I'm over 50.
Recently tipped the scale one pound shy of "obese" according to the BMS scale, which is a rubbish scale, but it nevertheless prompted me to do a cutting cycle.
These last few weeks, tried out intermittent fasting and cut some fat off. Although it works, it left me weaker and less able to remain active.
The longest fast I tried went just shy of 24 hours. It wasn't a hardship, but the family became alarmed.
It's the easiest thing to do compared with other calorie counting/restriction diets, because you just look at the clock, and eat normally in the window.
Under normal circumstances, I do weight training, though with modest loads now. Just walking for "cardio". Not doing even that when fasting though. Too tired.
Can't stand cardio. I never seem to improve significantly at it. Tried HIIT, and Barbell complexes as alternatives, which are better for me, but eating is imperative for that.
Over the last 10 years, I did several weight regimes, including Stronglifts and Mass Made Simple. Put on maybe 30-40 pounds good body weight. It was the last chance to do that, setting up a muscle bank for the decline to come. Also reinforcing the skeleton.
MMS was honestly the toughest physical thing ever, causing extreme exhaustion, but it worked well. You start off doing 100 squats reps with 100 pounds in the preliminary phase, so it's something that most people have to train for prior to starting. After that, it moves up to real weights. During the heaviest phase, I'd literally lose 1/2 inch height after the squatting and deadlifts from disc compression, moving near triple bodyweight.
If you really really want to do something tough, that's a solid program. I can't do it now. Too old to recover from that.
If you want something steady and easy, with good results, I liked HST. Hypertrophy-Specific Training. It doesn't make you strong in a hurry, but it's easy to avoid injury.
Stronglifts is a good beginner program, with fast strength gains. Because the weight progresses rapidly, it's easy to overlift on a particular exercise near the end of the cycle.
Both of those, I can still do.
Recently tipped the scale one pound shy of "obese" according to the BMS scale, which is a rubbish scale, but it nevertheless prompted me to do a cutting cycle.
These last few weeks, tried out intermittent fasting and cut some fat off. Although it works, it left me weaker and less able to remain active.
The longest fast I tried went just shy of 24 hours. It wasn't a hardship, but the family became alarmed.
It's the easiest thing to do compared with other calorie counting/restriction diets, because you just look at the clock, and eat normally in the window.
Under normal circumstances, I do weight training, though with modest loads now. Just walking for "cardio". Not doing even that when fasting though. Too tired.
Can't stand cardio. I never seem to improve significantly at it. Tried HIIT, and Barbell complexes as alternatives, which are better for me, but eating is imperative for that.
Over the last 10 years, I did several weight regimes, including Stronglifts and Mass Made Simple. Put on maybe 30-40 pounds good body weight. It was the last chance to do that, setting up a muscle bank for the decline to come. Also reinforcing the skeleton.
MMS was honestly the toughest physical thing ever, causing extreme exhaustion, but it worked well. You start off doing 100 squats reps with 100 pounds in the preliminary phase, so it's something that most people have to train for prior to starting. After that, it moves up to real weights. During the heaviest phase, I'd literally lose 1/2 inch height after the squatting and deadlifts from disc compression, moving near triple bodyweight.
If you really really want to do something tough, that's a solid program. I can't do it now. Too old to recover from that.
If you want something steady and easy, with good results, I liked HST. Hypertrophy-Specific Training. It doesn't make you strong in a hurry, but it's easy to avoid injury.
Stronglifts is a good beginner program, with fast strength gains. Because the weight progresses rapidly, it's easy to overlift on a particular exercise near the end of the cycle.
Both of those, I can still do.
