50

[ratlee]

Turned 50 today, and my hips and knees feel better than they have for years, thanks to Bodyflow and GTB... can't wait to get my clubbells and feel even better

Lew

[Scott Sonnon]

Happy 50 Lew! Congratulations on your new health and strength!

[crubio]

Happy Birthday! Power to Body Flow

[jamie hale]

The cbs will be a great addition to your routine. Be sure to check out Coach Sonnon's Cst books and videos if you have not done so.

thank you
Coach Hale
www.maxcondition.com

"Youth is wasted on the young"

Power to you Rat

Bill

[Doug Szolek]

"Youth is wasted on the young"

I'm not quite sure how to take that :wink:

In any case, Happy Birthday Lew!

[rbibbs]

Welcome to the fifth decade Lew. See, it didn't hurt all that much.

I remember being 20, doing the math for turn-of-the-century, which told me I'd be 54. My reaction was "N-a-a-a-w, I'll NEVER be 54!"

Hey, I was right! I started ROSS at 53 and been aging backwards since. Worried about next summer though, DMV might confiscate my license for being underage. :lol:

Congrats,
Rick

[ratlee]

Thank you all for the kind wishes and responses...later on I plan to post the workout I did to celebrate the day...
Lew

[Chuck Kechter]

Happy Birthday! Hope you have many more.

And congrats on the up-swing of your health and well being!

Chuck

[ratlee]

So here was my fiftieth birthday workout... the intent was to increase what i call power endurance with recovery, the ability to make a hard submaximal effort and recover... i use one machine 1 dumbbell, 1 chinning bar...except for the hindu pushups as warmup reps are 5, for power... and the aim is for controlled explosion... every minute i start a new exercise, or set.. so the longer the set takes, the less rest i get..
1/ hindu pushups, 20 2/ 7 circuits with a 40 lb dumbell of 5 dumbbell swings ( 2 handed) ; 5 dumbell jerks each hand, 5 dumbbell snatches each hand so each circuit takes 3 minutes (ie, the 5 jerks per hand are done with both hands in the one minute allotted)... i then racked the dumbell, did 5 chins, 2 sets of 5 leg press at 20 (didn't want to do squat because of low back fatigue) 5 chins, 2 sets of hanging leg raise, 5 chins...on some of the latter exercises i may have short changed the rest period, cause i had to meet my wife... total time 29 minutes, intensity= 7, form maitenance = 7 (would have been 8 except that i let some explosion disappear in the db circuit, ie movement was good but too slow)..
I do this workout 2/week, and a less structured one with a 20 kg block at home once a week... Not too shabby for 50, however the most important exercises i did, and which i do every morning were not part of this workout, that was the 14 minutes of body flow i do every morning, with various exercises and improvising some chains.. this is what has improved my knees and hips, especially squat creep, and shifting and expanding shin boxes.. all of which are daily.

Lew

[jimmy23]

very inspirational, I hope at 50 years I am as able and active as you are, props to ya!!!