Ah. I train for longevity. Aesthetics is a nice bonus. But not my goal. I want to keep up with my kids and be able to do any activity for the longest I can (age wise)
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This. Maintaining flexibility & range of motion as I age has become a must.
Definitely. Flexibility, range of motion, strength and cardio. Keeping the body “young” for as long as possible
I suppose training is a very individual pursuit and people do it for different reasons. For instance, I do no cardio, I used to, but not anymore. You do, which is obviously good from a longevity point of view. I train to put on weight🥳.
I put on 2kg of lean mass since I started this new 12 week interval. Strength is very important for longevity 🫡
I've put on 3.2kg of muscle since I started 6-8 weeks ago, that has included A LOT of eating🙄. I'm an ectomorph.
You haven’t trained in years. That’s similar to beginner gains my friend. I added a post workout meal which brings a lot of this muscle gain. I get gains from exercising but less. I’ve been at it for years
Not trying to diminish what you accomplish. These results are great. But 3.2kg every 6-8 weeks is not sustainable, unless you’re juicing (which I don’t think you are)
It's absolutely not sustainable!! These are known as "Newby gainz", because I've not trained for years and years, I was back to square one. When you start again it really shocks your body and it acts accordingly by quickly building muscle (Providing you're eating enough). I've got maybe another 4 weeks of these "Quick" gains before things really start to slow down. That picture you've seen, I put on roughly 16kg, but it took me 3 years!!
I did the same recently and I trying to figure out how much of it is muscle and how much is fat. I pretty sure it is mostly muscle but always need to monitor.
Smart scale gives an approximation. Some is water with the creatine. A bit is fat. Tried removing what fluctuates and got to 2kg. But yeah. Definitely gotta monitor.