My muscle gains on TRT

[2Sox]

NOW, just dont do like many of us have done and get to big of a head and lift to heavy and blow out your shoulder. It can take a year or two to get back to where you were if you ever do. Best thing you can do is stay injury free. Lifting HEAVY is not everything and it's easy to lift to heavy before your tendons and joints are ready for it.

This is VERY good advice and something I just learned a hard lesson about. Just read "Bigger, Leaner, Stronger" by Michael Mathews, who advocates heavier weight with less reps. Lots of research and it sounded good to me so I figured I'd give it a try. Result: Immediately inflamed an old injury ("golfer's elbow), and needed several visits to the chiropractor over a few weeks for my back. Then I came down with the flu. Coincidence? I don't think so. I'm in my 60s and I have to realize that I just can't make my body do what guys in their 20s and 30s can do. Sitting home with the flu gave me the opportunity and time to think about this and realize how arrogant I was. We just have to respect our bodies.

[fireeater49]

This is VERY good advice and something I just learned a hard lesson about. Just read "Bigger, Leaner, Stronger" by Michael Mathews, who advocates heavier weight with less reps. Lots of research and it sounded good to me so I figured I'd give it a try. Result: Immediately inflamed an old injury ("golfer's elbow), and needed several visits to the chiropractor over a few weeks for my back. Then I came down with the flu. Coincidence? I don't think so. I'm in my 60s and I have to realize that I just can't make my body do what guys in their 20s and 30s can do. Sitting home with the flu gave me the opportunity and time to think about this and realize how arrogant I was. We just have to respect our bodies.

Amen to that

[Beethoven]

This is VERY good advice and something I just learned a hard lesson about. Just read "Bigger, Leaner, Stronger" by Michael Mathews, who advocates heavier weight with less reps. Lots of research and it sounded good to me so I figured I'd give it a try. Result: Immediately inflamed an old injury ("golfer's elbow), and needed several visits to the chiropractor over a few weeks for my back. Then I came down with the flu. Coincidence? I don't think so. I'm in my 60s and I have to realize that I just can't make my body do what guys in their 20s and 30s can do. Sitting home with the flu gave me the opportunity and time to think about this and realize how arrogant I was. We just have to respect our bodies.

Ditto. To me now, heavy is about eight reps.