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Re-starting my workouts

Age is 52, male and doing sports almost all my life. Last year I developed a cervical problem; I have been through neck exercise and therapy and am released for training. I put on lots of weight which I do not like at all. I was wondering if I should continue going to the gym and if you can send me a workout program so I can continue bomb and blast.

I suspect with your prior years of training practice you will be your own best instructor. No longer seeking the perfect form of a young man, but the health and strength of a practical middle-age man, you need only to apply yourself regularly and intelligently in the gym each day and eat a balanced diet of healthy foods.

Avoid those exercises that bear down on the neck during their performance, train moderately and with cautionary focus, and train with thankfulness. There’s no rush… enjoy the action and be confident in what you do… you are doing more than you realize to develop yourself in countless ways.

A few pages for you to take a glance at:

General Nutrition

Keys to Bodybuilding

Workout Routine Suggestions

Remember: The iron heals, mends, fortifies, toughens, vitalizes, enables, engages, entertains, satisfies, serves, instructs, humbles and makes a good door stop…

Train hard and always… God’s Might… Dave

Dave Draper - Dave Draper Posted on April 4th, 2008 in Aging Well, Getting Started by Dave Draper