Another Aging Issue?
I’m just turning 40 and have been training for about 10 years at about 180 pounds, training 3-4 days a week. I eat about 2000 calories a day. I seem to be in a workout funk lately and wondered if you think this is what happens in our 40s and older. My pump’s gone!
You have many years of constructive training before you — the 40s are a good run and it doesn’t stop in the 50s. Even the 60s allow steps forward to counter the steps back.
Your weight sounds good — not light — and your training does not suggest overtraining. Calories are low and I’d up them with protein foods. I count on red meat for sure muscle mass and toughness and pump in a workout. I like Creatine for energy cycle and intracellular water presence. I also respond well to a Bomber Blend drink both before and after my workout for cellular energy, support and recovery.
Your experiences — pump and burn slumps, post-workout shallow feelings — are not uncommon and come and go in apparent cycles. Stay fed and hydrated and positive. Don’t inspect yourself too closely and, providing you’re resting and taking care of business, ignore the little stuff. The body’s a capricious companion.
Go… God’s speed… DD
Posted on March 9th, 2011 in Aging Well by admin