Muscle building mistakes over 50 years old

Muscle building mistakes over 50 years old

Sometimes it feels hopeless. We are ageing and fighting a losing battle. And it’s true every year we get a little older. This is also one of the first and biggest mistakes we can make when it comes to building muscle over 50. And that is Focusing on what we can’t change instead of the things that are in our control. When we focus on what we can control, we can get fit and build muscle at and age.

When we take full control of the things that are in our power we can increase our testosterone, fire up our metabolism and not only stop but reverse age-related muscle loss. Resulting in a fit and healthy body with more muscle and less body fat.

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There are things that we might think, we can’t change, but in fact, we can. For example a bad back. Is it really a bad back or is it just a weak back? This can put us in a dangerous cycle if we start thinking we can’t lift, because our back is bad resulting in an even weaker back that feels worse. Eliminating back pain caused by a bad or weak back requires more than just doing exercises directly for our back. We will need to work on our entire core. This is one of the best ways to eliminate back pain. If necessary go to a physiotherapist to get help on setting up a program to strengthen your back. A properly designed Strength training program helps us with any muscle imbalances we might have that could be causing back and joint pain.

Back issues along with other joint issues can often be caused by poor mobility. And this brings me to my next point if you want to build muscle over 50 you need to do more than just weight training. Mobility work is important too, this can be done before you start your workout or on a separate day. You can even try yoga or Pilates.

When we have a mobility issue it affects the way we can train and our exercise selection just like when we have an injury.

How about cardio? We are talking about building muscle and I bring up cardio. It is our cardiovascular system that brings blood into our muscles providing them with the nutrients need to grow and removes the waste produced from hard training. Having some sort of cardio in our plan to improve both are anaerobic and aerobic systems, plays a role in our ability to recover and build muscle.

If we are just getting back into training or are just starting to workout keeping our expectations in check is a good thing. Building muscle is a slow process when you first start you might find you can add 5 to 10 pounds of new muscle in a year.

If you used to workout when you were younger muscle memory can help, but don’t think you going to just go back in the gym and lift as heavy as you did 20 years ago. It is going to take some time to build that backup.

One of the tough transitions for people who have been weight training all their lives is they have to control their competitive desire. They might be used to being one of the stronger guys in the gym, but there is no reason to be randomly lifting heavy singles with questionable form just because we want to show up the young guys working out on the bench beside us. Now injury prevention must be rule number one.

Bulking and cutting cycles are something we just shouldn’t be doing. Most guys our age are already carrying enough body fat to fuel their workouts and are essentially already bulked. If you are overweight and have issues with low testosterone then losing weight may just be the answer. There are many studies out there that have shown our hormone profiles improve as we lose body fat. Eating from primarily whole food sources is a great start. Making sure we have both protein and vegetables at every meal. That way we can keep working out while having fun