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<blockquote data-quote="Mountain Man" data-source="post: 101828" data-attributes="member: 14411"><p>Because, as you point out, age creates limitations. When I began lifting in the 1960s, you lifted hard took a day off , lifted hard, took another day off, and rinsed and repeated. We all, me more than anyone overtrained. There were no machines as yet, so variety was minimal. Your job has done the same thing to you that years of repetitive workouts did to mine. By the late 1990s, when the science changed a bit about exercise and lifting, I was already a few major injuries into the problem zone.</p><p></p><p>I would be still lifting because I loved the challenge, the feel of a bar in my hands and a PR lift that's why. Your 100% right about the bands kicking your ass. They will if you use them correctly and clearly you are. Guys who diss them as a workout aren't doing them correctly. Unlike lifting, you have to use the muscles, contracting them first, to move the bands through a range of motion. Lifting we all tend to do the opposite, the bar moves first and then the muscles contract. Very subtle, but this is the reason bands are effective and allow pain free workouts. You also have to go inside yourself, focus on the pump, and feel the pain in the muscles. I workout alone and my workouts are short, rarely longer that 45 minutes, and when I am done my muscles are fried, joints feel good, and central nervous system is intact. That's what you want as an older guys looking for longevity. </p><p></p><p>As an older guy with a full time job and long commute, I have no time or interest in “going to the gym.” Most guys my age who like to brag about going to the gym look like sh*t, and the guys doing curls in squat racks who have abs at a buck 40 are a real turn off. I prefer the solitude of home workouts and the feeling of self reliance that this equipment gives me.</p><p></p><p>Blackebob: be honest about wanting to lift. I admit I'd love to military press a strict 220 like I did in 1984, but Reagan ain't president any more and I'm 2 years beyond being eligible for social security. Not smart, and I don't want to be that sad sack old dude who brags about what he used to be able to do back in the day. I still like the idea of the old take off your shirt and show us your muscles feeling that sensible band training can give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 101828, member: 14411"] Because, as you point out, age creates limitations. When I began lifting in the 1960s, you lifted hard took a day off , lifted hard, took another day off, and rinsed and repeated. We all, me more than anyone overtrained. There were no machines as yet, so variety was minimal. Your job has done the same thing to you that years of repetitive workouts did to mine. By the late 1990s, when the science changed a bit about exercise and lifting, I was already a few major injuries into the problem zone. I would be still lifting because I loved the challenge, the feel of a bar in my hands and a PR lift that's why. Your 100% right about the bands kicking your ass. They will if you use them correctly and clearly you are. Guys who diss them as a workout aren't doing them correctly. Unlike lifting, you have to use the muscles, contracting them first, to move the bands through a range of motion. Lifting we all tend to do the opposite, the bar moves first and then the muscles contract. Very subtle, but this is the reason bands are effective and allow pain free workouts. You also have to go inside yourself, focus on the pump, and feel the pain in the muscles. I workout alone and my workouts are short, rarely longer that 45 minutes, and when I am done my muscles are fried, joints feel good, and central nervous system is intact. That's what you want as an older guys looking for longevity. As an older guy with a full time job and long commute, I have no time or interest in “going to the gym.” Most guys my age who like to brag about going to the gym look like sh*t, and the guys doing curls in squat racks who have abs at a buck 40 are a real turn off. I prefer the solitude of home workouts and the feeling of self reliance that this equipment gives me. Blackebob: be honest about wanting to lift. I admit I'd love to military press a strict 220 like I did in 1984, but Reagan ain't president any more and I'm 2 years beyond being eligible for social security. Not smart, and I don't want to be that sad sack old dude who brags about what he used to be able to do back in the day. I still like the idea of the old take off your shirt and show us your muscles feeling that sensible band training can give. [/QUOTE]
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