My Journey to Fit after Fifty Videos

My weekend breakfast aren’t too much different than my weekdays. I just replace my old fashion oats with 1 minute oats and with unfrozen fruit. Also hot vs cold. It might look like a mush but it’s such a good mush😋 . . . . . .

When you dumbbell set only goes to 45lbs and the cost of heavier ones is prohibitive right now you have to get creative! Using 2 - 25lb plates gets me in the neighborhood of 52 lbs each. A little more cumbersome but certainly effective! This was a personal record for me with dumbbells 💪 . . . . .

Slowly working myself back up to some heavy lifts after being in a cutting my calories way down for 6 months. Would love to put on a couple pounds of muscle💪💪💪

You don’t need a gym full of equipment to make gains. I incorporate body weight exercises into my routine all the time. Push-ups and pull-ups are amazing exercises and can take your body a long way! There are lots of variations of the base movements like this declined push up that target slightly different parts of the body. No excuses!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I usually have 3-4 strength training sessions a week and break it into upper body and lower body workouts. I do 2 days on and 2 days off. Some cardio and stretching on the off days. All together I’m in the gym probably 7-8 hours per week. That’s not a bad use of time. Now a days I look forward to my workouts and feel withdrawals if I miss a session. It’s nice being addicted to something that’s healthy.

I’ll count them for you...it was 15 reps. A new personal record for me since I began my fitness journey 5 year ago and maybe all time😁👍 Never give up on your goals!!!

My lower body workout for today. I don’t throw around big weights much anymore but I always am challenging myself and pushing to near failure on my lifts. I just added the Power Clean and Press. I want to get more compound movements into my program. Compound exercises like the Deadlift and the Power Clean burn more calories and can help build more muscle than isolation exercises.

1 hour Upper Body workout condensed to 54 secs😀 This workout includes 2 supersets that really got the muscles burning. I’m feeling some good soreness in my triceps today. Hope you all are well. Keep on moving!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Here’s my full workout from yesterday except for the 4 sets of Inclined bench press that I did before the chin ups. I typically use the first set to determine what my weight will need to be so that I am close to failure on the prescribed number of reps for that day. Then I’ll adjust if necessary for the remaining sets. I’m always trying to get as close to failure as possible but when you workout alone you do need to be cautious. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. I’m open to “constructive” criticism😊

So I was wondering where I would stand in relation to other men my age when it comes to pull-ups/chin-ups so I did a little reading and found conflicting informative but I did read that Bodybuilding.com did an informal survey which revealed that roughly half of all males can do between 1-5 pull-ups, a quarter of them can do between 6-10 reps, and the other quarter can do more than 10 reps. In other words, being able to do more than 10 reps is pretty rare these days. So I would think being nearly 56 and doing 12 reps (I probably could have did 1-2 more) puts me in an even rarer group😃 I’m pretty proud of that!!!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 . . . . #getitdone #fitnessmotivation #fitnessjourney #fitlife #chinups #fitafter50 #fitafterfifty #fitandhealthy

Here’s my Upper Body workout for today. I hope you all are keeping your mind and your body busy during these trying times. Just to clarify, I’m not Superman and I don’t move this fast😉 Everything is sped up to meet the 60 second limit and hopefully keep you engaged💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Let me know if you have any questions about my fitness routines.

When I started my health journey 5 years ago my goal was to improve physically and emotionally every year. I’m happy to tell you I have met that goal. At the ripe old age of 55 I am stronger and have more muscle than I’ve ever had in my life. I’m also leaner than I’ve been since my early 20’s and back then I was skinny haha. I know I can’t continue to get better physically year after year forever but trust me I will be trying💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 I hope you enjoy my lower body workout I did today. I currently do this workout twice a week and I am using progressive overload principles which means I’m always trying to increase the load on my muscles. I actually hit a high on my Deadlift of 215 lbs today woo hoo!!! Stay fit and healthy people💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Make your goal during this “stay at home” order to weigh less at the end than weighing more! I’m challenging you all to do some sort of physical activity for at least 30 minutes per day💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 #see10do10challenge

One bunch of celery, one cucumber🥒 , one green apple 🍏 and a lemon 🍋...then enjoy!!! . . . . . . #greenjuice #healthyjuice #healthylifestyle #healthyliving

I have my workouts broken up into upper body and lower body workouts throughout the week. Last night was upper body and focused primarily on the chest and shoulders. I really enjoyed this super set that I did toward the end of the workout💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 I was pretty much spent after 5 sets of the fly and 4 sets of the lat raise🥵 . . . . . . #fitnessjourney #fitnessroutine #exercise #exercisemotivation #fitnessmotivation #fitafterfifty #trx #trxworkout

Deadlifts and Squats should be in your Leg workout if you’re looking for strength and growth! . . . . . #fitnessmotivation #fitnessjourney #fitnessroutine #workout #strengthtraining #resistancetraining #legday #legdayworkout

I prefer to prep as many of my meals as I can on Sunday but at times when I’m feeling lazy or more busy than usual...yes I’m human...I’ll look to find some mostly healthy frozen meals for lunch and add it onto a bed of greens for some additional nutrition. Lately my greens of choice have been baby kale but I also like baby spinach. You would be surprised by how much protein can be in greens. The good news is they are adding more and more plant based frozen meals to the grocery store shelf’s everyday👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 . . . . . . #healthylifestyle #healthyfood #healthyliving #healthyeating #fitnessmotivation #fitnessjourney #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #healthychoices #lunch

This is a typical workout for me these days. I’m doing 3 full body workouts a week. Then I do some HIIT and static cardio on the days I don’t lift. The workouts are high intensity and include circuits and supersets. They are mainly designed to help me attain my goal of fat loss. The 2nd video will show you the workout details 🏋️‍♂️ .