Exercising in Maturity, Continuing My Goals
FOXNews.com has the Top 5 Exercises For Baby Boomers:
Several studies have shown that exercise helps promote a healthier and longer life, including a recent study published in the Dec. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The University of South Carolina study found that people over age 60 with better cardio-respiratory fitness appear to live longer than unfit adults regardless of their levels of body fat.
Luckily I have got a while before I am “over age 60″ but it doesn’t hurt to be ahead of the game.
I pretty much kept to my plan today on my upper body workout. Being my first time back in the gym in a couple of years, I wasn’t really sure what weights I should be using. I picked relatively well, and certainly worked myself to exhaustion on each exercise.
Chest: With the dumbell press I did 20/22.5/25/27.5/25 and then dumbell flyes of 20. It was about all I could handle.
Shoulders:Â Side raises of 17.5/17.5/22.5/22.5/17.5 and a barbell shrug of 50 was more than I could handle.
Back: I did the seated cable row fine: 50/70/80/90/80, but the 90 hammer row was too much for me.
Triceps: The lying barbell extensions were fine at 30/40/50/60/50, but I couldn’t manage much on the overhead dumbell extension.
Biceps: Seated dumbell curls were tough at 22.5/25/27.5/30/27.5, but I couldn’t manage even the bar on preacher curls.
I had a myoplex shake before the workout, oatmeal with whey protein and currants afterward. Chicken and potato for lunch, and an afternoon snack of sweet potato and a megamuffin with yogurt get me to the current point.
If anything it is hard to eat as much as I am eating. My weigh-in tonight was 228 lbs and 29% body fat. Among my goals are 205 pounds and 20% body fat by the end of March.