Let’s talk strength, as young men and women were are bulletproof and would press, pull and yank weights until something breaks or we just got wore out that day. Seems like recovery was almost instantaneous or at least we could push through it.
Many got injured thinking with their ego and heart instead of their brain. We know better now. Those of us that survived with minimal damage have “mature” muscle and “old man strength”.
You can start building strength at any age. Unless you’re one of the outliers, you will be playing catch-up with those that started in their teens (and continued).
The advantage to starting at a younger age is all of your tendons, ligaments and attach points have had a long time to strengthen.
Starting young also gives you the knowledge to take the road less traveled. Be the architect of your own personalized training program. You know exactly what works for you and what doesn’t. This will change over the years and evolve into age specific templates. You should also have your personalized templates for hypertrophy, fat loss, strength, power and just getting in there…putting in some work and getting out. I find that rotating and mixing (upper/lower) these templates several times a year helps with joint preservation and sanity. I’ve had great success with doing the high rep med/heavy weight lower templates for hypertrophy combined with my 3-6 rep upper strength protocol yields about the best overall results. This, personally, keeps me in striking range of a 315lb bench press and a 405lb squat…although I will probably never attempt those again….maybe.
Stay tuned for more on strength training.
Many got injured thinking with their ego and heart instead of their brain. We know better now. Those of us that survived with minimal damage have “mature” muscle and “old man strength”.
You can start building strength at any age. Unless you’re one of the outliers, you will be playing catch-up with those that started in their teens (and continued).
The advantage to starting at a younger age is all of your tendons, ligaments and attach points have had a long time to strengthen.
Starting young also gives you the knowledge to take the road less traveled. Be the architect of your own personalized training program. You know exactly what works for you and what doesn’t. This will change over the years and evolve into age specific templates. You should also have your personalized templates for hypertrophy, fat loss, strength, power and just getting in there…putting in some work and getting out. I find that rotating and mixing (upper/lower) these templates several times a year helps with joint preservation and sanity. I’ve had great success with doing the high rep med/heavy weight lower templates for hypertrophy combined with my 3-6 rep upper strength protocol yields about the best overall results. This, personally, keeps me in striking range of a 315lb bench press and a 405lb squat…although I will probably never attempt those again….maybe.
Stay tuned for more on strength training.
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