Bill Starr
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Registered on 04-08-06
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04-08-06 01:42 PM - Post#189559
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Laree said:
What is your current training and nutrition strategy for yourself, and how has it changed as you've matured?
I basically use what Jack LaLanne has been preaching for over fifty years, high reps with light weights. I walk and train six days a week, usually 45 minutes of each. I have two routines which I alternate every other day. At 68, I want the exercises to flush blood and nutrients to my joints and I do not want to put them under any undue stress. The high reps, sometimes in the 200-rep range, works my muscles and alleviates my arthritis.
My nutritional philosophy in regards to supplements is very much the same as it was when I wrote TSSS. That's when I really learned how important the various supplements were to health. I build my diet around protein and take large amounts of supplements to insure that I am getting plenty of the necessary vitamins and minerals. It's what Peary Rader called the "shovel method." High dosages of vitamin C and mult-minerals head my list, followed by E, A&D, B-complex, L-lysine, B6, and folic acid. I also use Mag-Cal at night to help me relax and get to sleep.
I avoid all the fad supplements like HGH and creatine because I just don't need it at my age and why take a risk that it might be, in fact, harmful? Since I'm not training heavy any longer and walk instead of run, my caloric needs are much lower. I only eat two meals a day and in smaller portions than I used to consume. No snacking.
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