I am moving this thread to Training -> Other.
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I'm 48, so perilously close to that "masters" category. But before my 40s, I didn't "train"; I just "exercised."
As a fitness enthusiast though, I practice to be stronger and more resilient. I love training to challenge myself and work out my frustrations. We all have to accept aging and be better.
trying to learn a new skill and having the strength and mobility to fully embrace the process, albeit lacking in many inelegant ways, is a great blessing.
My concern would be that we'd end up having to segment that into strength, endurance, etc.
Yes, and done. Thanks, @Michael Perry.Steve, FWIW - if you create a masters section, I'd decide up front there would be no sub-categories.
I am 50 and I practice for S&S about 4 times per week. I started about 1 1/2 years ago. I also work at a factory and do some light physical labor so that adds to total workload my body performs. I vary the training load depending upon how I feel.Hopefully I can articulate my question.
I am 52, I have been lifting regularly for a little over a year. I have made good strength strides, OK mobility and flexibility improvements, and a lot of my ole aches and pains have either went away or have been reduced. I am still too heavy, but realize this is a diet issue vs a lifting issue.
My question is can recovery be improved similar to aerobic conditioning or strength? Or as you age, you just are not going to recover as well?
When I started training again, I would follow various programs, and what I have found is that working out a body part more then twice a week or working out intensely more then 3 times a week just seems to wear me out and it hasn’t really improved over time. ( I can do a program like easy strength 5 times a week and be OK, but no way can I lift intensely 3 times a week lets say on bench or squats)
I am wondering if I should work on my conditioning a little more, would this improve recovery?
Would any type of supplement help such as BCAA’s, creatine or glutamine.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
For recovery I don't think there is anything more important than a good night's sleep. I got checked for sleep apnea and found out I do have it. I started sleeping with a cpap machine a couple months ago and I think I can tell the difference in how I feel. There were times in the past when I would come home from work and then practice with kettlebells. The next day I would wake up feeling beat up. Now I seem to feel much better in the morning.
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While I do not know your work hours I wonder if your post-work kettlebell workouts were leaving you too stimulated in the evening leading up to sleep? The question is offered in full realization that people do not always have the liberty to workout at their preferred time. Certainly sleep apnea would be a big culprit, my oldest son started with a cpap machine a few months ago and it has made a profound difference.
. I do think high tension or high intensity exercise could be worse for stress than a moderate aerobic session.