Steve, If you are not giving your muscles a chance to recover from
your workouts, you may be getting weaker instead of stronger (by
tearing down the muscle before it has had a chance to recover and
compensate for the stimulation - the growth phase). The good news is
that with proper stimulation, nutrition and rest, the muscles are
programmed to hypertrophy (get larger, stronger). It's a survival
instinct that we all have.

For me anyway, the reason I weight train is to get stronger! I keep
a detailed log of what I do in my workouts. Every time I go into the
gym, I set the expectation that I am going to be stronger that in
the last workout (except for high rep work like STREND, I only do
the same routine once per week). I lift more weight or do more reps
with the same weight.

--- In STREND@yahoogroups.com, "JOHN CARMONY" <jcar75@m...> wrote:
>
> He did not wear himself out as a young man. Take it easy, Steve.
Save some for your 50's, 60's, and 70's! And your Strend scores
will probably increase now, too!
>
> JC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: stephen wilber<mailto:stevie720@y...>
> To: STREND@yahoogroups.com<mailto:STREND@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [STREND] Re: Age 90 Long jump, pole vault, etc.
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> Hi there. I have been doing so many strend workouts the last 2
months I need a break,.I am getting worn out. I do them 3 times a
week and 2-3 each time...not 2-3 times the running though..I also
have been using some heavy weights and light weight variations. But
what do you do for the break or down time? just eat and get fat? I
am nervous about that.
> How does a 90 yr old guy still do all that?
> steve
>
> greg_damian <greg_damian@y...<mailto:greg_damian@y...>> wrote:
> I have had an adductor injury that has kept me from running very
> much, but I rode over 500 miles in September so that was good. I
am
> lifting 3 days per week right now, but I won't concentrate on
strend
> or pullups until after the first of the year, probably starting
in
> March.
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> --- In
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> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > Not that great--11 or 11'6", but I have been working on my
invert
> and am getting back into form! My goal is 13' this winter! I
have
> made 12'6" a couple of times in practice. Just need to do it in
a
> meet. I need to stay ahead of some of the high school girls I
coach!
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> > How is the Strend training going?
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