Ever wish

[Wahbooz]

you were young again? Of course this is meant for those who aren't. But I'd like to give credit for an old friend. His name is Hayme Serrato, who ran a Tang Soo Do school in Commerce, Michigan, and now still has schools in the area . I miss those days, but not the concussions.

 

[Jen]

I'd like to get rid of the aches and pain.
But I don't wish to be young again.

 

[Caroljo]

I don't know....I do know I can't do some things I used to do when I was younger, and kind of miss that. But I like where I am. Even though some here call me and others "old hags", I don't feel like one, and I know some day they'll be there too . I love that my kids give me grandkids, and they're worth all the aches and pains I may have now!

 

[Wahbooz]

I'd like to get rid of the aches and pain.
But I don't wish to be young again.

I miss the competition. Well, many times I do; but when I wake up and feel my age, I don't so much. But I can still do more than many 'close to seventy's' can't . Actually, Jen, it is a good way to tune up the body, and loosen those joints. And don't let anybody fool you, you can still build and tone muscle.

 

[Wahbooz]

I don't know....I do know I can't do some things I used to do when I was younger, and kind of miss that. But I like where I am. Even though some here call me and others "old hags", I don't feel like one, and I know some day they'll be there too . I love that my kids give me grandkids, and they're worth all the aches and pains I may have now!

Don't listen to anyone who talks like that. Anyone who is callous as to call someone an 'old hag' isn't worth the time.

Michigan weather is not conducive to getting out and walking right now, especially for uppers, but if you're willing to try something that might put a bit of spring into your walk, let me introduce you to Angi Uezu, GrandMaster of Isshinryu Karate. You don't have to get into the ring and fight, but these exercises will aid in keeping you toned. Angi is 11 years older than I am. Whoops, I gave my age away.

This first link is Seisan Kata. The next link is the search page for kata videos.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=isshinryu kata

If you choose to, and have questions, feel free to ask. You'd be surprised, depending on what you put into it, how it will make you feel. Use your feet to hold the floor as you do them.

Feel free to try as well, Jen, if you like.

 

[Caroljo]

Don't listen to anyone who talks like that. Anyone who is callous as to call someone an 'old hag' isn't worth the time.

Michigan weather is not conducive to getting out and walking right now, especially for uppers, but if you're willing to try something that might put a bit of spring into your walk, let me introduce you to Angi Uezu, GrandMaster of Isshinryu Karate. You don't have to get into the ring and fight, but these exercises will aid in keeping you toned. Angi is 11 years older than I am. Whoops, I gave my age away.

This first link is Seisan Kata. The next link is the search page for kata videos.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=isshinryu kata

If you choose to, and have questions, feel free to ask. You'd be surprised, depending on what you put into it, how it will make you feel. Use your feet to hold the floor as you do them.

Feel free to try as well, Jen, if you like.

That's pretty interesting....and something I could probably handle! I do need to do something like this, I'm not all that active! My husband has always been into weight lifting/body building, but that's a little too much for me . I'm a "new" non-smoker (12 days now!) and I need to get involved in something. I smoked for about 40 yrs, caught a cold last week that almost immediately went into my lungs and I ended up spending 2 nights in the hospital for an upper respiratory infection. My husband had to rush me to the hospital because I could barely breathe (I thought I would stop breathing before we got there and we only live 5 blocks from the hospital). It scared me and I haven't smoked since. My oxygen level was only 86 when I went in (they say it should be 95 and up). I'm not active enough and with winter coming on it'll be even less!

 

[Wahbooz]

That's pretty interesting....and something I could probably handle! I do need to do something like this, I'm not all that active! My husband has always been into weight lifting/body building, but that's a little too much for me . I'm a "new" non-smoker (12 days now!) and I need to get involved in something. I smoked for about 40 yrs, caught a cold last week that almost immediately went into my lungs and I ended up spending 2 nights in the hospital for an upper respiratory infection. My husband had to rush me to the hospital because I could barely breathe (I thought I would stop breathing before we got there and we only live 5 blocks from the hospital). It scared me and I haven't smoked since. My oxygen level was only 86 when I went in (they say it should be 95 and up). I'm not active enough and with winter coming on it'll be even less!

Try it, see if it works for you. Just as a bit of motivation, this is Jhoon Rhee on his 80th birthday. He is now 82 and still teaches Tae Kwon Do. Listen to what he says after the pushups.

 

[Jen]

I miss the competition. Well, many times I do; but when I wake up and feel my age, I don't so much. But I can still do more than many 'close to seventy's' can't . Actually, Jen, it is a good way to tune up the body, and loosen those joints. And don't let anybody fool you, you can still build and tone muscle.

Thanks for the encouragement, Wahbooz. I am actually in great health. Just stiff knees sometimes.

 

[Wahbooz]

Thanks for the encouragement, Wahbooz. I am actually in great health. Just stiff knees sometimes.

Do I ever understand that! Let me give you a little more encouragement, both you and Carol. Watch this video, and remember that Master Rhee is 82 years old and does his workout every day. It's not important to move, or stretch as he does, but to do it. And as you go along, push yourself further.

 

[Addy]

I admire people of all ages making an effort to stay fit. But I always wonder when watching these types of exercise routines what our ancestors would have to say about them. Especially since most of them had to work/manual labor /exercise physically hard everyday just to provide for their families.... They developed what the writer of the guy on the link calls (hybrid type 111 muscles).

Oh, and yes, I would love to be (younger) again..
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You know, going to the gym and working out isn’t the only way to get strong. There’s actually a huge difference between being gym strong versus real-life strong. It’s completely possible to be in good shape and strong—and I mean really strong—without ever having stepped inside a gym.

How is this possible? Are these guys just genetic freaks? Let me tell you that it is possible and no, you do not have to be a genetic anomaly to be in great shape and what I like to call “real-life strong.”
My own dad is a great example of a guy who is really strong but yet he’s never worked out a day in his life. He did however, do a lot of manual labor. He was always working on things outside in the yard, building stuff, working with wood or any number of other things. On the flip side is me—I have been working out since I was in high school in Connecticut.
I really started to get serious about training when I finally started growing and getting stronger. By the time I hit my senior year and was playing football I was able to bench 275 pounds and was really proud of myself.
It all got put into perspective though one day when my dad needed my help to get rid of some large rocks sticking out of the grass. The area where we lived in Connecticut was kind of mountainous with these huge rocks just about everywhere. Around our yard, they seemed to even multiply so every now and then we’d have to dig them up and haul them away in a wheelbarrow.
One year, my dad wanted to get rid of some especially big rocks on the property so we got to work digging.
Once the dirt was removed I went in to move the boulders. Knowing how strong I had been getting I figured I could take care of the bulk of it by myself. I was shocked though to find out that I could hardly even budge them. But my dad—the guy who had never worked out a day in his life—was able to move them all by himself.
I was shocked. I could not believe that this “old man,” who I knew I could beat on any machine in the weight room, was still “stronger” than me when it came to real life. I started to refer to it as “old man strength.”
Today, I’m older, a bit wiser and I realize that my dad hadn’t developed “old man strength” but he had actually developed “hybrid strength” without even trying. Those activities that he did around the house just about every day gave him a physical edge that is very difficult to duplicate in a gym.
http://leanhybridmuscle.com/access/old-man-strength.html

 

[Wahbooz]

I admire people of all ages making an effort to stay fit. But I always wonder when watching these types of exercise routines what our ancestors would have to say about them. Especially since most of them had to work/manual labor /exercise physically hard everyday just to provide for their families.... They developed what the writer of the guy on the link calls (hybrid type 111 muscles).

Oh, and yes, I would love to be (younger) again..
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You know, going to the gym and working out isn’t the only way to get strong. There’s actually a huge difference between being gym strong versus real-life strong. It’s completely possible to be in good shape and strong—and I mean really strong—without ever having stepped inside a gym.

How is this possible? Are these guys just genetic freaks? Let me tell you that it is possible and no, you do not have to be a genetic anomaly to be in great shape and what I like to call “real-life strong.”
My own dad is a great example of a guy who is really strong but yet he’s never worked out a day in his life. He did however, do a lot of manual labor. He was always working on things outside in the yard, building stuff, working with wood or any number of other things. On the flip side is me—I have been working out since I was in high school in Connecticut.
I really started to get serious about training when I finally started growing and getting stronger. By the time I hit my senior year and was playing football I was able to bench 275 pounds and was really proud of myself.
It all got put into perspective though one day when my dad needed my help to get rid of some large rocks sticking out of the grass. The area where we lived in Connecticut was kind of mountainous with these huge rocks just about everywhere. Around our yard, they seemed to even multiply so every now and then we’d have to dig them up and haul them away in a wheelbarrow.
One year, my dad wanted to get rid of some especially big rocks on the property so we got to work digging.
Once the dirt was removed I went in to move the boulders. Knowing how strong I had been getting I figured I could take care of the bulk of it by myself. I was shocked though to find out that I could hardly even budge them. But my dad—the guy who had never worked out a day in his life—was able to move them all by himself.
I was shocked. I could not believe that this “old man,” who I knew I could beat on any machine in the weight room, was still “stronger” than me when it came to real life. I started to refer to it as “old man strength.”
Today, I’m older, a bit wiser and I realize that my dad hadn’t developed “old man strength” but he had actually developed “hybrid strength” without even trying. Those activities that he did around the house just about every day gave him a physical edge that is very difficult to duplicate in a gym.
http://leanhybridmuscle.com/access/old-man-strength.html

Wow, so much to answer. One of the things that makes us different these days to 'the good old days' is most of us don't work like we used to, which is where a gym or your basement comes in. Sedentary lifestyles are not conducive to good health, not one bit, and our 'forefathers' were not gifted with a sedentary lifestyle. I remember my father talking about his father, and throwing 100 lb bags of beans on a wagon all day long.

As for some of those 'freaks', chalk that up to steroids in many cases. Many bodybuilders were enticed into using steroids, which may make you strong, but it also destroys you in the long run. You're far better off to work out, and not look for tricks. I have slowed down, but I lifted 6 days a week, sparred 4, and ran every day. Some people called me crazy, but then a lot said I was lying when I told them how old I was.

As for the "hybrid strength", our muscles have memory just like our brains. You get accustomed to one particular kind of weight training, and that is what your muscles will do. It's as simple as that.

By the way, I like that third picture.

 

[Addy]

Any type of exercise is better than none at all. But nowadays acquiring the 'hybrid muscles' like our forefathers possessed is almost impossible for many reasons, mainly being modernization on the farm and in the factories.
Giving all of the muscles a workout wasn't something those guys were thinking of back then..... It went along with the daily routine of getting their physically demanding jobs done.
Big difference in isolating certain muscles for tone and strength -- than using all of them..
I've always been quite active.... When I was forty, a Doctor told me I had the arteries of an eighteen year old..
I've never had high cholesterol nor been overweight....etc. Greatest thing about exercise, our bodies keep burning calories even when we're at rest... our metabolism works much faster.
The worst/saddest part for any of us.... if we don't continue some physical activities our muscles will/do atrophy...

I enjoy the seasonal changes where I live... that's mainly why I chose those pictures in my sig line.. Thanks for your comments.

 

[fairsheet]

"Use it or lose it", is worthwhile advice for anyone over the age of about 45. I feel genuinely sorry for the now-ubiquitous obese folks who're consigned to wheel chairs and scooters. There WAS a point at which they could've reversed the process but it's probably too late for them now.

 

[Wahbooz]

Any type of exercise is better than none at all. But nowadays acquiring the 'hybrid muscles' like our forefathers possessed is almost impossible for many reasons, mainly being modernization on the farm and in the factories.
Giving all of the muscles a workout wasn't something those guys were thinking of back then..... It went along with the daily routine of getting their physically demanding jobs done.
Big difference in isolating certain muscles for tone and strength -- than using all of them..
I've always been quite active.... When I was forty, a Doctor told me I had the arteries of an eighteen year old..
I've never had high cholesterol nor been overweight....etc. Greatest thing about exercise, our bodies keep burning calories even when we're at rest... our metabolism works much faster.
The worst/saddest part for any of us.... if we don't continue some physical activities our muscles will/do atrophy...

I enjoy the seasonal changes where I live... that's mainly why I chose those pictures in my sig line.. Thanks for your comments.

There are still jobs where muscle power is in use. Like lifting 100 lb kegs of asphalt and tossing them on a truck, or carrying bundles of shingles up a ladder to the roof. And there's no better conditioning than working in a 120 degree steam tunnel.

When I lived in Oklahoma, I was impressed with an old man who got down in the pits under the machines, in a steel mill, and shoveled steel dust out and into a front end loader. Modernization is good, in some ways, but definitely not in others.

But this is what I meant by "You get accustomed to one particular kind of weight training, and that is what your muscles will do." They won't be universally strong, they'll only be accustomed to whatever exercise you taught them.