fitness after 50

I’m 55F my bmi was 27 when I really started the latest push to take 30 pounds off. I was thin for much of my adult life. I now have a 40% body fat last dexa scan and a lot of the problems people my age have who are overweight. Mild hypertension, borderline high cholesterol, pre diabetic A1c. I...

I’m looking for an app or videos of a regular exercise program for myself. After treatment, I’ve lost a fair bit of weight and muscle mass, and feel weak. I’d like to find something that is good for stretching and slowly builds up to better fitness. I have stretching bands and a few weights at...

Facing my 60th birthday, I started on Aug. 20, 2020, on a path to better health: Food logging, 16/8 intermittent fasting, strict CICO, and more than a bit of mindfulness. I did not become a gym rat — I learned that constant exercise to lose weight has limits (you stop eventually due to accident...

I’m 51M. The last 6 months I’ve been doing lifting Sunday,Tuesday, Thursday and interval training Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I also do 10K steps per day. Doing interval training as my VO2 Max is super low, and that’s my main goal right now is just to get my cardio level up to average. I get...

Hi all! I posted this over in the r/over60 sub & someone there suggested I try it here too: Seeking some advice from the fitness folks in the group. I've just turned 65 and am finally sick of my "granddad bod." I'm not seriously overweight; in fact I've recently lost 10 lbs. via a combo of...

78M. I'd like to get stronger in my accessory exercises and wondering how to best adjust reps and or sets. For example today's back/bicep workout deadlift 2x10/215 lbs. plus 3 warm-up sets. I've got a good handle on this and expect to get to 225 in 4-6 weeks. barbell row - 2x10/120 lbs...

Hello! My dad (M71) has requested for Christmas a weights-based workout video program that is “like P90X but age appropriate”. He’s reasonably fit for his age but by no means a bodybuilder type and the few other Beachbody programs I’m aware of - Body Beast, Insanity, etc - are wildly out of...

Hi. I've recently turned 57. I'm male, 6'0" 217 lbs I have always struggled to excercise consistently. I know that if I don't shake up in the next year or so, I'll find it very much harder to do so, and I hope to live a long active life. Things I do do. Walk c 4 miles 2-3 times a week and...

54 YO, male. Current weight: 270. 5'11". Goal: 200 to 210. Today was my first day back in the gym after 9 years. After doing 5 minutes of cardio I laid down on the bench press and got a cramp in my hamstring! I could only survive 10 minutes of cardio after lifting and said to hell with it...

Hello all. Trying to figure out a weekly schedule that's well rounded but I don't get hurt by and Yet see see overall improvement. The thing is I like running but been told only do cardio max 3 x a week. I like weights but been told don't do weights more than 4 x a week or take breaks between...

50M, 5’6” 165. Relatively new to fitness after a mostly sedentary younger life. (Quit smoking and started walking a few years ago, then added riding a mountain bike on local singletrack, then added gym workouts in the off-season last year.) Sometimes I have good energy for daily workouts, but at...

I’m a 54m need to drop drop 20 to 25 pounds. I used to run 15-30 miles a week depending on my work schedule. Have had knee issues so moved to a Peloton. I’m on the bike 3-5 days a week but can’t lose an ounce. I also use the strength workouts that are on Peloton but usually they lead to...

Hello! I’m looking to connect with folks who are fighting the good fight against the “suddenly everything hurts” after 50 phenomenon and the tenacious propensity to develop belly fat. I have chosen walking as my main fitness activity because, um, everything else hurts. For my 53rd birthday this...

Today was the first day. I walked 2.81 miles in 51 mins. I am kind of proud of that since I haven’t done any walking since last October. I am going to try and increase that to 3 miles by the end of next week.

I’m going to be out of town for 5 days that coincide with my scheduled deload week. Do you think it makes much of a difference if I don’t lift on 2 of those days that I would be normally going to the gym, and instead do some light active recovery? Or should I pay for day passes and lift...

49M 6’4” 316 lbs. starting weight 346 lowest weight 303 lbs So got a DEXA scan. Results surprised me. 22.8% BF with 241 lbs of lean muscle mass. BMR is 2740. Doc went over images with me and suggested I shoot for 275 lbs (I was originally thinking 250 lbs) as a goal and try to drop 30 lbs of...

I know I’ll get flack for this but…I’ve been on my fitness journey for almost a year. I lift weights and do alot of exercises using dumbbells. I am in pain every single evening and day after my workouts. I’m very happy with my results, but is it normal to be in pain after EVERY single...

I did my first pull up last week. I did my first ever chin ups 2 years ago but couldn't manage to do a plain old pull up. Last month I followed the Athlean X program to do your first pull up and it worked! I modified the program a little, spread it out over 5 weeks with a 2 day rest each...

58f workout daily with cardio and resistance training. Recently, I had a flu and then the next week a cold and not eating enough and not working out for two weeks, I had a sudden loss of muscle in my arms. At first, I thought it was my skin because now it’s floppy, but now I realize it is muscle...

Warn ya, this is a bit long. Last fall, I got serious about working out on the regular. Just slowly working my way back up to a mile swim 2x/week (T/Th) and a mostly fullbody, bodyweight workout with some DB arm work 3x/week (MWF). I saw some nice gains, and over the winter met a former female...