Over 40? How Should Your Workouts Change for Strength, Mobility & Longevity?

You need to lift heavy.

That's a message that you're hearing everywhere, at least on my feed.

And I'm not as young as I used to be.

I'm approaching 50 here.

And a lot of people that follow this feed are in their 40s and 50s, 60s.

And they're hearing this message.

Do you need to lift heavy? And the short answer is, in my perspective, is that this is not the answer for everybody.

And in fact, am I lifting heavy right now? I am not lifting heavy.

And I'll tell you why.

injuries, sore joints, sore back.

I'm not lifting to say that I, just for ego and to be able to say I lifted heavy.

The last place I want to get hurt is in the gym.

And when I look at our platform, Prevention Over Prescription, what is this all about? It's all about being functional, having that health span, right? Being the best form of yourself as you get up in age.

And I would argue that lifting heavy at times can be troublesome.

It can cause the injuries.

It could cause the, um, uh, you being out of commission for a period of time where you don't get to do the things that you love that those exercises to, to be able to, uh, alleviate that stress, just continue to stay active.

And, and so, On this mini cast, I want to talk about my top six ways that I've changed my...

Actually, let me rephrase that.

Six ways that I have changed my workouts so that I do have that health span, that longevity, and avoid injuries.

Okay, so number one principle.

I'm more focused on volume right now than I am on heavy.

So what does that mean? Instead of loading up the bar, whether it's bench press or deadlift, going up to max weight, doing that one rep max, I'm not doing that anymore.

I am more focusing on doing reps up to 12, 8 to 12 reps for multiple sets.

This way, I'm still going to improve my strength.

I'm still going to get that muscle hypertrophy and avoid that injury.