Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
But then, "at my age" I *do* need more recovery time to get the benefit of a hard workout, and to avoid injury, and I'm not shy about admitting it, even to athletes older than I am. I know someone my same age who's been following a cookie-cutter training plan and getting very little benefit out of it, and it's pretty obvious to me that it doesn't include enough recovery time for someone our age ...
That is true Oakleaf, and I've learned the hard way that I need a bit more rest/recovery than the young things I train with. THAT is something rather different from the group I was referring to - the ones who won't lift a finger because "they are too old"...or "one shouldn't do that at our age", and they are MY age! That is all I was referring to, that fear of activity because of some arbitrary age. There are aches and pains that come from movement, and very different injuries that come from being too sedentary.