I’m 56 soon to be 57....I box and kickbox 2-3 hours a week with a trainer than is an 8 time world champion. He is no slouch so it’s a deliberate constructive workout and it’s hard. I also Train in bootcamp style workouts 2-3 hours a week at Planet Fitness (I change businesses every few years to stay fresh) and play golf at least once a week. Other than than I still walk a lot at work and climb stairs as opposed to elevators. It’s work to be like this but I want to be around for my kids.
With today’s info on foods, healthcare and sports science a man of your age with no disabling circumstances in the future has a brilliant opportunity for a healthy long life. Best of luck to you brother👍🏻👍🏻 thank you for serving.
Hey Phillip, Don said that very well. I was in the infantry at that age, and now I'm 38. Take care of yourself and dont stop educating yourself on health and nutrition. The best advice I can give is this: All of the experts on UA-cam or musclemag will give you models of what to do, but they all have one common point that took me a long time to figure out; DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU. You fast/slow twitch fiber ratios will be different than next guy, just like muscle insertions, etc. So if you find your correct program and techniques, your in there. Best of luck. See you on the high ground.
Oh yeah, 50+ is no joke. I am active in my workouts but I know I can't train like when I was 30 or 40. Good advice man, specially about warming up pre workout and training early in the AM vs PM, it was wrecking my sleep😥Thank you💙
living the life of a combat swimmer over 50 is a challenge worth doing. Great Video and keep up all great work. I will put your stuff on my website/s
I really like your videos your advice reminded me with my father , I am a 39 Egyptian engineer, my father was a retired Air force colonel, sir if you ever plan to visit Egypt plz let me know .
As someone who will be 50 next year, this has been on my mind the last few years. Decades of abusing my body at the gym caught up to me in my mid 40’s with injuries and likewise a decrease in things I am able to do. Instead of doing sets of 50 to 75 pull-ups at body weight, a shoulder injury made me change to less than body weight pull-ups as I will pop my shoulder if I don’t. Can’t do squats or run due to a bad hamstring injury, so I now use the bike instead. My body does recover less quickly, but more like 2x slower - not 5x as was mentioned in the video, but I hurt like hell. Life moves on.
I'm already into my early 50's and it's been 4 years since I first started Calisthenics. Actually last evening after a busy day I got back home hit the floor and knocked out a set of 52 push ups slow and controlled. After it I felt overwhelmed with a feeling of accomplishment and relief after an hectic day.
Sure, well into your 40' s you' ve got to start giving the warm up the place it deserves in your workout routine; fundamental.
Rest and recovery, listen to your body and don't overlook what your central nervous system has to say.
A hurried workout won't take you anywhere, better take a rest day or fit your workout into your available time for it.
Nutrition; eat healthy but remember to enjoy life too. Try not to overeat and give eating time a chance to be a moment of pleasure which it sure is and always has been.
Very suitable advice Life is a Special Operation. Great vid as usual.
All reasonable recommendations and what any fit person over fifty with a low incidence of injury overtime would say if you ask them.
My takeaway:
- Warmup up before muscle training.
- - Never stretch cold muscles.
- Do weight training.
- - Flip your weight training as much as possible to negatives (fast up, slow down).
- Don't push through injury. Stop and move on to another exercise.
- Work up a fitness routine in the morning before eating.
- - For higher intensity workout get in a good meal 90 minutes before.
- Get more sleep to help you recover and perform better.
Add:
Focus on improving standing balance and your core muscles. That is, stand more than sitting or laying down and find a routine that works multiple muscle groups in a "functional" way.
This is excellent solid advice. Thanks for this video.
I enjoy your insight, one combat veteran to another combat veteran. Thank you for your service.
Good advice. Also, there are a few 70+ yo Vietnam vets at my gym that bench 225# like it's routine. I'm impressed and motivated by their wisdom, high level of fitness and especially their discipline.
E.C. Alexander I’m one of those guys. Class of ‘71. Turn 70 in another year. Retired but still working for Uncle Sugar. Hit the gym after work 3 to 4 days per week.
Sound advice. I retired from Law enforcement 2 years ago & changed the way I worked out. Train smart, eat well & listen to your body. And remember you're 53 & not 23!
I'm 38 I like jogging, cycling long distances and high reps with less weight
Great advice, great video. I'm OVER 50...no gym or fancy workout machines. WALK, push ups x 100 a day (how you do them is up to you), two dumbbells, work on the yard, WALK(running for 35 years, hips said, yeah no more) Watch what you eat and realize, that no matter what....time and age will do what it's always done to great men/women. Live a healthy lifestyle but enjoy life too, eating is our biggest enemy !!
Nearly 50 and exercising same as 30. I trail run, kick box and use the pull up bar daily. No injuries. Not really buying the 'getting older can't do it' story, sorry.
you will see in just a few years...
I joined the Army at 32 years old. I was retired from the Army at 41 years old with 100% service-related disability. I'm now almost 49 years old. I am now a career firefighter. In my off time, I trim horse hooves as a certified farrier. By the way, I was an 82nd Airborne Infantryman that was training to go to SF selection. Yes, I'm a bit hard-headed. I love your videos. Keep em coming.
Good advice. I'm 57, also a disabled vet and can say that being active is the key to fitness (as well as diet). Stop moving and you start dying. I lift 4 days a week. Mostly free weights. Also do squats (even if it's air squats) and work you core like crazy. I mountain bike and hike. I just finished 4 months living in my truck camper hiking and biking in the Rocky Mountains from Montana to Utah...hiked with a full pack at 12600 ft with no problems...so get out and enjoy your national forests...it will keep you young. Diet - when you get older, you can't out exercise a bad diet so clean up your diet. Stop eating out...I haven't eaten at a fast food joint in years and can't remember the last time I had a soda. If you are fat then life when you are older is going to be harder. Stay trim and fit...it's the only way to go.
I was at 3rd ranger Batt, and later at a LRRP/LRSU unit in Europe in the late 80s. At 51, I agree with all you said. I still hustle long days and get up early, but injury recovery is not what it used to be. I gave up Moto-X after my last wad-up, took 3 months to recover. Great channel bro, hold strong.
Thumbs up to this video ! As a 40 year old trainer working with older adults, this video gives accurate advice. Couldn't agree more.
I would agree with all of this. I am 51 and on the tail end of my military career and have a nagging right tendon issue in my forearm. Wish I would have been more attentive. Thank you for this great content.
It took me years to realize that the following adage is not a joke: A day of rest is a day of training.
AWESOME. I'm a great Fan of yours. Keep the good job. Life is beautiful. I'm enjoying it.💪💪
I am 64 and I train three times a week, you are so correct in training smart, I warm up for 15 or 20 minutes before every training session. I makes a big difference.
Thank you for this advices.
Nothing new here for me pretty much but good advice overall.
I will try to follow your advice on putting in more sleep.
Not as easy as it sounds.
I work 11 hours a day 6 days a week.
It's not easy to get back home at night from a hard day at work, eat,sleep and go to work again.
You need some entertainment to maintain sanity.
So you end up sleeping late.
To the best of your intentions, there is no getting around being overworked.
As always, great video, awesome content. If only...we had this knowledge in our 20 vice 50’s..... 😁
Grear Video as usual. Thanks!
47 here and active since 11, not as consistently as I would have wanted but not a weekend warrior either, and an avid reader on the subject. A while back I stopped exercising and started training, gave up on workouts and started following a Program, (there's a difference look it up). Coach Rippetoe's Starting Strength worked best x me and IMHO is your best bet to get or maintain a baseline strength component, regardless of age (I actually started with Strong Lifts 5x5 and after completing, switched to Rip's SS 3x5 to decrease volume and spend less time @ the gym). Good nutrition and good cardio or a sport on "active rest" days, coupled with proper sleep and a day off for "total rest" works 4 me and is what I suggest to stay fit and healthy.
Just turned 51. Active job as a home inspector. I'm at the gym 6 days a week about 1-1 1/4hrs per day doing concurrent full body training with endurance training. Will be doing my first Spartan race in Feb. I will not quit my body and my body will not quit me.
@Blackriflesmatterfiftybmg Blackriflesmatter50bmg I hear ya. I have a degenerative disc in my lower back and other aches and pains but luckily at this point I can work around them. We can just do what we can do.
All True, I got back into road cycling after sometime off and after a few months of riding and getting my fitness back I majorly hurt my lower back / piriformis from riding too hard. Had to take a month off to heal.
I too am closer to 50 than 40 and this is some excellent advice, thanks. My knee gave out getting out of bed the other morning and I fell down wrong and have limping around now for a week. It is getting better every day but I know this injury will keep me off my air bike for at least 2 weeks. Getting old sucks but it doesn't have too. Thanks again.
Fellow over 50 Fitness person... great content
I am 55 and have never had any joint problems, even though I trained in martial arts for 4 years. I never smoked. I work out 5 and 6 days a week; 3 days weight lifting, 3 days jogging 4 miles each day. Sometimes I don't get all 6 days or 5 days in because I am pursuing anther career (dream) while having a regular job too and there just isnt enough time in the day. I am in the best shape of my life. I feel 20 years old. I am entering the American Ninja Warrior competition. We will see if I get accepted. I do not experience a number of the things mentioned which are concerns for someone my age. I don't get sore, even though I lift heavy, but not too heavy.
all true info, but it's geared toward the "old" 50 year old crowd. I'm 53, and I lift 5 days a week.
Yea, 56 and still lifting heavy 4 days a week. The decline always feels overstated. I do have plenty of problems with tendinitis and the such but nothing that stops me yet.
i am also 53 years old. I do a lot of sports and if feel great. Two years ago i run 10km in 46min, my bench press PR is at 105-110kg. There is no reason to slow down after the age of 50.
Don Pratt agree, this is when the differences between the ages show up. I’m 50, and the differences between people this age that don’t workout vs do is vast.
Same here. Lift 5 times a week, bench 210 with dumbbells and I’m 164lbs 5’8”.
But I absolutely have to warm up.
@Prime Fit Life Yes, not all over 50 athletes are that competitive. Those that are still competitive are far and few, but that's awesome and it's great to hear from those that are out there.
Thank you for posting such a splendid video, old friend.
I've turned 51 and a lot of what you say in this video resonates. Sometimes, I feel depressed that I should have done this and not that and made that decision and not this. Maybe, things may have turned out different if I had continued being in the service and not have left.
Etc etc etc.
Anyways, I hope that you have a long and prosperous life and that you continue doing what you are doing. Every week, I look forward to your videos and a lot of them make me mull and think.
Some of your videos are funny and they make me laugh. Thank you for those too. I hope that you make more of such videos.
!i!
I’m 52 and look much younger. It’s mostly about diet (intermittent fasting) and exercise (cardio). My InnerAge on InsideTracker is 38.5
I retired in 2013 after 27 years in both the Army and Marines including special operations. I lead my final, official PT session was when I was 47 and I STILL had to lead (and smoke) kids that were literally 1/2 my age. I knew that I was broke (the next month I had 4 screws and 2 rods put in my back at Womack Hospital on Ft. Bragg). I knew what I COULD do and what I COULDN’T do which means that when I lead PT, I relied on exercises that I could do well and ones that were NOT in the manual (seated flutter kicks for instance) and ignored the rest..lol. Today (at 53, retired and 100% disabled) I do what I CAN do and ignore the rest. I can’t do pull-ups anymore (pronated..palms facing out) but I CAN do them supinated (palms facing in, “chin-ups”) or supinated lat pull-downs because (just like you), I tore the ligaments in my elbow when I went through Air Assault School and they never healed property. Bottom line...do exactly what was said in this video...LISTEN TO YOUR BODY, do what you enjoy, eat right, use tech/trainers to their full advantage and LOVE THE LIFE THAT YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN!!! Today is Veterans Day and I honor my brothers that have died in combat by living the life that’s been given me, the best way that I can, so I can honor them and their memories. Semper Fi!
Power advise..thanks immensely. Thank you for your Service to Our Country!
My pleasure
I learned the hard way. I'm 55 and tore my left elbow tendon thinking I could train like I was 21 again. Was really stupid. Still not healed yet. Now I have to carefully (and smartly) train around the injury.
I freaking love this channel. Have a flippin upvote! Hope this channel won't become an advertising sellout
At 54 I’m struggling with the soreness.
I learned the hard way on not warming up too.
Solid sleep mmm I miss that.
Nope on being around other people and the wife’s got lupus so that’s a no go on doing anything together.
Sleep, especially solid sleep is a rare commodity for me. I'm 57, and I am lucky if I can get 4-5 hours. I work, work out, and I am tired, but I just can't sleep. I stopped fighting it a few years ago, and now I lay in bed and read, and take a nap now and again. Oh well, maybe it will get better for us after we retire?!?! But it does affect my workouts and how I feel.
Pushing 70... like you, have been athletic most of my life... rode lots of bicycle, and did weights.
Always lead the starving artist's lifestyle, only bringing in enough income to get by, in the name of having time for my various crafts, and athletic pursuits.
Even though I'm "retired," I have very little time for myself.... my Social Security is not enough to live on, and I need to chase dollars anyway I can.
Regardless... I've a gym membership. I want to retain my strength and endurance... I used to work out for vanity reasons, the added strength and endurance was a bonus... now, i work out strictly for those bonuses. I live in the country, and have to work hard to maintain my little patch of heaven, that I partially heat with wood... which I harvest and process... which is a killer workout in itself... cut rounds of trees weighing 45 to 60 lbs... that must be carried, stacked, carried, split, restacked, then carried to the stove.
I still ride bike when I can... but given drivers with cell phones, riding on the roads is hazardous, so I drive the bike to the rail-trail...
7 years ago I snapped a biceps tendon going nuts in the gym and going crazy at my job, lifting heavy... I screwed up my shoulder too.... so yeah... warm up, and be in control of your weights... I'm doing sets of 10 now... no more heavy, max-lift stuff...
Good vid, an acknowledgement of what I've always believed... and have adapted to as an elder.
Good work on this video! Something real for a change!
Beautiful video!
even at 23 i wouldn't walk into the gym and bang out 10 pullups. i spend a lot of time stretching and warming up, way more than my peers, and its paid off so much more as they get aches and pains from heavy weightlifting, and i don't. Thanks for another awesome video!
Very informative fitness, and health safety video!
Thanks for sharing.
Do some research into collagen peptides, they have some amazing benefits and is one of the reasons you run into injuries as you get older; because your body produces less collagen.
At 50? God help me, I'm 62 and I just started weight training - with my 13 year old son. I appreciate your good advice. I should sign this 'Not Dead Yet'.
Coming from a 65 year old, great advice.
So true about injuries.
Recommend a low carb diet.
Don't forget to stretch between sets. You need to keep your body's mobility. You have good general advice mate.
Great info, The only thing i would add is that as we age our requirement for protein goes up, so make sure you're getting enough protein.
16 pull-ups, 56 next Friday.
This is useful information for all ages. Liked and subscribed.
A lot of good advice. You have to listen to your body yet you always have to challenge your skeletal system no matter what age you are-just have to figure out a functional happy medium.
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i warmed up on a heavybag once, just some fast jabs. for the rest of the workout i had a burning pain in my shoulder, and i had to end the workout early. i later realized that i had punched with a straight arm, while also driving my chest into the bag, with my shoulder locked out. i could have dislocated my shoulder out of its socket!
Dynamic stretching is so much more beneficial than static stretching. For any age group but especially for us over 40 and counting...
Truth, brother. Every word.
Great advice! Crushing it at gym and training same at age 63, but need more recovery!
Great advice and very good information here. I would definitely add some meditation time either before your workout or after. In less than a month I’ll be 67 years old. Ever since I turned 60 and retired from employment 10 years ago it doesn’t get any easier. But I still workout with weights and resistance cables every day and I rest for two days. I listen to your body. It will help you in the long run. Also do bodyweight exercises.
Hey bud, great video. I'm not over 50 but I'm 40. In preparation for my mid life crisis I started Taekwondo at 39. I've been doing it for a year now and I've seen a huge increase in fitness. I just had my first competition sparring match and I beat a 20 year old. (I have the video on my UA-cam if you want to see the fight). What worked for me was a gradual controlled, safe training regiment kinda like you talked about. Thanks for sharing. I'm subscribing.
That's an activity, not an exercise. You still need to do steady state cardio and weight training.
@@krane15 I'm not sure what you mean. I'd definitely say it's both things. I stretch, I get my heart rate up and I strain my muscles. What's missing?
Last year I was up to 6 miles 1400 sit ups 450 press ups in hour and a half I was training for a marathon then I had me apendix out nearly died lol I’m normally a support worker but due to current pandemic I’m a labourer for a builder, non stop 9-10 hours a day hard graft but I’m loving it I’m 52 so I’m doing ok I think