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- Tue May 25, 2010 9:51 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
- Replies: 15
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I'm 60 and have been lifting since age 13, with a 6 yr. involvement in competitive bodybuilding, mostly with the NPC. These days, I mainly do compound movements, two days-a-week, including bent-over rows, barbell curls, military presses, benching, and squats. I always start with a warm-up set of 12...
- Tue May 25, 2010 9:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9429
Re: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
I will be 63 this summer and have a question. You guys told me to work body parts twice per wk. as in; mon/upper, tue./legs, thurs./upper, fri./legs etc. I'm wondering at my age if hitting everything once per wk. as in; mon./upper-push, wens./upper-pull, fri./legs might be better. Any thoughts? Tha...
- Mon May 24, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9429
You could also do a full-body w/o each time, but vary the exercises. You could do 1 lower-body lift, 1 upper push and 1 upper pull, but alternate exercises. Example: 1 Squat, press ("military"), row 2 Deadlift, bench, chin-ups 3 Good mornings, pushups, face-pulls You could think of dozens of variat...
- Mon May 24, 2010 8:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9429
Re: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
I will be 63 this summer and have a question. You guys told me to work body parts twice per wk. as in; mon/upper, tue./legs, thurs./upper, fri./legs etc. I'm wondering at my age if hitting everything once per wk. as in; mon./upper-push, wens./upper-pull, fri./legs might be better. Any thoughts? If ...
- Mon May 24, 2010 3:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9429
Resistance training for a 62 yr. old
I will be 63 this summer and have a question. You guys told me to work body parts twice per wk. as in; mon/upper, tue./legs, thurs./upper, fri./legs etc. I'm wondering at my age if hitting everything once per wk. as in; mon./upper-push, wens./upper-pull, fri./legs might be better. Any thoughts? Than...
- Fri May 07, 2010 9:47 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training/aerobics question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19988
Well, thyroxine dosing is one of the things in medicine that is fairly precise. You breaking off part of the tablet MAY be why the test was high. The doctor, assuming that you have been taking the prescribed dose, sees the high TSH result which indicates that you aren't getting enough thyroxine, an...
- Thu May 06, 2010 11:18 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training/aerobics question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19988
Yeah, just saw this. Great! Keep up the good work. Doc, Have any idea why the thyroid numbers were higher? She had me on 125mcg and changed it to 175mcg and said to come back in 3 mo. I don't know if the increased dose has anything to do with it, but lately I sort of look like I have a hangover wit...
- Wed May 05, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training/aerobics question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19988
Frank, how did you make out? Hi Stu, Thanks for checking. I thought this was a dead thread. Blood test was way better for the tri's etc., but nunbers were up on the thyroid, and the doc said she has never that before. She didn't really want to answer my questions about why the numbers were up etc. ...
- Wed May 05, 2010 2:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resistance training/aerobics question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19988
The flax seed is OK. Thanks for all the time you spent on me Doc! Same goes for Stu. I showed my wife your thread, and she couldn't believe it. I really never expected it from this forum. You guys are great! Frank No problem! Just keep us informed of your progress. You still there doc.? Got my test...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Akiles injury stopped my daily walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12748
Possibly muscle but probably not ligaments and tendons. I've been researching this a little. There are a few supplements that looks promising but unproven. The only thing that really works is time. L-Glutamine is the most common protein. Just take extra protein, preferably from meat or fish and you...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Akiles injury stopped my daily walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12748
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:04 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Akiles injury stopped my daily walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12748
- Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Akiles injury stopped my daily walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12748
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Akiles injury stopped my daily walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12748
I've made my achilles more flexible by rolling them with a rubber ball (sort of like a lacrosse ball) rather than stretching them (I massage the achilles, lower calf, and shin muscles and tendons together with the ball). I don't know if you would want to try that right now but when it feels better ...
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:24 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Akiles injury stopped my daily walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12748
doc-caangelxox Thanks for the advice about not stretching the akilies, as I have been doing light streching in the morning in hopes that it would help. Bad idea. As far as the ankle, I'm not sure about that one. When walking that day, I did the stretching against a large pine tree, and there was a s...