On Turning 40 by James
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I am 40 next year, which is a source of endless amusement to my Wife and some of my friends! One of whom said that I should be slowing down as I approach forty!
Why should I slow down due to some arbitrary calendar event? If I am injured, sore or fatigued, then I rest or adapt my training around that. If I use age as an excuse, then that will be an emotional excuse not to train and I will impose a self-limiting belief on my performance. I do need a bit more recovery between certain sessions than 10 years ago, and I have a few more injuries to deal with, but the intensity with which I train is as high as ever.
It is very important to continue strength training as you get older as found in this recent study on hip fractures in the elderly:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/bmj-rof011608.php
I am hopefully not quite at that stage just yet. The benefit of training younger athletes is that I compare myself to them, not my lazy age group. I can’t quite stand in front of a group of people and say do as I say, not as I do, and feel comfortable about it.
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