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Best strength training for older adults
Strength Training For Older Adults In Sligo, Ireland
Over the last 15 years of coaching strength training, i found training my older clients are the most rewarding
This group sees an immediate impact on quality of life, and if done correctly, can drastically slow the aging process. Yet while the older population has the greatest need for strength training, they can be some of the most difficult to convince to do it.
A fall is much more costly for a person in their 60s,70s and 80s. The deterioration of balance due to a loss of strength has not only caused the fall, but also leaves the person unable to absorb the impact of the fall. Loss of muscle, weaker ligaments and tendons, and more brittle bones are now all at risk. Falls can be very scary and costly on the body.
Empowering New Lifters
The Break of Dawn Approach to Strength Training
At Break of Dawn i have a very standardised process to teach new lifters how to get strong. I teach them how to squat, press, and deadlift. These are the Foundation lifts of the Starting Strength program, and it is important that a new lifter grasps these movement patterns right from then start. on their first day.
One of the ways we evaluate someone of an old age group is as they enters the gym. Do they open the door confidently? What’s the speed of her bearing? Do they steady themselves as they go to take a seat on the bench? Do they frown when they sit down? These are all things that happen to people as they age, and they are a result of one thing: a loss of strength
I have found that keeping the first few sessions very simple and making the lifter feel successful is more beneficial than getting through more movements.
Getting you in the door is often the hardest part of the whole process. Once you begin training and seeing the benefits the hard part becomes getting you to leave after your session
A Guide for Caring Families
Encouraging Strength Training for Seniors
Convincing the older population to lift can be difficult, but it is doable. “You should deadlift” is probably not the most convincing argument, but explaining muscular atrophy by showing day-to-day examples might be.
You may not be a Trainer, but what you may be a caring child or grandchild. And it’s been my experience that caring children and grandchildren want grandmas and granddad’s to live a long time. Strength is a big part of that. So after observing some of the movements of your loved one, you can point out to them some of the basic everyday activities that would be improved by an increase in strength.
As you age, you get weaker, unless you do something about it. I’m happy for clients that i helped , and I look forward to continuing to help others get stronger.
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