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@xene19 LOL. No myth, muscle is more dense than fat, so will weigh more per unit of mass. If you replace fat with muscle you will notice a weight gain, this is why you should throw the scales away and go for monitoring fat % HIIT is great, especially for cardio gains, but don't expect to...

@kuroba Dream bodies are built with obsessive effort, time, and sacrifice. Not all of us have the will and means to do that, and that's ok, we do tye best we can with what we have. The fact that you are out there putting in the effort you can is better than the majority who aren't doing...

@joshlete Nice. Thanks. Great read, and makes a lot of sense. Making me rethink my approach to my chest and shoulders, which are now protesting with load.

@joshlete Yeah, as an 'older' person I am thinking lower load is actually a better approach, mainly to avoid injury if anything else. I've found my capacity for load has diminished for my shoulders, so thinking I need to look at greater rep work.

@chadfrommudvayne I saw your question, figured it was worth reiterating. No, 15 reps a week is not gonna do shit in my opinion. It's really not that stressful of an exercise, more complex perhaps, but I don't think its really anything that needs to be treated as anything all that special. I'm...

@squidomerer Im same, long back and squats put too much pressure on back and knees. Leg press and lunges are my go to these days.

@joshlete More deadlifts needed! 1x5 is weird, you're not going to scheive much with that. Nothing works better as a compound than them, particularly for posture and posterior chain strength, so use them. At 52, you'll need more recovery time, back to back workouts will not help you much...

@nowhereman Most consider it actual weight.

@dawn16 Can confirm. Instill deadlift, love them, but my knees don't do well with squats so lunges are the go to.

@god_is_in_me_everywhere And as my physio says, there's many athletes out there who have never done squats, so don't feel you have to do them

@vivienita Yeah, I've struggled with squats for years due to shitty body proportions, leading to knee issues. lunges and split squats FTW. Can focus on getting it done rather than protecting my knees

@confuzn Up that bike work, or better yet buy a bike and go for proper sessions of riding. Cleaning up the diet and adding endurance work will smash off the weight.

@sabby54 That calculation is like BMI, based on average people in average population, a guide only. Only way to establish real.max HR is to actually measure it at max effort.

@ttcmacro You don't ' need' them, leg press and back extensions and the like are largely equivalent. What you lose though is the core and support musculature that gets worked with this compound lifts. I still do deadlifts but at lower weights and for reps to maintain posterior chain strength...

@prayingwife2015 I had to drop squats.due to knee pain, and my physio told me that while squats are awesome they aren't necessary, plenty of athletes never doing them. So look at leg press (double and single), leg extensions, deadlifts, step ups , lunges, hip thrusts etc

@griswold Short answer is, and as my doctor has said, that it doesn't matter how high you go as long as your heart quickly settles down after the effort. I'm 52, and will routinely get up to 186 odd bpm while cycling at max effort with no I'll effects. The std calculation is just a guide, the...

@griswold Short answer is, and as my doctor has said, that it doesn't matter how high you go as long as your heart quickly settles down after the effort. I'm 52, and will routinely get up to 186 odd bpm while cycling at max effort with no I'll effects. The std calculation is just a guide, the...

@groov3ydud3 Endurance plus High intensity training will give you greater longevity, heart health and telomere length directly related to cardio training, and consider strength training largely to keep you together as you age