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<blockquote data-quote="Blackhawk" data-source="post: 119703" data-attributes="member: 16042"><p>What is the aversion to working out regularly? It seems like an unrealistic desire of something for nothing.</p><p></p><p>I understand you have gotten tired and sore muscles, but why not modify the routine until you dial in an amount of exercise several times a week that does not put you in the gutter?</p><p></p><p>Trying to get by and be healthy without exercising seems a counterproductive and futile pursuit.</p><p></p><p>I am VERY familiar with these problems. Statins did a number on my muscles, I found out and got off them in 2015 and I never regained the exercise ability and recovery I had previous to that damage. That said, reducing exercise to a sub minimal level does not work. I walk a tightrope trying to exercise enough without putting myself back into a catabolic state. At this point I know pretty well when I am approaching that level but sometimes overshoot and need to recover for the better part of a week if I overdo it. But if I don't exercise, it is worse. Energy, mood/attitude and physicality plummet. Trying to get away with some minimum doesn't work.</p><p></p><p>Edit: You also mentioned working out 4x/week, "smashing it" causing too much recovery time plus cardio. I also relate to this. There come times in life when your older body indeed does not have the ability it used to, and prioritizing recovery trumps pushing harder. Yes, you have to eventually cut back on amount of exercise and balance one form of exercise with the other, and needed recovery time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackhawk, post: 119703, member: 16042"] What is the aversion to working out regularly? It seems like an unrealistic desire of something for nothing. I understand you have gotten tired and sore muscles, but why not modify the routine until you dial in an amount of exercise several times a week that does not put you in the gutter? Trying to get by and be healthy without exercising seems a counterproductive and futile pursuit. I am VERY familiar with these problems. Statins did a number on my muscles, I found out and got off them in 2015 and I never regained the exercise ability and recovery I had previous to that damage. That said, reducing exercise to a sub minimal level does not work. I walk a tightrope trying to exercise enough without putting myself back into a catabolic state. At this point I know pretty well when I am approaching that level but sometimes overshoot and need to recover for the better part of a week if I overdo it. But if I don't exercise, it is worse. Energy, mood/attitude and physicality plummet. Trying to get away with some minimum doesn't work. Edit: You also mentioned working out 4x/week, "smashing it" causing too much recovery time plus cardio. I also relate to this. There come times in life when your older body indeed does not have the ability it used to, and prioritizing recovery trumps pushing harder. Yes, you have to eventually cut back on amount of exercise and balance one form of exercise with the other, and needed recovery time. [/QUOTE]
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