Originally Posted by
travelerman
Yes, I have always been fairly lean - .
I have no practical experience here, but according to some of the muscle/weight lifting stuff I have been reading, you may never get a lot of showy muscle.
First off you are getting older, this make it harder for the body to make muscles. (Less testosterone, I believe is what they are saying.)
Second, they say you really need to have fat to make muscles. (They say lay off the cardio while trying to build muscles.)
Third, some say that you can not build muscles with machines. You need free weights. (This seems a little far fetched.)
And I will state again, this is just from reading. If someone has some practical experience.....please chime in.
I will be buying
Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100 - Roy M. Wallack
I was able to download and read a portion on the Kindle app over the weekend and I see it has a weight lifting program.