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[GlastonTim]

I’ll be 70 next month and I started resistance training this year. Coupled with walking it’s been a game changer for me. If you don’t use it you will lose it!

 

[Conndog]

Go on YouTube and check on workouts from the guy at ManFlow Yoga. Hugely helpful for flexibility and basic strength. He has things tailored for men at various ages and levels and with goals like golf, spinal rotation, hips, etc.

Thanks, I’ll look into to this

 

[Scrappy3]

That sounds like a very good workout and it’s making a difference for sure, so I admire you for that! Question. Can you post without typing by clicking a microphone button here like you can on the iPhone?

I haven’t used a microphone etc. I’d rather struggle and type it even if I continually have to go back

 

[temery]

I haven’t used a microphone etc. I’d rather struggle and type it even if I continually have to go back

You should play around with the speech to text option at least once a week or so.

I've had to use it more and more over the past few years (different problem, same effect ) and it takes a while to use correctly without having to clean up endless errors. With that said, it's getting better every month or two.

 

[UConnDad]

You should look in the mirror if you’re looking for someone posting harmful messages. I feel sorry for you because you believe what you’re saying is a positive and it’s not.

Looking in the mirror is a good way to assess your fitness level. And resistance training is good for most people as they age.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Swim for an hour.

Always took advantage of a local Y. Used the weight room and the pool. Swimming is the best.

 

[Lafayette]

Running 3 mi a day with my son who just cracked 5:53 for the 1600 (1 mile) as a Freshman in HS. Told him if he runs like Pre and goes out fast if he can keep that going for the first mile, his 1 mile will be sub 5 and get close to scholly levels by Junior year.

 

[temery]

Swim for an hour.

30 min enough, at least to start. Swimming and light weights is a great, low risk workout.

 

[dvegas]

No matter how hard you try to convince yourself, softball and golf are not good cardio exercises. Especially combined with the 12 oz. curls afterwards!

 

[husky429]

Running 3 mi a day with my son who just cracked 5:53 for the 1600 (1 mile) as a Freshman in HS. Told him if he runs like Pre and goes out fast if he can keep that going for the first mile, his 1 mile will be sub 5 and get close to scholly levels by Junior year.

I was a track coach. He's way, way behind the curve if you want him to get a scholarship. Track only gets a dozen scholarships on a boys team and they're incredibly difficult to get. You've gotta be breaking 4:15 to go D1 these days--and that's if you can run multiple events or run XC too. A specialist better do more.

Typically, your freshman should be within 10% of the D1 recruiting standard. So your son should be aiming for a time of 4:52 on the 1600m by the time he goes to sophomore year. Sophomore spring, he should aim for around 4:28.

 

[thekollieman]

I was a track coach. He's way, way behind the curve if you want him to get a scholarship. Track only gets a dozen scholarships on a boys team and they're incredibly difficult to get. You've gotta be breaking 4:15 to go D1 these days--and that's if you can run multiple events or run XC too. A specialist better do more.

Typically, your freshman should be within 10% of the D1 recruiting standard. So your son should be aiming for a time of 4:52 on the 1600m by the time he goes to sophomore year. Sophomore spring, he should aim for around 4:28.

D1 is pretty wide-ranging, as you know. He won’t need to break 4:15 to get to CCSU, for example. No need to squash dreams at this point, especially in terms of the outlook for a likely pre- to mid-pubescent boy.

 

[BlueandOG]

At age 51 and after 26 years in the military taking one iteration of the annual fitness test or another, my days of sprinting and running long distances are over. I currently train just enough to pass the test (I have one next Saturday, sigh :-(. With that said, I still get 15000-16000 steps (not watch steps, but real moving steps) a day via walking and hiking, and limit my runs to two or three 3-mile very slow runs per week. My annual physical numbers have never been better. I think 10000 steps a day plus regular light weight training (which I need to add back in) will do the most for you, with the least physical impact on your knees and joints (not knowing your age). In other words, while the sprinting may be good for you, adjusting your ratio of sedentary to more (lengthy) non-sedentary time would probably do the most for your health, if that’s your ultimate goal. Gotta keep moving.

What branch?

 

[husky429]

D1 is pretty wide-ranging, as you know. He won’t need to break 4:15 to get to CCSU, for example. No need to squash dreams at this point, especially in terms of the outlook for a likely pre- to mid-pubescent boy.

Setting a standard isn't crushing anyone's dreams; it means WORK HARDER. I had a kid who ran a 6:30 mile his freshman year, worked his tail off and ended up going D2. Anything is possible.

Here is UConn's recruiting standards. 4:14 if you want a scholarship.

The low-majors I looked at (5 different schools) had 4:20, 4:22, 4:17, 4:20 and 4:20.

Keep in mind a "scholarship" standard is not a FULL scholarship standard. To get a full scholarship as a distance runner, you need to do XC as well or be really fricken good and basically a guaranteed point scorer in the conference. I had a kid run a 4:13-4:15 mile consistently who got a partial scholarship to a low-major. Multi-event sprinters and athletes who can score in multiple field events are the ones who get the good money.

 

[thekollieman]

Setting a standard isn't crushing anyone's dreams; it means WORK HARDER. I had a kid who ran a 6:30 mile his freshman year, worked his tail off and ended up going D2. Anything is possible.

Here is UConn's recruiting standards. 4:14 if you want a scholarship.

The low-majors I looked at (5 different schools) had 4:20, 4:22, 4:17, 4:20 and 4:20.

Keep in mind a "scholarship" standard is not a FULL scholarship standard. To get a full scholarship as a distance runner, you need to do XC as well or be really fricken good and basically a guaranteed point scorer in the conference. I had a kid run a 4:13-4:15 mile consistently who got a partial scholarship to a low-major. Multi-event sprinters and athletes who can score in multiple field events are the ones who get the good money.

Fair enough. I can appreciate that. I think I filtered your first comment through my own experience with my dad telling me I need a “backup plan” in response the first time I ever said I wanted to play in the NBA.

 

[DCHuskyFan]

What branch?

Army JAG, 7 active, and in my 19th as a reservist. The run time slows every year, but I’ll go to the bittersweet end.

 

[jibsey]

Forget running. Walk on a treadmill at incline for 20-30 minutes. Start at 3 or 4% and over months slowly work up from there but you don’t need to, and do not even touch the hand rails on the machine. Yes it makes it much harder.
If you have access to a stair climber with real stairs that climb then try that, once again not touching hand rails. I see people at the health club laying their entire body weight on those rails and what does that do? I hate that machine and don’t do it.

 

[BlueandOG]

Army JAG, 7 active, and in my 19th as a reservist. The run time slows every year, but I’ll go to the bittersweet end.

I did 11 in the Army and ARNG, infantry and combat medic. Good for you for staying in!

 

[Lafayette]

I did 11 in the Army and ARNG, infantry and combat medic. Good for you for staying in!

I salute you for your service! Daughter is stepping into ROTC for AFNG this Fall.

 

[CL82]

Live drilling aka live wrestling.

Because wrestling the dead is just wrong.

 

[HooperScooper]

Lol. Professional bodybuilders have an average mean lifespan of 47.7 years. Look it up genius. Weightlifting is ok while your body is growing but it’s bad for the cardiovascular system as you get older and grayer.

Hate to resurrect this discussion but I was just reading this article and I remembered this discussion on here from a few weeks ago. It supports the opinion on here from some that weight training is very good for you as you age.

What Happens to Your Body When You Start Lifting Weights After 50​

 

[RuffRuff]

Hate to resurrect this discussion but I was just reading this article and I remembered this discussion on here from a few weeks ago. It supports the opinion on here from some that weight training is very good for you as you age.

What Happens to Your Body When You Start Lifting Weights After 50​

The studies supporting are endless. Issue with starting after 50 is that it’s like organ rejection for many. It hurts and it’s uncomfortable. Key is starting small, sustainable and building up slowly. I cannot get my wife into the gym for the life of me (she’s 44). She complains about being sore and ends up working her thumbs out more than anything.

For those of us that have been doing it it’s a lot easier and we take it for granted.