NEW & REVISED! (May, 2008) Training Differently
This article extends my experience with 'training differently' to 17 months and about 300 resistance training workouts and about 150 aerobic training workouts..In the course of learning to train differently, I believe I've hit on an ideal way to train for virtually everyone.
Background:
Ever since I began weight training as a 13 year old, the objective was always to lift heavy weights. This has been true through every training incarnation that has spanned a half century. It was even true in more recent years when I have used much better form and longer duration repetitions.It always made sense because I was quite good at using lots of resistance in most movements. I enjoyed training that way and rarely got hurt. I also was able to continue to use amounts of resistance in many exercises well into my 50's that were about the same as resistance that I used in the same or similar exercises many years before. There was no reason to change something that worked so well.
The Impetus to Change - Reaching an Impasse:
A few years ago, things began to change. My joints, particularly elbows and shoulders, became inflamed when I used a high level of resistance in certain movements. There seemed to be a threshold of force that my joints could no longer accommodate. I was smart enough to stay below that level of force.
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REVISED (May, 2008) What's the Most Anabolic Diet?
To find out the answer to this important training question, click here.