As you get older how has your training changed?

I spend a lot more time stretching and trying to retain flexibility these days (nearly 40), particularly on days when deadlifting etc.
 
This is to prevent injury and every day I spend 5-10 mins stretching. Im still very far from flexible but this has become and integral part of my training.

not changed a bit.
i started lifting weights fourty  (40 ) years ago last january, and i train just as i did then.
heavy compound lifts, three times a week.
one or two warm-up sets, then heavy as i can manage.

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

infidel


not changed a bit.
i started lifting weights fourty  (40 ) years ago last january, and i train just as i did then.
heavy compound lifts, three times a week.
one or two warm-up sets, then heavy as i can manage.

correct that!
it was fifty years ago last january!

I do more warm ups and I have gone from training things twice a week to three times a fortnight and now to once a week. The recovery takes longer.

I take much more care with my stretching but I just chuck myself about with no regard for my age when I get into the gym....luvit luvit luvit.....lol...and I'm 48......eeek!...not sure if I like that in black and white...hahahahahaha...oh bugger it! chuck me the barbell someone!..lol...

Fat Pete


I do more warm ups and I have gone from training things twice a week to three times a fortnight and now to once a week. The recovery takes longer.

Thats me all over as well Pete

My training has just got harder and harder :)

The thing is I train harder and better than I ever have to good result but I have to be more cogniscent of the risk of injury, and recovery.

I do one bodypart per day 5 days a week instead of the 3 day split twice per week (evry day but Sunday) that I did in my fifties.

the older I get the harder I train.

i eat a lot better, i used to do lots of snatch and cj 4-5 time a a week now its more like once a week/fortnight on comp lifts and more squats and deads to maintain strength 

Less weight more reps and stricter form!

jgtis


My training has just got harder and harder :)

More difficult or more intense?

My training has got harder  - more intense and I suppose more difficult as I challenge myself more.  I do get more injuries maybe a mixture of things from didn't warm up enough, didn't stretch enough or maybe I was just trying that PB again or I was confusing DOMs with a problem!!!!

I am more focused and will not quit!  I have spent too long saying "I'm too old for this"  Now I love it, focused and am seeing the change!

I warm up much much more, I stretch for at least 15/20 minutes before every workout. I workout less hopefully to aid recovery and ive recently incorporated pilates!

Oasis, do you really think stretching before a wo is beneficial ?

I dont even stretch AFTER a wo. I stretch on my non lifting days (which are incidentally cardio days). I believe that stretching before a wo weakens your tendons and makes you more injury prone. Apparently the science now points more towards stretching on days you dont lift.

I have to remind myself that stretching is a good thing to prevent injury.

Northern Rocker


Oasis, do you really think stretching before a wo is beneficial ?

I dont even stretch AFTER a wo. I stretch on my non lifting days (which are incidentally cardio days). I believe that stretching before a wo weakens your tendons and makes you more injury prone. Apparently the science now points more towards stretching on days you dont lift.

Its just something I've done mate since I had gyp from rotator cuff last year, follow this up with arthritis in my knees and pelvis its just something I've done, you may have a point though who knows??

I'm now the wrong side of 30. My training is purely cardio based in prep for some tough marathons.

I have to stretch every night, calf muscles especially, hams too, even on rest days. I have no idea why, maybe it is an age related thing but I've found that if I don't stretch often then I get injuries and pain whilst running