jrock645
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Now *that* really surprises me! Although I suspect that practically speaking it`s not that different from all the work my legs get during the hours of daily chores (which can get me as sore as a maxed-out lifting session, fair bit of to-failure work some times since I`m not using a Bobcat/etc.).
Though if I don`t train to failure when I *do* exercise (every 3 weeks for upper legs has turned out best for me although I can go four without any real dowside), I lose size/strength after about 5-6 weeks. Deconditioning goes faster for my other muscle groups since they don`t get used as much all the time.
Yeah, otherwise some guys would be benching skyscrapersI`d sure *expect him to be maxed out by now..I can`t imagine anybody taking more than ~5 years unless they`re doing something really wrong (as I sure did for a long, long time
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I sometimes forget that I`ve been doing this for decades longer and that unlike most I`m merely tweaking details while primarily working at not suffering age-related decline.
Related- How`s your MMC coming along?
No doubt! I would never be able to maintain my normal condition if I had to train elsewhere/with different stuff for long.
OK, but I`d be a little surprised if he continues to train that way into his elderly years. But hey, somebody somewhere probably does fine with any approach you can think of...look at the stuff Jack Lalane was still doing and the way Bill Pearl continued to train!
That`s getting a lot of attention in some quarters these days.
OK, as long as you`re getting the results you want, that`s all that really counts.
Are you aiming at any specific goal/timeframe to achieve it?
I`m still working on those ~3lbs of bodyfat I`d like to lose, maybe halfway there after...what?...three or so years maybe. As I said, just fine-tuning while working to not lose any size/strength/endurance as I age.
And I *still* haven`t started doing Planks! I keep thinking how you convinced me I probably should (only to quit doing them yourself) and it still sounds right, but I just haven`t done `em! By the time I get to my Core work at the end of the workouts, which take [freakin`] *forever* since I take so long between sets, I`m just so focused on *getting done already* that I don`t want to add anything, much less figure out how to go about something new. Or at least, well...that`s my excuse
As far as timeline goes... I really try not to put an end date on stuff like this. It doesn`t work that way and you really have to be prepared to commit to the process. Sometimes it doesn`t go according to schedule. That said, diet fatigue is def setting in. Honestly, I`d have probably already ended the cut if it weren`t for gyms being closed. They open soon, but I`m not gonna jump back in right away. Hoping to be back in the gym middle of next month. I def plan on transitioning into a bulk in August. So I`m kinda planning on cutting until 4th of july, then slowly transitioning back to maintenance cals over the month of July, then into a slight surplus in August. Just hope nothing else happens with the virus and places closing. I can train effectively enough at home to retain muscle while cutting, but I just don`t see it being enough to put on bulk.
I mean, gee...I had my bf% done weekly for years even though it never really varied much.