Mid Life Fitness

Easter has caused a change in tone this week. One of the notable things this week is the promotion of http://www.liftstrong.com/ in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Alywn, aside from promoting LiftStrong becuase of his own past fight with cancer, talks about the benefits of training with the TRX system and debates the benefits of training on unstable surfaces

Read Alwyns blog here

Elliott Hulse discusses the use of kettlebells for deloading training



and giving away a free nutrition report. He pours scorn on those who think that you shouldn’t squat below parallel and explains the secret behind his strongman training.

Jason Ferruggia gives some help on how to get started on chins and pullups by using a resistance band and lays the law down on skinny guys who aren’t eating enough to make the most of the effort they are putting in with the exercise. He rounds off with an explanation of inflammatory foods.

Read Jasons blog here

Craig Ballentyne is giving his usual high volume of advice, mostly in the form of workouts which are heavily interspersed with with his expert knowledge about training and nutrition.

Zach is also hammering out the articles this week coving a wide range of subjects from jump training, through launching his new Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar to talking about favourite bodybuilding routines.

Today marks the end of my four week training cycle, well OK actually it was only three weeks because I’d finished doing the testing I wanted to do on how the program ‘felt’ in use. It served it’s purpose and now I’m changing the interval training system.

The main program is based on some traditional muscle and strength building systems. I’ve used some elements from Stronglifts and blended them with an EDT base. Now that is something that neither of the two system originators would probably approve of, but then my goal in training is not theirs.

The interval system that I’m trying out is from the Dane of Pain, Olympic wrestling coach Kenneth Jay. Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy running, I need it to overcome the asthma, but the shin splints are a pain. So I’m going to work on his system instead.

So why intervals? It isn’t something you see too many bodybuilders out doing. Well simply put, the more oxygen your body can take in and the better your body is at processing the lactate products from exercise, the more work you can do, the heavier weights you can shift and of course, the bigger your muscles get.

But the real question is? Where are you on your workout? Are you making progress? Adding weight on the bar? What are the issues that face you? Whats stopping you from moving on and making progess? Or haven’t you even started? Something holding you back?