Dave Draper’s Musclebuilding Q&A

A few decades ago I’d spend 45 minutes on one body part.  Now, I do 2 or 3 sets and leave it at that. Staying toned and in moderate condition has replaced the drive toward world class shape.  Age has its way of modifying our activities. A few years ago I began pondering the movement or circulation of blood through the body as it pertains to diabetic or pre-diabetic people.  Here’s what I came up with: 2 sets (no rest) 30 to 40 reps of neck resistance (with a towel held behind the head) moving the head from back to front coupled with calf raises performed on a one- to two-inch board.

I get your drift,  but I’d rather do high-rep (25-35) sets of standing-to-kneeling rope tucks. So much vigor and variation and muscle inclusion. Get the blood flowing slowly but surely and build up to surging, as momentum and creative extension and contraction build.

I throw in calf pumping and stretching between four prescribed sets, as I lean against a rack and pretend I’m pushing a van across the parking lot.

Though this sometimes seems to be enough work for one day for a senior van-pusher and ironhead, I add 20 more sets of prime metal moving to maintain my fragile sanity. Next month I might have a different tale to tell.

We’re crazy, ain’t we?

Dave