My concern is sarcopenia, loss of muscle mass with age.
The pattern with me is:
-increase weight until I dread lifting it or until my joints give me some warnings
-cut back and increase reps then work back up to heavier weights.
Lately I do between 4 and 12 reps.
What I'm finding now is if you multiply the reps by the weight lifted you get some measure of the energy you're putting out.
And, just like a battery, you usually can't put out both power (heavy weights) and energy (high reps) at the same time.
In those rare cases I increase the weight.
If there is a peak energy point I can compromise between the lbs lifted and the reps.
Because I did a lot of walking as a kid, I can still legpress enough weight that I can keep up with anybody of my size and weight.
At least for one day. :hide:
With longevity, I found that smokers are most likely to die at 45. If you get past that, sumpin' else may get you, and finally something will definitely get you.
BTW, according to some tables, I have an 8% chance of living to 95. Which comes first, me looking like Ahhnold, or dying??