Lifting Weights For The “Less” Younger Ones…

Alex Maroko

As I sit here writing this blog post, it’s a little past Midnight on a breezy Saturday night, and I’m here, (in my twenties nonetheless) writing about getting faster, and lifting weights and how to continue to get stronger even as you age…you tell me, do I need a life or what?

Overused jokes aside, I’m continuing the push to answer all of those great question I got in the now infamous post Do You Need To Lift Weights.

Today’s question comes from William. William is 46 years old, looking to add some lean muscle tissue and DOES NOT want to waste time. Here’s his question:

“What weight lifting do you recommend for a 46 year old man? (I’ve) been lifting on and off for years…want to grow muscle, not waste my time. I have a club membership and I stay flexible to play golf. I especially need to build my upper body. Thank you.

-William”

This is cool William and we can definitely help you out here…

While we all already know lifting weights and getting stronger WILL make us faster, it also has a host of other benefits:

• Increased metabolism (burn more fat while doing less)
• Increased power output and force absorption
• Increased anaerobic and aerobic conditioning (better shape overall)
• Decreased risk of injury (avoid injuries, less aches and pains and feel better overall)
• Increased attractiveness to the opposite sex (seriously. guys, try looking up something called the Adonis Ratio…cool stuff!)

William is TOTALLY on the right track with his thinking. He knows all of the massive benefits of resistance training and even though he made note that he’s 46, you can resistance train and build muscle at any age (it really is just a number!).

Now, when I see that William says his training has been on/off for the last few years, I’d be willing to wager that he isn’t in top physical shape right now, and it would behoove him (AND his health) to build a solid base of strength and balance before beginning any serious weight-training program.

And just like last Thursday’s newsletter (Weight Lifting For The Young’ns), the best formula for William to quickly, safely -AND- efficiently build a healthy base of strength, while simultaneously adding lots and lots of lean muscle tissue, is Body Weight Training.

In Weight Lifting For The Young’ns, I talked about Men’s Health Expert Author Craig Ballantyne’s Body Weight Training For Athletes Program, how well I think it’s put together and how I think it is absolutely IDEAL for beginning, younger athletes to being their weight training journey.

However, for a 56 year-old, Craig’s Turbulence Training For Athletes isn’t necessarily ideal in my opinion…

…I really just like the original, “tried and true” Turbulence Training program that’s been Craig’s top-selling product for YEARS.

I think it works really well for the older population because it’s straightforward, doesn’t require you to go the busy gym and is easy to follow…

…PLUS, it combines ALL of the aforementioned benefits of body weight training discussed above.

You can see it here if you want:

The ORIGINAL Turbulence Training Program

Give that a shot William and I look foward to hearing in a few weeks how much muscle you’ve added, how much fat you’ve lost and how much energy you now have.

And for anyone else interested, I fully realize none of the Turbulence Training Programs are free (gasp!)…I know Craig offer’s a 60-Day Money Back Guarantee on everything, so you’d basically have a full 2 months of Turbulence Training Trial Time before deciding if you want to stick with your investment.

And I KNOW Craig…well. He’s super-good dude, knows even more about building muscle with bodyweight training and come on, his last name (Ballantyne) rhymes with my least/most favorite holiday of the year!

Here’s that link again. If you do check it out, let me know about all of your successes with it. It’s a cool system.

good stuff –> The ORIGINAL Turbulence Training Program

I’ll be back tomorrow…I have a REALLY cool surprise for you.

-Alex