I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifting weights at 71

Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by riku_iki on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:50PM (#27952332)

What about some form of HIIT with lighter weights? My concern with heavy lifting is that it trains only one body's energy system out of three..

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by samatman on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:14PM (#27952525)

Sure, just watch out for CrossFit, most of those crews have an unhealthy attitude towards workouts imho.

I deliberately left out the word "heavy" because, while I do favor the powerlifting 5x5 style personally, it's not for everyone. Just: free weights, and compound lifts over isolation exercises.

Putting less weight on the bar and combining it with sprints and burpees makes plenty of sense to me, although it's not my style.

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by matwood on Sunday July 25, 2021 @05:08PM (#27952937)

You don't have use that much lighter weights. You can do a 5x5 and superset it with burpees or opposing muscles. I'm on a pull-up kick where I want to do 500 pull-ups over the course of a single workout. So in between sets of my regular workouts, I do pull ups. HIIT basically happens as a side effect...

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