But I don't see too many examples of some sedentary guy at say... 50 or 60 start training and end up with OMS at 70...
Lifting heavy stuff (70%) for singles often without thinking about it much is how you get OMS, my dad didn't lift heavy stuff always but he still has plenty of OMS at 82
Agreed, indeed they can...Good point but they can still make great progress. OMS seems to be the result of tendon strength and your joints developing the tolerance to match the muscle. I do loaded carries, not even that heavy but at the end of every workout. I am also doing stuff like L-sit holds and just hanging from a bar, daily pushups of only one sets. BUP in my office once a day. Etc. Band pullaparts in my office etc. My core strength is really improving. Sometimes there is no program but just puttering about like an old man but it really does support my main lifts and thai boxing for fitness. I do a set of pullups when I walk across campus to teach.
Nice! Making strength part of your job..Good point but they can still make great progress. OMS seems to be the result of tendon strength and your joints developing the tolerance to match the muscle. I do loaded carries, not even that heavy but at the end of every workout. I am also doing stuff like L-sit holds and just hanging from a bar, daily pushups of only one sets. BUP in my office once a day. Etc. Band pullaparts in my office etc. My core strength is really improving. Sometimes there is no program but just puttering about like an old man but it really does support my main lifts and thai boxing for fitness. I do a set of pullups when I walk across campus to teach.
Great Steve! OMS!!!@Geoff Chafe @offwidth, nice!
I am the NJ state deadlift record holder in that organization - I did exactly one meet with them, in June of 2014, when I was still in the 55-59 age bracket. I should go find a meet to do, just to put up a number in the 60-64 bracket before I age out of it.
That guy started at 50 and is 70 - he and I are in about the same place. I started in my mid-40's and am now 63.
But wait, there's more - it turns out my measly bench press is also a state record, and I have the 3-lift record as well. Just goes to show ya that showing up is 90% of success.
-S-
Haha.. Great to hear Carl! Nice to know there are more of us O.F.'s around still doing something other than thumb/pinch grip work with the remote and a beerOld Man Strength.....hell yeah sonny boy!
I resemble that remark...!Haha.. Great to hear Carl! Nice to know there are more of us O.F.'s around still doing something other than thumb/pinch grip work with the remote and a beer