Elflord said:You know, there are two ways you can approach this -- you can adjust
your program to something that's optimal for size and strength (NOT
what you're doing now), or you could simply scratch that, and find
a sport that is compatible with your mental approach (cycling would
be one, for example).
Either way, first, have a clear idea what your goals are. I think this
is at least part of the problem, and not as easy as it sounds -- first and
foremost, you love doing this and the process what it's all about. It's
nice to be big and strong, but I don't think that's really what's driving
you.
Once you've a better idea of what your goals are, post both your goals and
current regimen to an appropriate newsgroup, and you should get a lot of
helpful responses.
Good luck,
--
Elflord
Thanks, that's a very interesting thought. I'd never got into the
"science" of fitness before -- just did what I want and ate what I
wanted (it was a revelation to me that there were actually different
kinds of sneakers for different activities) -- and I've also just
learned, in the last few years, that there are different training
regimens for different sports.
I know it sounds silly, but all I'd ever thought about was the Rangers
I'd known who were muscular, huge and cut, as well as strong with
cardio (though these were a minority of Rangers, too). I guess that
was always my idea of health, to be a big and strong endurance
athlete. Something out of the action flicks -- except these guys were
for real!
And I was almost there myself, if I don't say so...and that was just
daily Army PT, no supplements or anything "scientific" like split
routines and whatnot...so what you say is interesting because I've
always thought that the Army PT program (except for the back-
destroying sit-ups) was just the thing to do. Now I'm finding out all
this talk about training for mass versus training for strength versus
training for cardio versus training for speed versus training for
flexibility (with overlaps, to be sure, but still...)...and yeah, I
guess that's what I need to look at now, since I'm older and
apparently not as responsive physically...? So the best use of my
time and resources would be to train for a specific goal instead of
the generalist perspective I'd had...??
Going by "feel" alone, I just do what I like to when I want to --
which is what I've always done, days and days of hours-long exercises,
with mighty feasts and so forth...truth to tell, you're right (in your
implications): I really don't have any goals, I'm just doing things
for the fun of it all. Except, I used to notice "results," and I
don't seem to anymore.
