[Lucky 1]

As I've gotten older I have also moved away (somewhat) from heavy lifting in the gym.

As a former powerlifter its been a bit of a mental struggle to cut back on the poundage simply because I've always enjoyed lifting heavy.

Still at 59 years old now and concerned about my joints as I get older I'm still doing mostly the same lifts but at lower weight and higher reps...going for a good burn.

For instance just a few years ago i was still routinely doing sets of squats with 375 to 405 keeping things in the 5 to 10 rep range.

I finally told myself.."what the hell are you doing"??? There is no reason to be subjecting your knees', spine and hip joints to those kinds of loads anymore.

So i have a self-imposed limit now of 225 lbs on the squat....As in I load 100 kilos...and do reps till failure with it.....4 sets and I'm done.

And since no one dies prematurely from NOT having big muscles but people die everyday from not keeping up there cardiovascular system...I do a hard fast walk 2 miles, 5 or 6 mornings a week.....(I hate running and think that also adds unnecessary shock load on the hips and knees.)

The interesting thing to note is that medical science proved some years ago that working muscles to the burn promotes the release of growth hormone.

This has been confirmed with me as a doctor I work with on longevity medicine has checks my IGF-1 levels every 6 months and even at age 59, I am still at the top of the range for growth hormone.