Is weights better than HIIT for over 40?
over 40 your main concern is to make it sustainable and avoid injuries. A mix of moderate weights couple of times a week and HIIT couple of times a week would work best.
Lift Weights, Eat More Protein, Especially If You’re Over 40
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#12We get these type of fads every decade. Cholesterol was bad for you then fats were bad for you. Then it was running. Then hiking. It never ends.
My grandparents lived well into their 90s. All you have to do is eat well and try to be active from time to time.
But there is a growing weightlifting movement with a healthy marketing budget...
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#13How does one start lifting weights or exercising when you have no motivation to.
Make it a habit. Start out small and stick to it for 60-90 days or something. Go at least 3 times a week and do 3-4 exercises and stick at it.
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#14We get these type of fads every decade. Cholesterol was bad for you then fats were bad for you. Then it was running. Then hiking. It never ends. My grandparents lived well into their 90s. All you have to do is eat well and try to be active from time to time. But there is a growing weightlifting movement with a healthy marketing budget...
Many people who smoke have lived into their 90s. That's not a good reason to smoke. Anecdotes are not data.
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#15How does one start lifting weights or exercising when you have no motivation to.
Find a competent trainer - gyms that teach Olympic Weightlifting are going to have higher caliber trainers than the typical commercial gym full of 'personal trainers.' There's a massive technical aspect to learn that puts a more scientific spin to appeal to people like us.* * You're on HN, right?
Training to be better at something that you will never do for real is somehow depressing, especially if you only do it in a gym. Run or ride a bike, at least you have a chance to do something useful instead of moving a weight for the sake of moving a weight
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#16The benefits of protein are historically documented by all the great bodybuilders. Nothing new here. Mainstream is always behind the freaks who dare to go against "science".
This article kind of addresses that. It mentions that this has been known but says it is unclear whether these high protein diets are effective for groups outside of your traditional, male bodybuilder.
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#17We get these type of fads every decade. Cholesterol was bad for you then fats were bad for you. Then it was running. Then hiking. It never ends. My grandparents lived well into their 90s. All you have to do is eat well and try to be active from time to time. But there is a growing weightlifting movement with a healthy marketing budget...
Many people who smoke have lived into their 90s. That's not a good reason to smoke. Anecdotes are not data.
Data is not the whole picture. Maybe more protein is great for adding muscle mass, and bad for a different reason...
The article lists beef as it's first source of protein besides protein shakes. Beef is a class 2A carcinogen. I stopped reading there.
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#18How does one start lifting weights or exercising when you have no motivation to.
No one starts doing something that they have no motivation to do. You have to decide that it matters. To cringe a bit and quote Tony Robbins anyways: “burn the boats and take the island!”
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#19I would add a clarifying conjecture that probably the 1.6 grams per kg of body weight per day, should be based on your lean weight, i.e. how much you would weigh with only 10 or so percent body fat. If you're obese and weigh 200kg, you don't need to eat 320g of protein per day.
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#20The benefits of protein are historically documented by all the great bodybuilders. Nothing new here. Mainstream is always behind the freaks who dare to go against "science".
Which is amusing, because in this context the bodybuilders are fundamentally doing science. They have experiments (aka, exercise and eating regiments) that, as I understand it, are repeatable, and consistently produce the desired outcome, at least in terms of sculpted muscle and body fat.
Modern bodybuilders don't have incredible life spans, either, so they face the consequences.