One of my biggest take-aways from kinesiology was that if you repeat the same exercise perfectly executed, you will not be able to put forth a stronger effort than your first attempt. I believe that same school of thought can be applied to age. Today you can do more than tomorrow and so forth. So spring chicken or on the butchers block remember you're only given what you have. That being said, KICK SOME OLD MAN ASS AND LOVE THE PAIN!
One of my biggest take-aways from kinesiology was that if you repeat the same exercise perfectly executed, you will not be able to put forth a stronger effort than your first attempt. I believe that same school of thought can be applied to age. Today you can do more than tomorrow and so forth. So spring chicken or on the butchers block remember you're only given what you have. That being said, KICK SOME OLD MAN ASS AND LOVE THE PAIN!
I'm no spring chicken, so really just want to maintain a reasonable level of arm strength rather than build towards the big boys at the fire hall. I have to worry about aging joints and the ghosts of past injuries.
It'll be interesting to see where my maximum reps end up given where I started - but I don't plan to do this for too long. Plan to do at least 30 or 40 days and might drop to about 6 sets a week after that.