I always hear this in fitness communities, especially in the 50 plus category. “Something is better than nothing!” I’m not buying it. Time for someone to call out the pink elephant in the room. Right?
That argument is not going to hold any water in the debate over whether or not someone should just accept minimum wage and live with it. After all, it’s better than nothing, right? Nope! We see people going to night school, we see people sending out resumes for better jobs, we see people reaching for that promotion, all because something is not better than nothing.
So, in the realms of resistance training and functional fitness, just any old something isn’t necessarily better than nothing. Bad posture, bad form, and non-sensical movements and routines will leave you in worse shape than when you started.
So, what’s the solution? For starters, come up with a plan. What’s your goal? What are your target body parts? How much time do you have and when can you commit to that amount of time? Do you need to learn more about resistance training and the variety of exercises that are commonly used to target specific body parts? Answer these questions and write out a plan and suddenly something does become better than nothing.
Today was chest and tri’s – the glamour muscles. Even for a 60 year old.
- Compound group one x 3 sets: classic bench press, dips, tricep push downs, Russian twists with 10lb ball.
- Compound group two x 3 sets: incline dumbbell press, dumbbell flies, single dumbbell pullovers, crunches.
- Compound group three x 3 sets: skull crushers with ez curl bar, bent over dumbbell kickbacks, knee lifts.
