Staying in shape as you age?

[Mr.PissShivers]

Is there a particular way one should go about fitness if there goal is to have a healthy mobile body at an old age?

[Thee3ternal]

You have to start restricting calories more and more as you get older.

[Rusty82]

die young.

[idreamofnumber1]

Stay away from those low rep sets.

[idreamofnumber1]

Also listen to all of jack lalanne's advice. He fit your description all the way up to 96 yrs old

[anonymous]

[go2HELLdook]

consistency...

[Mr.PissShivers]

Also listen to all of jack lalanne's advice. He fit your description all the way up to 96 yrs old

I've never actually been able to find a routine he suggested. I know he worked out for like 2 hours a day though.

[SoutheastBeast1]

consistency...

This

[CaptChip40]

your'e 28 WTF you worrying about that for now? You should not even be thinking of slowing down.

[E90335i]

Stay away from those low rep sets.

This. I'm 34 and injured all the phucking time. Just tore my calf muscle this morning.
High rep drop sets is the key. Biking is better than running. Swimming helps. I'm so phucked it's not even funny.

[Reef58]

Stay consistent and set goals.

[Mr.PissShivers]

your'e 28 WTF you worrying about that for now? You should not even be thinking of slowing down.

I don't want to do something now that will affect me later.

[NyC_BosaNaC]

My dad is 50 and still deadlifts in the 600's, squats in the mid 550s and benches at 405 in the 1-3 rep range....no celltech. Never has been injured. Dat dere balkan monster strength. I lift heavy all the time but I also deload every month.

[GrimRep_er]

I don't want to do something now that will affect me later.

I'm much older than you and recently started a new, more difficult routine then I have ever done before. It's only been a few weeks but I've adjusted well and feel great.

Don't worry about age, just listen to your body.

[Mystery88888888]

hgh

[idreamofnumber1]

I've never actually been able to find a routine he suggested. I know he worked out for like 2 hours a day though.

He lifted weights and did cardio. His cardio in later days was swimming because he had joint issues. So the obvious answer cardio wise is swimming. I think he lifted heavy in his early days heard he could incline db press 150's. His later days i think he said he lifted lighter. But his nutrition advice from the 50's is still great.

No sugar
No processed food
Plenty of veggies and fruit( hence the jack lalanne juicer )
Balanced meals with every food group
1 drink a day of wine
No cigarettes and coffee

[idreamofnumber1]

This. I'm 34 and injured all the phucking time. Just tore my calf muscle this morning.
High rep drop sets is the key. Biking is better than running. Swimming helps. I'm so phucked it's not even funny.

Forget drop sets. They just lead to overtraining in my opinion. I just do 3 sets of 15 for prettyuch everything and im progressing nicely

[0p3rator]

1st step is to not take advice from people who don't fit your demographic and can't answer your question.

Low rep advice is retarded. I run 5/3/1 and I'm doing just fine.

[letitride0]

28? old age?



early 40's here...just stay active (weights and cardio), and 0 fuks given

[jso200688]

Just lift smart and you'll be good. You can lift heavy and be fine.

[RandomWalk]

I lift 2-3 times per week, go rock climbing 1-2 times, and bike to work/home.

Pretty sure that I'm in reasonable shape.

[aleeboy]

I'm an older Miscer.

You need to keep lifting 3-4 days per weeks. I just introduced cardio to my routine. Will run for 20 minutes after each gym session and a 45min run outdoors every week. I am also upping the reps and lowering the weights. For example did reps of 30/20/15 for bench today. Same for bent over BB rows. Plus a circuit to complement.

I've also cut out sugary drinks (juice, soda, mixed coffees) and now only drink teas and black coffee. Such is life.

[aleeboy]

I lift 2-3 times per week, go rock climbing 1-2 times, and bike to work/home.

Pretty sure that I'm in reasonable shape.

Age = 28

[DeezHill]

Continue to lift.

Dont worry about maxing out super heavy weight prs once you are older

[Mr.PissShivers]

I just don't want to end up like some other people I see walking hunched over and limping.

[Smeagolbert]

From what I see the older dudes in my gym who are in great shape do the following:
Eat pretty clean and enough during the week
Train 5 times a week pretty heavy low-normal rep.
Train forearms alot.

[lonnytron]

Just do what you do now; continue to lift or do exercise and eat clean lol

[jazi]

eventually there will be a time where us youngsters will have to stop eating so much and concede that our metabolism doesn't work the same way anymore

but I bet if we adjust appropriately we're all gonna make it brah

[Mr.PissShivers]

but I bet if we adjust appropriately we're all gonna make it brah

If we can make it another 30 or 40 years we will live forever in robot bodies.