An athlete’s mind might never lose its competitive drive, but the body won’t always respond like it did when you were younger. When you start feeling more age related aches and pains, it’s time to change your workout to accommodate this process. It’s just a fact of life that the risk of an injury increases as you age, if you don’t make adjustments to your workouts. Adapting is the key for staying fit and injury free.
Is it just background noise or are you actually listening to the song when you are training? My personal experience has been, if it’s a new playlist I am practically dancing in my head to every song. But, if I haven’t changed my playlist in awhile, it’s just noise. Once or twice in my workout, I will actually become aware of the song that’s playing. This made me think about the benefits and drawbacks of listening to music during a workout.
Either you’re eating to gain weight or to lose weight. Either you’re trying to gain muscle and lose body fat. There’s a competition weight and an off season weight. It’s a vicious cycle when you compete in Bodybuilding.
Many novice competitors eat as many calories as possible to increase their weight. Hopefully they learn a valuable lesson when following this kind of no-win program. When you gain weight quickly, it’s all body fat.
