At 65, This Personal Trainer Knows Aging
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exercise for seniors.
I am a practicing physical therapist in Baltimore and have been personally involved in vigorous fitness activity for over 52yrs and counting. My clinical experience has ben concentrated in the areas of orthopedic and geriatric physical therapy. In my experience,especially within the past 15 plus yrs, I have treated many patients in the 45 to 60yr old group who have been over-trained in fitness clubs. I am by no means
casting blame on certified trainers as a group;however, in many circumstances the trainer allows the client's enthusiasm, as they both see positive results, to direct the progressionj and intensity of workouts. To over-simplify, the primary problem is the
disregard of the basics of tissue tolerance differences in exercise response due to
age factors. Not sufficient time or space here to discuss the physiology of
exercise, training responses, symptoms of over-training etc. In some gyms, clubs,
etc., "'so-called trainers" who are "graduates" of 2 day seminars are put out to the
unsuspecting public as a "certified trainer". There are as many organizations teaching
"trainers" as there are sugar substitutes. I feel the authentic and well-trained fitness
trainers should be careful when working with seniors monitor their responses to
exercise sessions carefully. Clients will not always mention their soreness, aches,etc from one session to the next because of their competitiveness, enthusiasm, or stupidity. Alterations from correct performance are often subtle and can be indication of impending injury or over-use syndrome often seen.
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I would like to get more information about training regimes for aging folks who have stayed fit all their lives - how to modify the training to maintain the current fitness level. This article focuses on a lot of mainstream people, who haven't exercised. What types of exercises are best to avoid joint and cartilage injury and degeneration. How many repetitions before fatigue, with respect to weight training, what type of aerobic exercise is best? With respect to diet..I just read in this column that protein three times a day... the amount equal to about a deck of cards each time. Three decks of cards portions of protein every day is a lot... is that accurate. What are some good links, or books to learn more about the above questions?
Katherine Hobson: A lot of this is highly individual. If you check out this article I wrote last year, you'll get some basic suggestions: http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070617/25warrior.htm
As for the protein, more accurately I should have written that it's 4 ounces of protein-rich foods like fish, chicken or soy, not of protein itself.
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