…two steps back. Not necessarily the story of my life, but as we age, sometimes it can certainly feel that way. Aging body parts, if you’re not careful, can fail you. This isn’t a scare tactic, it’s a word of caution. Remember, you’re not 25 any longer.
Does that mean you can’t push yourself? Are you stuck on the hamster wheel of maintaining your fitness levels; crossing your fingers and hoping that as long as you lift safe you’ll stay safe? No! Yes, there is a need for awareness and to listen to our bodies, but you can still set goals for muscle gain and definition that maybe you were used to several decades ago. I’m certainly going to.
Today, I really got after it. It was supposed to be back and bi’s but I threw in shoulders, too.
- Combo Routine #1 – wide grip lat pull downs x3 sets, seated cable rows x3 sets, bent over barbell rows x3 sets, cable curls, planks.
- Combo Routine #2 – single dumbbell rows x3 sets, dumbbell curls x3 sets, crunches.
- Combo Routine #3 – close grip easy bar curls x2 sets, farmers carry x2 sets, bicycle crunches and oblique reachers.