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01-21-19, 06:04 PM | |
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Does super heavy lifting count as intense? I am working on getting my deadlift up to and then over 300lbs, and my squat over 250lbs.
If it were convenient I'd still be going to Crossfit, but the nearest box is a 35 min drive one way, and the class times don't jive well with my work schedule. I do miss going to Crossfit. I'm 48 right now.
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01-22-19, 12:32 AM | |
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I'm 51 and love high intensity/low impact workouts. I'll do the occasional air jacks but my feet and joints can't take much more. I love the feeling of getting my heart rate up to relieve stress. It's weird because the older I get I can't do straight cardio without it being a kickboxing type workout or a metabolic conditioning workout...I get way too bored and/or impatient.
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01-22-19, 06:14 AM | |
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I am 59 (will be 60 in March) and I still love intense workouts. I still run, do all of Cathe's workouts, etc. I have also been doing Peloton's spinning workouts. I know they are non impact, but to me they are intense So far, (and I know it can change at anytime) I have no injuries or problems.
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01-22-19, 06:24 AM | |
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I think that the point that you don’t necessarily need impact to have activity be intense is very valid. When we back country CC Ski or Hike there’s not much impact but it can certainly be very intense, especially with the added weight of my metal edged skis.
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01-22-19, 01:37 PM | |
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I'm 55 and in the group where kinder gentler workouts ARE a sweatfest.
In my 40's I was into Crossfit and other intense workouts. Today I still like to lift heavy, but I try to do the simplest and least I can get away with. I mainly want to maintain my health without getting injured. I won't stop doing high impact because it's good for my bones, but I limit it to short bursts.
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01-22-19, 02:01 PM | |
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Sharaz, I agree that it seems all intense workouts are being called HiIT these days. And they really aren't, at least by the original definitions. The point was to go to the wall with brief rests in a cycle for no more than 15-20 minutes as you stated. I think that even Cathe (whose disk with the three HiIT workouts are "legitimately" HiIT IMHO) stretches the definition with the two Circuit upper and lower body workouts on the Ripped with HiIT series. They are longer than standard, and my heart rate doesn't really go up and down much as is what High Intensity interval workouts are supposed to do? My heart rate pretty much goes up and stays up consistently.
That said, and I agree completely that intensity doesn't always mean impact, I'm still pushing it as much as I can. Not every day, but I didn't push it every day when I was in my twenties either. Rest is important.
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