Even though you haven’t found a way to lose weight, add muscle, and get stronger as you age, it doesn’t mean you’re doomed forever.
In fact, there’s a good reason why you here so many people complain about getting old and things change.
Exercises and diets that used to whip you into kickass shape no longer work.
It’s harder to add weight to the bar… Exercises you used to do cause pain in muscles you didn’t know existed… It takes you longer to recover from workouts.
Don’t stress; you’re not alone on this, and it also doesn’t mean failure is inevitable.
Instead, you have to do things smarter. Chances are, the information that got you to where you are now won’t work much longer.
I want you to go into this with an open mind. This article will show you how to make changes to your workout and diet to fight off ‘aging.’
Weight Training After 40 Years Old: It’s Not Complicated
The industry as a whole wants to get you hooked on a special diet or supplement, so you rely on it. If you don’t believe me take a look at all the ads in the top fitness magazines.
Juice crazes, Keto diets, High carb, The Zone, Weight Watchers, Flexible Dieting all work — but most of them don’t work forever, and that’s the key.
What good is a 24 juice diet if you can’t maintain that and go right back to your old habits? Not good at all.
What about a workout program that drives you straight into the ground for six days per week and has you in the gym for hours?
Not only will you feel like garbage, but you and I both know that type of commitment isn’t going to last very long. Who has time for that? I know, I don’t.
Change Your Diet
The majority of your food intake (80%+) consists of whole foods and less processed foods. That means, choose real food over 100% prepared microwaveable dinner meals.
Of course, you can still eat some good food you enjoy. But if you want to feel and look good, it has to happen less often.
Here are a few easy, healthy nutrition tips that aren’t hard to master and won’t break the bank.
Protein at every meal
Veggies at every meal
Carbs around your workouts
Healthy Fats
Lots of water
Avoid foods that upset your stomach
As you get older, you can’t get away with scarfing down crap food. You may have been able to get away with it years ago, but not anymore.
Follow these easy nutrition rules, and you’ll start feeling better.
Get More Rest
Sleep is something a lot of us are skimping and rightfully so.
We’re busy with work, kids, family, friends, fun, the gym, alone time, and the list goes on. But here’s the thing.
When you sacrifice sleep, you’re setting yourself up for a disaster.
Unless you love brain fog, broken willpower to make terrible diet choices, decreased productivity, sky-high cortisol which wrecks havoc on your body, and so much more.
Not only are you going to feel like a sleepy, foggy, tired, brain-dead zombie, but you slow down your bodies ability to burn fat and gain muscle.
It’s a sure-fire way to run yourself into the ground.
Your goal should be to sleep 6-8 hours per night and make sure you allow enough recovery between working a muscle, 2-4 days.
Joey Percia is a coach at a training studio in New York City and also runs a successful online training business. He is a competitive powerlifter in the 181 division and has totaled 1400lbs. Joey has a Masters degree in Exercise Science, is a CPPS coach, Westside Barbell Coach and CSCS. Follow him on Facebook, you will be glad you did.
