40 plus training

How people over 40 should exercise depends primarily on whether they are beginners, intermediate, or advanced exercisers.

It also depends on whether they have been training occasionally or have not been active at all in the last twenty years.

The length of the phase of anatomical adaptation, hypertrophy, and the intensity and extent of exercise will depend on the degree of training.

Business and personal commitments also play a role in arranging a training program.

It is not the same whether a person is single or has five children. Or whether he or she works from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or has a private company with 24-hour working hours.

For people over 40, there are certainly limitations related to a lack of flexibility, potential chronic diseases of the locomotor system, and slower recovery after training.

In order to include all these facts, it is necessary to arrange all the important training parameters such as the weekly training schedule, the choice of exercises, the series of repetitions, the pace, and the breaks between series.

The training schedule that I suggest is three times a week, with one training session on weekends.

The exercises are chosen to hit all parts of the muscles.

The number of sets, repetitions, breaks, and tempo are such that they warm up the muscle well, stimulate growth, and do not lead to the possibility of overtraining.

This is an example of training that I suggest for people over 40 who have at least 6 months of training behind them: