It's a shame a major shoulder injury -- from a chariot crash -- caused Steve Reeves to hang up his sandals in his 30's. I would have liked to know how he would have trained in his 60's. It would give me some validation to hear him say "Whoops. This dumbbell's too heavy."
I think dumbbells are the best workout tools, but the zone of the gym with the dumbbell rack and benches gets too crowded most weeknights. However, with my new "schedule" I can beat the crowds, so I decided to go to a mostly-dumbbell workout. I was making good progress for about a week, adding weight and reps each time. But when I got into the 50-70-pound range I noticed it actually hurt my shoulders quite a bit to lug them into position. Bummer because just a few years ago I manipulated much heavier dumbbells with no such discomfort. So I went back to those sissy machines.
Aging is a double challenge for this exercise addict. First, I've had to accept that no matter what I do, I'm not going to be as strong as I once was. Second, having accepted that, I've had to just work around that fact and keep marching on.
That's all for now. I'll be back now and then with interim reports on my own lifelong experiment.
1 comments:
Thanks for reminding me to lift my 5-pound barbells and do my situps.
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