After 40 club

[keith]

This is my first post so I thought I'd use it to introduce myself. I'm currently 48 years old at a height of 1.91 metres (6'4" in old money) and a weight of 118 kg (18st 8lb). I have a long history of training but as each of my four children arrived training became more and more sporadic, causing me to gain weight, lose strength and start to feel my age. I have 15 weeks of TB behind me (only weights, no conditioning) and have made some good gains in strength and dropped 5 kg. It's now time to add some conditioning to the mix and hopefully drop another 10 kgs.

Keith

[Barkadion]

This is my first post so I thought I'd use it to introduce myself. I'm currently 48 years old at a height of 1.91 metres (6'4" in old money) and a weight of 118 kg (18st 8lb). I have a long history of training but as each of my four children arrived training became more and more sporadic, causing me to gain weight, lose strength and start to feel my age. I have 15 weeks of TB behind me (only weights, no conditioning) and have made some good gains in strength and dropped 5 kg. It's now time to add some conditioning to the mix and hopefully drop another 10 kgs.

Keith

Welcome mate! I'll be 47 next month

[keith]

Thanks for the welcome.

The years pass quickly, don't they?

Keith

[Barkadion]

Thanks for the welcome.

The years pass quickly, don't they?

Keith

Didn't even notice it's passing..

[Barkadion]

...

Tom Hardy transformed himself into one of the most physically dominating villains of all time with his training, doing four training sessions per day to add over 30 pounds of mass, muscle, and strength.

“I think you pay the price with any drastic physical changes,” Hardy told The Daily Beast in an interview. “It was alright when I was younger… but I think as you get into your 40s you have to be more mindful of the rapid training, packing on a lot of weight and getting physical"


http://www.mensfitness.com/life/enterta ... sformation

[J-Madd]

Hey folks, here's the table of contents for Tactical Barbell: Ageless Athlete. This is all still subject to revision, but it will give you a sense of the general direction of the book.

PART 1: POSSIBILITIES
CHAPTER 1: TEN YEARS TO MULTIDIMENSIONAL FITNESS
CHAPTER 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL PITFALLS
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILE

PART 2: WHY YOU SHOULD TRAIN LIKE AN OPERATIONAL ATHLETE
CHAPTER 3: ACHIEVING BALANCE BY MODERATION
CHAPTER 4: THE AGELESS ATHLETE
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILES

PART 3: STRENGTH PROGRAMMING FOR THE AGELESS ATHLETE
CHAPTER 5: HOW STRONG DO YOU NEED TO BE?
CHAPTER 6: STRENGTH TEMPLATES FOR AGELESS ATHLETES
CHAPTER 7: CLUSTERS, ACCESSORIES, AND KETTLEBELLS
CHAPTER 8: PROGRAMMING RECOVERY
CHAPTER 9: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
CHAPTER 10: TRAINING MAXES AND TESTING
CHAPTER 11: THE OLD WARHORSE TEMPLATE
CHAPTER 12: BACK “BREAK” TEMPLATES
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILES

PART 4: CONDITIONING AND DIET FOR THE AGELESS ATHLETE
CHAPTER 13: THE AGELESS ATHLETE BASE BUILDING TEMPLATE
CHAPTER 14: TWO NOVEL BASE BUILDING APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 15: APEX HILL SPRINTS, DUKU-DUKU, AND HIC INTENSITY
CHAPTER 16: SOME DIET STRATEGIES
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILES

PART 5: PERSISTENCE
CHAPTER 17: DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER 18: GUARDING AGAINST DOING TOO MUCH

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

[TBPenguin]

JMadd, one thing that isn't obvious from the TOC is the person with enough training years to have peaked years ago, which kind of redefines what constitutes progress. The general writing available is pretty limited to "lower expectations, do less" which is valid but doesn't really add a lot. I don't think you can be expected to have the answers but any discussions would probably be interesting, help us to supplement our own experiments.

The topics that are obvious look pretty good and appropriate to me. Your chapter 8 looks to be a very needed one.

Hope the writing is going well.

[Barkadion]

Hey folks, here's the table of contents for Tactical Barbell: Ageless Athlete. This is all still subject to revision, but it will give you a sense of the general direction of the book.

PART 1: POSSIBILITIES
CHAPTER 1: TEN YEARS TO MULTIDIMENSIONAL FITNESS
CHAPTER 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL PITFALLS
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILE

PART 2: WHY YOU SHOULD TRAIN LIKE AN OPERATIONAL ATHLETE
CHAPTER 3: ACHIEVING BALANCE BY MODERATION
CHAPTER 4: THE AGELESS ATHLETE
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILES

PART 3: STRENGTH PROGRAMMING FOR THE AGELESS ATHLETE
CHAPTER 5: HOW STRONG DO YOU NEED TO BE?
CHAPTER 6: STRENGTH TEMPLATES FOR AGELESS ATHLETES
CHAPTER 7: CLUSTERS, ACCESSORIES, AND KETTLEBELLS
CHAPTER 8: PROGRAMMING RECOVERY
CHAPTER 9: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
CHAPTER 10: TRAINING MAXES AND TESTING
CHAPTER 11: THE OLD WARHORSE TEMPLATE
CHAPTER 12: BACK “BREAK” TEMPLATES
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILES

PART 4: CONDITIONING AND DIET FOR THE AGELESS ATHLETE
CHAPTER 13: THE AGELESS ATHLETE BASE BUILDING TEMPLATE
CHAPTER 14: TWO NOVEL BASE BUILDING APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 15: APEX HILL SPRINTS, DUKU-DUKU, AND HIC INTENSITY
CHAPTER 16: SOME DIET STRATEGIES
AGELESS ATHLETE PROFILES

PART 5: PERSISTENCE
CHAPTER 17: DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER 18: GUARDING AGAINST DOING TOO MUCH

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Looks great! I hope chapters ##6,7 will have hundreds of detailed pages

Just kidding... thank you J-MADD. Really appreciate the work you are doing.

It could become a blueprint for old BARK-ing dogs

[Barkadion]

The general writing available is pretty limited to "lower expectations, do less" which is valid but doesn't really add a lot.

I don't want to sound negative but I don't think there is anything to add.. Maintaining, balancing out pushing and recovery, paying careful attention to your personal physical responds, and trying to stay in the game as long as you can. That's as much as I can expect from myself personally.. Aging is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

[TBPenguin]

I don't want to sound negative but I don't think there is anything to add.. Maintaining, balancing out pushing and recovering, paying careful attention to your personal physical responds, and trying to stay in the game as long as you can. That's as much as I expect from myself personally.. Aging is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Bark, you are too young to take such a defeatist attitude.

Nothing to add? Why would there be details for lifters of this age range who have not yet reached a peak, and none for those who have?

It seems to me useful approaches would change with both age and training age.