July 14th, Thursday

??” You know it hurts so bad.”           NO! NO! NO!

http://www.ageless-athletes.com/archives.php

Ageless Athletes – Master Trainer

Richard Winett , Virginia Tech

The URL above connects to a very interesting site that talks about the current science of resistance training and interval training, especially training for seniors. One can read for free a whole series of articles that report the latest science in this area.  (He also has publications for sale.)  Have not read all of them yet but I am intrigued and impressed with what I’ve read so far. The key development in my mind is the concept that seniors can continue to improve  strength through low intensity resistance training.  That kind of training eliminates  painful recovery days and dramatically reduces the potential for injury.  I am reminded of a recent statistic that I read in “Runners World” stating that nine out of ten runners over 60 report losing some training time in the last 12 months because of injury.  Your humble blogger is among the nine.

 Remaining injury-free is truly the name of the game.

I must give due credit to Dr. Gabe Mirkin for publishing an article by Richard Winett on his weekly e-zine. That article put me in touch with the site I am speaking of today.

Happy and healthy reading,  fellow +70RUNNER’ s.