Alternate days
After reaching 48 I realize there is a change in my body that may be difficult to overcome…lengthened recovery. So I will need to switch to every other day lifting to add more recovery time. It is that simple. The way my biceps feel I think they are overtrained and will need to back off. I will need to see where I am in a month. Currently it feels like I have harpoons in each shoulder and daggers in my biceps. I am NOT lovin this. I have added glutamine as it is supposed to aid recovery. I need to quite eating shit too. A wheat thin here, a Little Debbie here and it all adds up or on I should say. The new 10×4 program causing horrific burn not something I am used to with the 5×5 program. I would reach fatigue way before burn but then the weights get really heavy. Shrugging 400 5×5 is nothing like shrugging 300 40 times! But, I am willing to do whatever my body will allow and then some. So, if any of you guys have ideas on recovery tricks let me know.
December 29, 2008 at 10:58 am
For me the older age is requiring more sleep. I work night shift to boot so a good 7 to 8 hours comes maybe once every 2 weeks. I fatique quick so workouts are short but intense. I take glutamine as well twice a day. I am seeing growth and less sore than in the beginning, but I can not train for an hour like some can.