Originally Posted by
Sgt Mac
When I was in my twenties & thirties we could work out, or I would 3 on 1 off. That clearly isn't working out for me anymore. But when I do train i train as hard as i can, as I always have. But I have noticed that the soreness doesn't seem to go away after a few days. Am I just not giving my old body enough time to recover? But at the same time if I take 2-3 days off & wait for the soreness (lactic acid)to go away, it's like I took 6 months off.
I'm 66 years old and training for the 2012 racing season. At the present time I'm training 7 days a week. Mon and Friday are gym days for core work (no legs), Tue, Thurs and Sat are base building (zone 3-4) days Wed is a short easy (zone 1) day and Sun is a longer endurance (zone 2-3) day. As the season progress my workouts will change and as racing starts it will change again. As my workouts get harder I will have a hard day followed by and easy day for recovery. Every third week all days are easy days so that my body gets a nice recovery period. Remember increased performance and strength happens during the recovery period not during the hard work when your tearing the muscles down.