Krav Maga

[shepp 2,285]

 

 

I think your an exception to be honest youngster ,reading your posts you have trained and been strongly involved in health and fitness all your life ,an average fella in his mid fifties after twenty or so years of not training is never going to get to the levels of when he was thirty .

I would advise BB to get involved and active but be gentle with himself ,pushing yourself is disaster waiting to happen (I know you didn't tell him to push himself )

But I have been wrong before ,and I know there are a lot on here with more knowledge than me .

 

LIke i said its about being realistic theres certain goals he wont achieve due to the ageing process/inactivity you describe......outright pure strength and aerobic capacity is not one of them in my opinion......it all just takes longer.

ive just started biking , i try to do 12 mile a day , as long as i do 1 - 1 1/2 hour a day for 5 days , and it 75% up hills , so getting out of breath alot . i not in bad shape for my age (64) yeh old fart lol , i am just under 6ft and just under 13st , not loosing any weight, but bloody hell i go out like a light when i go to sleep, i am tired typing this . so if i can start exercise at 64, a man at 53 deff can .

Ray,

If you end up where you started, surely you have to be riding 50% up hill and 50%down?

Not counting a bit on the flat too.

Lol

Edited September 16, 2016 by shepp

[Blackbriar 8,569]

 

 

 

I think your an exception to be honest youngster ,reading your posts you have trained and been strongly involved in health and fitness all your life ,an average fella in his mid fifties after twenty or so years of not training is never going to get to the levels of when he was thirty .

I would advise BB to get involved and active but be gentle with himself ,pushing yourself is disaster waiting to happen (I know you didn't tell him to push himself )

But I have been wrong before ,and I know there are a lot on here with more knowledge than me .

LIke i said its about being realistic theres certain goals he wont achieve due to the ageing process/inactivity you describe......outright pure strength and aerobic capacity is not one of them in my opinion......it all just takes longer.

ive just started biking , i try to do 12 mile a day , as long as i do 1 - 1 1/2 hour a day for 5 days , and it 75% up hills , so getting out of breath alot . i not in bad shape for my age (64) yeh old fart lol , i am just under 6ft and just under 13st , not loosing any weight, but bloody hell i go out like a light when i go to sleep, i am tired typing this . so if i can start exercise at 64, a man at 53 deff can .

Ray,

If you end up where you started, surely you have to be riding 50% up hill and 50%down?

Not counting a bit on the flat too.

Lol

My doctor suggested that to should cycle around 5 miles a day........by the end of the week, I was in fecking Birmingham !

[bird 9,987]

 

 

 

I think your an exception to be honest youngster ,reading your posts you have trained and been strongly involved in health and fitness all your life ,an average fella in his mid fifties after twenty or so years of not training is never going to get to the levels of when he was thirty .

I would advise BB to get involved and active but be gentle with himself ,pushing yourself is disaster waiting to happen (I know you didn't tell him to push himself )

But I have been wrong before ,and I know there are a lot on here with more knowledge than me .

LIke i said its about being realistic theres certain goals he wont achieve due to the ageing process/inactivity you describe......outright pure strength and aerobic capacity is not one of them in my opinion......it all just takes longer.

ive just started biking , i try to do 12 mile a day , as long as i do 1 - 1 1/2 hour a day for 5 days , and it 75% up hills , so getting out of breath alot . i not in bad shape for my age (64) yeh old fart lol , i am just under 6ft and just under 13st , not loosing any weight, but bloody hell i go out like a light when i go to sleep, i am tired typing this . so if i can start exercise at 64, a man at 53 deff can .

Ray,

If you end up where you started, surely you have to be riding 50% up hill and 50%down?

Not counting a bit on the flat too.

Lol

 

looking it like that yeh lol , but them hills still take it out of you , and being a x smoker , even though i stopped 25 years ago, it still gets you out of breath . its a pity i did smoke back then, because otherwise my lungs would be alot better than what they are now but atleast i stopped all them years back , and i am getting bit fitter well i think i am . lol

[hjckcff 1,738]

tai chi would be a better option for the older gents.

[bird 9,987]

tai chi would be a better option for the older gents.

not for me lol, i done karate for 3 years , so i find it to slow , but prob other older gents might like it . when i did karate we went full contact to the body, and control to the head, but few times i was left seeing stars lol

[Blackbriar 8,569]

tai chi would be a better option for the older gents.

 

Who are you calling old ? If I was 20 years younger..........

[shepp 2,285]

Krav Maga is quite a good option for someone a bit older, the most physical part of the lesson will be the circuit training before you start practicing the combat itself.

It is mainly close contact grappling, relying on technique more than strength and speed.

I think it's a very effective form of self defence.

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Thai chi when done correctly is amazing its obviously not a contact sport but its about harbouring inner strength correcting your breathing.. very important to martial artists. Loosens and stretches all of your joints and centres you.. learns balance technique and after a few session with a proper teacher you will notice a great difference in mental attitude and physical well being.