@Nelson1812 : 67 is no age to have "fear" before fitness training. You can start whenever You want. You have only to hear what Your body tells You. But most people can´t that anymore even if they are much younger then You.
Your symptoms are very similar to some of mine. Currently I can do a light or medium training and have to suffer for that for 2 or 3 days (what is in time so I can start the next training). My cervical spine is damaged after a relatively deep fall. That was not treated then because all the so called doctors meant there would be nothing what they could do. Interesting, decades later one other doctor let me know that wasn´t true. That accident combined with some other things let to back problems (for example I can´t bow me without pain and rigidity) and finally resulted in thoracic spine problems what likewise let to further problems. Let us leave it at that - I get bad mood again.
Counts Your immobility even for a bradytrophic training routine? Bradytroph means "slow nourished" or "with a slow metabolism" and applies to all structures what aren´t muscles. So for example filaments/tendons, ligaments and capsules. Transformed into training it means very very small weights and very many repetations. For example 2 kg benchpress with up to 50 or 60 repetations.
@Concord : Yes, I was intp physical activities almost all my life before my fall. Even after that I still was but it became worse and worse with every new year. To consequences see answer to Nelson1812, please! I train others according to their problems/goals. Currently I have some rehab patients, a selfdefense group and some guys who want just to be more fit.
What means ONLY 30 or 40 kg. Depends on the training one does how hard that is. Yesterday I had a patient who had to do Military presses (??? hope that is the right translation) with a pair of 1-kg-dumbbells. He had to do it 50 times with total elevation of the shoulders and a total retraction of the shoulder blades in the "relenting" phase. Was hard on the limit for him.
A hint for if You do stretches before weight lifting: Hold it very short if You do it before an exercise! Only a very few seconds. Stretching downs the muscle tonicity and can inflict heavy damages if not done right. If You are in fitness a longer time again You can do it otherwise and use it as a pre-exhaustion so the exercises get more intense without increasing the weight. And here we are again - It depends on how You train - then even small weights can be real training.
The push-up above head: That is probably what I think is named Military Press in english. And it is a much underestimated exercise. Especially for a healthy back and shoulder area. I use this specific exercise almost as a standard for rehap patients with back problems. Of course it depends on what exactly is their problem. It is not the universal answer for all back problems.
Examples of worse are violent people (most some so called refugees, drug dealer and similars).
@Hardradi : Thanks for the clarification! Here at Germany the terms power and rack are so inflationary used I wasen´t sure how they were meant.
I´m following almost in all what You have written. There are only very few little things I have to mention (only my opinion):
- I know functional training is the new holy grail. And it is so rightly. But to equalise it with multiple muscle groups is not entirely right. It depends, as always, from the specific situation. And isolation exercises can be good starting points for multiple muscle exercises. As an example: If You have a guy who weighs 200 kg but is absolutely unfit it wouldn´t be a good idea to let him do squats - not even without weight. He should do the appropriate machines (f.e. leg press) before even thinking on squats or whatever.
- To build really strength it is necessary to implement static exercises or at least static parts of exercises.
- Yard work and other physical heavy work are a few of the most problematic things for health. All what is done as piece-rate/taskwork and/or monotonous/one-side-posture work is a real danger.
@Meat Grinder : I have to answer another time. I do so as soon as possible.
Greetings
Your symptoms are very similar to some of mine. Currently I can do a light or medium training and have to suffer for that for 2 or 3 days (what is in time so I can start the next training). My cervical spine is damaged after a relatively deep fall. That was not treated then because all the so called doctors meant there would be nothing what they could do. Interesting, decades later one other doctor let me know that wasn´t true. That accident combined with some other things let to back problems (for example I can´t bow me without pain and rigidity) and finally resulted in thoracic spine problems what likewise let to further problems. Let us leave it at that - I get bad mood again.
Counts Your immobility even for a bradytrophic training routine? Bradytroph means "slow nourished" or "with a slow metabolism" and applies to all structures what aren´t muscles. So for example filaments/tendons, ligaments and capsules. Transformed into training it means very very small weights and very many repetations. For example 2 kg benchpress with up to 50 or 60 repetations.
@Concord : Yes, I was intp physical activities almost all my life before my fall. Even after that I still was but it became worse and worse with every new year. To consequences see answer to Nelson1812, please! I train others according to their problems/goals. Currently I have some rehab patients, a selfdefense group and some guys who want just to be more fit.
What means ONLY 30 or 40 kg. Depends on the training one does how hard that is. Yesterday I had a patient who had to do Military presses (??? hope that is the right translation) with a pair of 1-kg-dumbbells. He had to do it 50 times with total elevation of the shoulders and a total retraction of the shoulder blades in the "relenting" phase. Was hard on the limit for him.
A hint for if You do stretches before weight lifting: Hold it very short if You do it before an exercise! Only a very few seconds. Stretching downs the muscle tonicity and can inflict heavy damages if not done right. If You are in fitness a longer time again You can do it otherwise and use it as a pre-exhaustion so the exercises get more intense without increasing the weight. And here we are again - It depends on how You train - then even small weights can be real training.
The push-up above head: That is probably what I think is named Military Press in english. And it is a much underestimated exercise. Especially for a healthy back and shoulder area. I use this specific exercise almost as a standard for rehap patients with back problems. Of course it depends on what exactly is their problem. It is not the universal answer for all back problems.
Examples of worse are violent people (most some so called refugees, drug dealer and similars).
@Hardradi : Thanks for the clarification! Here at Germany the terms power and rack are so inflationary used I wasen´t sure how they were meant.
I´m following almost in all what You have written. There are only very few little things I have to mention (only my opinion):
- I know functional training is the new holy grail. And it is so rightly. But to equalise it with multiple muscle groups is not entirely right. It depends, as always, from the specific situation. And isolation exercises can be good starting points for multiple muscle exercises. As an example: If You have a guy who weighs 200 kg but is absolutely unfit it wouldn´t be a good idea to let him do squats - not even without weight. He should do the appropriate machines (f.e. leg press) before even thinking on squats or whatever.
- To build really strength it is necessary to implement static exercises or at least static parts of exercises.
- Yard work and other physical heavy work are a few of the most problematic things for health. All what is done as piece-rate/taskwork and/or monotonous/one-side-posture work is a real danger.
@Meat Grinder : I have to answer another time. I do so as soon as possible.
Greetings