As you get older how has your training changed?

NR, I stretch every day. Since doing so I have found I am less injury prone, particulary around the lower back.

Just turned 40 this month and have found that i have had to change my training quiet a lot over the last year and a half .I do a lot more circuit work and streaching these days and a lot less heavy lifting as i was picking up too many injurys lifting heavy all the time i now only do one week heavy out of four ,i must say that its working out great for me as am in the best shape of my life and injury free for now  

trainman


Just turned 40 this month and have found that i have had to change my training quiet a lot over the last year and a half .I do a lot more circuit work and streaching these days and a lot less heavy lifting as i was picking up too many injurys lifting heavy all the time i now only do one week heavy out of four ,i must say that its working out great for me as am in the best shape of my life and injury free for now  

I think I might go that way, Im sick to death of niggles these days !

I dont streach, i have just lowerd the weight and upped the reps.i also think a little more,when i was younger i went at it like a bull in a china shop,adding weight almost at will lol.(getting injuries for the pleaure)

Slower now and more interested in form,and keeping fit.

ginasmg


I dont streach, i have just lowerd the weight and upped the reps.i also think a little more,when i was younger i went at it like a bull in a china shop,adding weight almost at will lol.(getting injuries for the pleaure)

Slower now and more interested in form,and keeping fit.

I only stretch after weights. Since I turned 60 I've increased the weight and decreased reps. I broke my (fairly pathetic) deadlift record a couple of weeks ago.

Well done on the record mate, tbh ill be lucky to still be alive at 60 let alone lifting lol.

ginasmg


Well done on the record mate, tbh ill be lucky to still be alive at 60 let alone lifting lol.

lol m8 i have the same way of thinking myself, All my injurys that i picked up when i was younger and brushed off easy are coming  back with a vengance so thats why i decided  to change things my knees are compleatly shot had two cartlige tares within 6 months of each other s**t they were painfull should start an other thred called state all your injurys you have had over the years lol still i wouldnt have changed a thing been at it for 22 years now

Hi Trainman:

I know where your coming from,time is a pig tbh things creep out of your body and let you know they were not happy with the years of training lol.

Sory mate i forgot to welcome you to the forum, welcome

Thanks m8 been on here for a long time but just dont get time to post out .I love going to the gym its a big part of my life along with my boy and wife i think i will keep trainng till the day i die i wont give in to old age all you guys over sixty and still trainng hard i have great respect for you`s there is a bloke at our gym who is still going at it and he is 75 he was one of the ones to start our gym up top man i tell you.

there is a guy in this section who is 73,hes a star i have to say.

Good to hear you so positive mate,i train 3 times a week weights but i also like to keep reasonably fit, so run a bit.i dont want to be big as it holds me back from my running,
But would be nice to achieve a reasonable physique at some point,i try hard as we all do; but it certainly is a lot harder once you reach 40 plus.

Keeping clear of injuries takes some thought now, it never used to did it.

kitty


I just lift heavier, train harder and eat better and the results show!!

This sounds like me....and I just get more bloodyminded!! :D:D:D

I started a new job 8 weeks ago, and one of the many great things about it is I train at lunch during the week.

This has meant a massive upgrade in the amount of work i can get through, and to help I have dropped the weights and try and turn the sessions into a weights/cv workout.

I also do one days weights, one days CV and repeat and am loving it despite being in the gym a lot more.

Now if I could only stop eating so much chcocolate, biscuits and cake Id be there !

Hi , id like to sidetrack this if i could with apologies to OP but i just wonder if its possible to still gain muscle as we age without the use of aas , ds or ph.

In my case its even more frustrating because i get testosterone legally every 11 weeks , so for about 5 of those , i have test levels which are close to max of the reference range for a man Alevel i suspect is comparable to a guy in late 20s early 30s -thats just a guess
so is there a missing link -something that doesnt make the body as responsive as we age?

i train 4 x a week , about 1 hr each time , do cardio which i limit to walking (fast metabolism)
Take usual supps -creatine , bcaa,and more, eat well and clean, is it now a case of just training to keep in shape and stay healthy -i m baffled especially when im getting the hormone which is the basis of building muscle and at a level comparable to a younger man
advice please 

I'm 47, and one thing I have consciously changed is to add cross training.

Years ago if I was doing one kind of sport or exercise I found I could quite naturally, and easily, move to another kind of thing and be on top of it pretty quick. A few years ago I had a big surprise - I had continued working out with weights, but when I decided to go for a run for the first time in years I found I could only manage 1 miel before I was gasping. That shocked me because throughout my youth I could probably run out the door and on for 4-8 miles without much effort.

So what I do these days, is always add a run, a cycle, a swim and full body stretch every week, on top of whatever else I am doing.

I don't feel any less fit, but I am aware that as time passes I have to use it or lose it - a great incentive!

Actually, I just posted my routine in the routines forum if anyone would like to comment.

As it happens, I am 40 in 10 weeks time and I am training more intensely than ever. This has come about through solid intention and also circumstance, my new work being fine about me training during the day.
 
Such is my renewed vigour and vitality that I am going to supplement my bodybuilding/CV activities with some MMA, having found a good club nearby.
 
The only time I feel my age is sometimes in the morning, a few more groans than I used to have !
 

I am 42. And, just got back into training (about 6 months ago) from about 10/11 years out.

I still have a fair bit of strength; my muscles are constantly saying 'more, more, more!' But, my tendons and connective tissues are saying 'less, less, less!'. My connective tissues have weakened drastically, and being very conscious of potential injury, I have had to completely change my workouts.

Now I tend to use the pre-exhaustion method. My first exercise will usually consist of much more reps with a lighter weight and finishing with the final set, being a drop set. This way I don't need to go as heavy with the rest of my workout, thus taking the strain off my connective tissues (and joints).

I am easing myself back into my training slowly, and am more conscious of general health more than anything else. So, I tend to do a lot more cardio and stretch before workouts (I used to neglect both). My diet is also much much better (no more junk).

My workouts are now more intense than they used to be. There are lot more supplements on the market than there were 11 years ago. And, I am taking full advantage of the pre-workout supplements. Am currently using either No Xplode/Cytonox mix (1 scoop of each) or Musclepharm Assault.

I train with more regard to the time off i get, before I used to train harder on my days off, now I train harder so  can have my days off.

I've reverted back to good old compounds. Deads and Zercher squats (I train at home in garage and have better control versus normal back squats) are my favourites. BO rows, barbell presses, and BP make up the rest of my core workouts.
 
I don't do so many pulls and pushdowns on the lat machine like I used to.
 
I've also found it takes me longer to recover between workouts. Not sure if it's the age (40) or the moderately heavy compound movements. I tend to train every 3 to 4 days. I let my body tell me when it's good to go again.