Conditioning Question

[Taras Bulba]

Any workout geeks out there?  If so, here's a question: I have read that consuming protein within 30 minutes of strength training is a good idea.  Is that applicable to the over 50 crowd or would their time be better spent just mainlining Cialis?  Also, is incorporating whey into shakes, smoothies, etc. worthwhile?  I don't expect any miracles, I'm just trying to get the most out of the workouts I do.  Thanks and I'll hang up and turn up my hearing aid.

[Limey]

Any workout geeks out there?  If so, here's a question: I have read that consuming protein within 30 minutes of strength training is a good idea.  Is that applicable to the over 50 crowd or would their time be better spent just mainlining Cialis?  Also, is incorporating whey into shakes, smoothies, etc. worthwhile?  I don't expect any miracles, I'm just trying to get the most out of the workouts I do.  Thanks and I'll hang up and turn up my hearing aid.

I try and get at least 4 Heinekens in before noon on Sunday after golf.  I believe they have protein in them, and they make me feel better.  Better...stronger...faster!

[BudGirl]

I thought this was going to be about hair conditioning. 

[Taras Bulba]

I thought this was going to be about hair conditioning. 

It could be--feel free to run with it. 

[Limey]

I thought this was going to be about hair conditioning. 

Yeah.  That way you could get Brad's perfect coifurrage into the conversation.  Hussy.

[BudGirl]

He seriously has good looking hair.  Hell, I don't think there is a bad looking thing about him.  His wife is lucky in that regard.

[JimR]

Any workout geeks out there?  If so, here's a question: I have read that consuming protein within 30 minutes of strength training is a good idea.  Is that applicable to the over 50 crowd or would their time be better spent just mainlining Cialis?  Also, is incorporating whey into shakes, smoothies, etc. worthwhile?  I don't expect any miracles, I'm just trying to get the most out of the workouts I do.  Thanks and I'll hang up and turn up my hearing aid.

WTF?

mid-life crisis in progress or just beginning?

[Limey]

WTF?

mid-life crisis in progress or just beginning?

I'd say "full blown".  It's a lot easier just to buy a convertible.

[Taras Bulba]

WTF?

mid-life crisis in progress or just beginning?

Did you not read this clearly?  It's about hair.  Brad's hair.

[Jacksonian]

I thought this was going to be about hair conditioning. 

Old people don't have hair.  At least not their own.

[Andyzipp]

Any workout geeks out there?  If so, here's a question: I have read that consuming protein within 30 minutes of strength training is a good idea.  Is that applicable to the over 50 crowd or would their time be better spent just mainlining Cialis?  Also, is incorporating whey into shakes, smoothies, etc. worthwhile?  I don't expect any miracles, I'm just trying to get the most out of the workouts I do.  Thanks and I'll hang up and turn up my hearing aid.

Not that you'd know it now, but pre-marriage I was less round, and exercising more.

Protein "immediately" after a workout can be beneficial to anyone of any age.  But you're talking by small percentages over just eating right to begin with.

It really depends on what you're trying to accomplish...Are you trying to slim down, build muscle, or some combination of the two?

If you're trying to build muscle mass, a high protein diet, including specific protein intake around your weight lifting sessions will increase the speed in which you see results.  How you take that protein...a pill, a shake, a shot from a "trainer"...is really just a preference for delivery.

[Limey]

Not that you'd know it now, but pre-marriage I was less round, and exercising more.

They call that "bait and switch".

[Andyzipp]

They call that "bait and switch".

Two-way street, my friend.

[Taras Bulba]

Not that you'd know it now, but pre-marriage I was less round, and exercising more.

Protein "immediately" after a workout can be beneficial to anyone of any age.  But you're talking by small percentages over just eating right to begin with.

It really depends on what you're trying to accomplish...Are you trying to slim down, build muscle, or some combination of the two?

If you're trying to build muscle mass, a high protein diet, including specific protein intake around your weight lifting sessions will increase the speed in which you see results.  How you take that protein...a pill, a shake, a shot from a "trainer"...is really just a preference for delivery.

I began doing weight training three times a week to go along with cardio work in order to both help control weight and to tone up some.  I have heard that it is not realistic to expect someone past their twenties or thirties to add bulk--true?  Anyway, one of the benefits that I have noticed is that it helps with functional stuff and I don't grunt as much now getting out of the car.

[JimR]

I began doing weight training three times a week to go along with cardio work in order to both help control weight and to tone up some.  I have heard that it is not realistic to expect someone past their twenties or thirties to add bulk--true?  Anyway, one of the benefits that I have noticed is that it helps with functional stuff and I don't grunt as much now getting out of the car.

so, post a photo of the 18 year old.

you are rail thin, my maign. it ain't weight control you be pursuin'

[Andyzipp]

I began doing weight training three times a week to go along with cardio work in order to both help control weight and to tone up some.  I have heard that it is not realistic to expect someone past their twenties or thirties to add bulk--true?  Anyway, one of the benefits that I have noticed is that it helps with functional stuff and I don't grunt as much now getting out of the car.

It's more difficult to add muscle mass the older you get.  Generally, bodies go into a maintenance mode at a certain point and divert energies to dealing with the effects of aging.

Having said that, it's not impossible. You can gain mass at any age, but you have to work more often/harder.  Also supplementing with protein, as you've mentioned, will help.  When I was lifting 5 days a week, I was also taking an additonal 2000mg of amino acids per day.  In addition to eating well 6 days out of the week.

Based on what you're saying, you're going to tone, you're going to maintain weight (probably even gain a little) and you're going to build muscle mass.  It's just going to take longer than someone who was doing the exact same routine in their 20's.

[MikeyBoy]

I began doing weight training three times a week to go along with cardio work in order to both help control weight and to tone up some.  I have heard that it is not realistic to expect someone past their twenties or thirties to add bulk--true?  Anyway, one of the benefits that I have noticed is that it helps with functional stuff and I don't grunt as much now getting out of the car.

It depends on your body, if you were able to bulk up in your 20s, 30s and/or 40s, then you can bulk up in your 50s. If you have never lifted weights, then yes it would be hard to bulk up in your 50s.

I started a working out 18 months ago using a little cardio with weight training three times a week. I was looking to trim up and not bulk up too much, so I designed my workout and diet accordingly. I went from 250 to 216 and feel great.

[austro]

Any workout geeks out there?  If so, here's a question: I have read that consuming protein within 30 minutes of strength training is a good idea.  Is that applicable to the over 50 crowd or would their time be better spent just mainlining Cialis?  Also, is incorporating whey into shakes, smoothies, etc. worthwhile?  I don't expect any miracles, I'm just trying to get the most out of the workouts I do.  Thanks and I'll hang up and turn up my hearing aid.

It will add 10 yards to your drive. Of course, five of those yards will be further into the trees.

[Taras Bulba]

It will add 10 yards to your drive. Of course, five of those yards will be further into the trees.

Losing 20 years, not pounds, will add yards to your drive.  They don't sell that at Golfsmith.

I went to the Ping event at Golfsmith last evening.  What a goat fuck. 

[Lurch]

Losing 20 years, not pounds, will add yards to your drive.  They don't sell that at Golfsmith.

Not in my experience